Biography
Joss Ackland was an English actor who appeared in more than 130 film and television roles across a career of six decades. He played Ambassador Andrei Lysenko in The Hunt for Red October (1990) and also appeared in Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991), The Mighty Ducks (1992) and K-19: The Widowmaker (2002).
Ackland trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and made his professional stage debut in 1945. He joined the Old Vic and later received a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for White Mischief (1987). He was appointed CBE in 2000 for services to the stage, cinema and television.
Born Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland on 29 February 1928 in North Kensington, London, he died on 19 November 2023.
