--- name: "Joss Ackland" canonical: "https://film.one/person/joss-ackland" fi1m_id: "joss-ackland" imdb_id: "nm0000722" tmdb_id: 14324 wikidata_id: "Q471879" roles: ["Actor"] born: "29 February 1928" died: "19 November 2023" reviewed_on_fi1m: 5 average_fi1m_score: 82 average_as: "actor" average_over: 5 updated: "2026-10-07T13:23:11.310617+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Joss Ackland ## Identity Joss Ackland - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joss-ackland - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** joss-ackland - **IMDb ID:** nm0000722 - **TMDB ID:** 14324 - **Wikidata ID:** Q471879 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joss_Ackland, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q471879, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000722/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14324 Actor. Born 29 February 1928 in North Kensington, London, England, UK. Died 19 November 2023. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 29 February 1928, North Kensington, London, England, UK - **Died:** 19 November 2023 - **Active:** 1975–2001 - **Also known as:** جاس آکلند, Джосс Экленд, Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland - **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 5 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 84 (3), 1980s 74 (1), 1990s 82 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 69 across 3 titles - **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 3, Action 2, Crime 2, Thriller 2, Action & Adventure 1, Adventure 1 - **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $432m across 3 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joss_Ackland, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q471879, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000722/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14324 ## 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. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, latimes.com.* ## On Fi1m (5) - *The Hunt for Red October* (1990), Fi1m 82, as Ambassador Andrei Lysenko — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunt-for-red-october.md) - *Lethal Weapon 2* (1989), Fi1m 74, as Arjen Rudd — [page](https://film.one/film/lethal-weapon-2.md) - *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* (1979), Fi1m 88, as Jerry Westerby — [page](https://film.one/tv/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-1979.md) - *Watership Down* (1978), Fi1m 81, as Black Rabbit (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/watership-down.md) - *The Sweeney* (1975), Fi1m 84, as Alan Ember — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sweeney.md) ## Complete filmography (194) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Portrait* (2014), as Henry Winter - *Katherine of Alexandria* (2014), as Rufus - *Prisoners of the Sun* (2013), as Professor Mendella - *The Boy with Chocolate Fingers* (2011), as Narrator - *Peak Performers - The Mk3 Ford Cortina* (2010), as Narrator - *Pinocchio* (2009), as Mastro Ciliegia - *Pinocchio* (2009), series, as Mastro Ciliegia - *How About You...* (2007), as Donald Vanston - *Hogfather* (2007), as Mustrum Ridcully - *In Search of the Great Beast 666: Aleister Crowley* (2007), as Narrator - *Flawless* (2007), as Milton Kendrick Ashtoncroft - *Kingdom* (2007), series, as Mr. John Narbutowicz - *Hogfather* (2006), series, as Mustrum Ridcully - *Moscow Zero* (2006), as Tolstoy - *Above and Beyond* (2006), series, as Winston Churchill - *These Foolish Things* (2006), as Albert - *Asylum* (2005), as Jack Straffen - *Icon* (2005), as General Nikolayev - *A Different Loyalty* (2004), as Randolph Cauffield - *Henry VIII* (2003), series, as Henry VII - *I'll Be There* (2003), as Evil Edmonds - *K-19: The Widowmaker* (2002), as Marshal Zelentsov - *No Good Deed* (2002), as Mr. Quarre - *Othello* (2001), as James Brabant - *The Mumbo Jumbo* (2000), as Mayor Smith - *Easter Tales* (2000), series, as Barabbas - *Passion of Mind* (2000), as Dr. Langer, the French Psychiatrist - *Lounge Act* (2000), Actor - *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service* (1999), as The Prussian - *Milk* (1999), as Vicar - *Firelight* (1998), as Lord Clare - *My Giant* (1998), as Monsignor Popesou - *Heat of the Sun* (1998), series, as Max Van Der vuurst - *Swept from the Sea* (1998), as Mr. Swaffer - *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Sir Freddy Butler — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md) - *To the Ends of Time* (1996), as King Francis - *Testament: The Bible in Animation* (1996), series, as Samuel (voice), Noah (voice) - *D3: The Mighty Ducks* (1996), as Hans - *Surviving Picasso* (1996), as Henri Matisse - *Deadly Voyage* (1996), Actor - *Hidden in Silence* (1996), as German Factory Manager - *Daisies in December* (1995), as Gerald Carmody - *A Kid in King Arthur's Court* (1995), as King Arthur - *Mad Dogs and Englishmen* (1995), as Insp. Sam Stringer - *Citizen X* (1995), as Bondarchuk - *OcchioPinocchio* (1994), as Brando Della Valle - *Jacob* (1994), as Isaak - *Julius Caesar* (1994), as Caesar - *Miracle on 34th Street* (1994), as Victor Landbergh (uncredited), Victor Landbergh - *Giorgino* (1994), as Father Glaise - *Citizen Locke* (1994), as Lord Ashley - *Simulacrum* (1993), as The Chemist - *Mother's Boys* (1993), as Lansing, Jude's Attorney - *The Thief and the Cobbler* (1993), as Brigand (voice) - *Voices in the Garden* (1993), as Sir Charles Peverall - *Nowhere to Run* (1993), as Franklin Hale - *Shakespeare: The Animated Tales* (1992), series, as Caesar (voice) - *The Mighty Ducks* (1992), as Hans - *Project: Shadowchaser* (1992), as Kinderman - *White Bear's Secret* (1992), as Brown Bear (voice) - *Once Upon a Crime* (1992), as Hercules Popodopoulos - *The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles* (1992), series, as The Prussian - *Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls* (1992), as King Edward - *The Bridge* (1992), as Smithson - *Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors* (1991), as Lewis Serrocold - *Brown Bear's Wedding* (1991), as Brown Bear (voice) - *Ashenden* (1991), series, Actor - *A Woman Named Jackie* (1991), series, as Aristotle Onassis - *A Murder of Quality* (1991), as Terence Fielding - *Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey* (1991), as De Nomolos - *The Princess and the Goblin* (1991), as King Papa (voice) - *The Object of Beauty* (1991), as Mr. Mercer - *The Sheltering Desert* (1991), Actor - *Tre colonne in cronaca* (1990), as Gaetano Leporino, il finanziere - *The Secret Life of Ian Fleming* (1990), as Gen. Gerhard Hellstein - *The Hunt for Red October* (1990), as Ambassador Andrei Lysenko — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunt-for-red-october.md) - *The Palermo Connection* (1990), as il boss - *Jekyll & Hyde* (1990), as Dr. Charles Lanyon - *First and Last* (1989), as Alan Holly - *Lethal Weapon 2* (1989), as Arjen Rudd — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/lethal-weapon-2.md) - *A Quiet Conspiracy* (1989), series, as Theo Carter - *The Man Who Lived at the Ritz* (1988), as Hermann Goering - *To Kill a Priest* (1988), as Colonel - *It Couldn't Happen Here* (1988), as Priest/Murderer - *Codename: Kyril* (1988), series, as 'C' - *Olympus Force: The Key* (1988), as George Grossopoulos - *When We Are Married* (1987), as Henry Ormonroyd - *White Mischief* (1987), as 'Jock' Delves Broughton - *The Sicilian* (1987), as Don Masino Croce - *Queenie* (1987), series, as Sir Burton Rumsey - *A Killing on the Exchange* (1987), series, as Sir Max Sillman - *Lady Jane* (1986), as Sir John Bridges - *A Zed & Two Noughts* (1985), as Van Hoyten - *Shadowlands* (1985), as CS Lewis - *Screen Two* (1985), series, as Sir Charles (Archie) Peverall, Captain - *Sherlock Holmes* (1984), series, as Jephro Rucastle - *The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes* (1984), series, as Jephro Rucastle - *The Tragedy of Coriolanus* (1984), as Menenius - *Shroud for a Nightingale* (1984), series, as Stephen Courtney-Briggs - *The Leather Boys* (1984), as Narrator - *Dalgliesh* (1983), series, as Stephen Courtney-Briggs - *The Barretts of Wimpole Street* (1982), as Edward Moulton-Barrett - *Findings on a Late Afternoon* (1981), as Father - *Elizabeth Alone* (1981), as Major Orpen - *Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective* (1981), as Chief Insp. Yardbird - *The Apple* (1980), as Mr. Topps / Hippie Leader - *Rough Cut* (1980), as Insp. Vanderveld - *The Love Tapes* (1980), as Narrator (voice) - *The Gentle Touch* (1980), series, as Ivor Stocker - *A Question of Guilt* (1980), series, as Samuel Kent - *A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square* (1980), as Prison Warden - *Closing Ranks* (1980), as Victor Rogachev - *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* (1979), series, as Jerry Westerby — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-1979.md) - *Saint Jack* (1979), as Yardley - *Turtle's Progress* (1979), series, as Benny D-Day - *Tales of the Unexpected* (1979), series, as Colonel George Peregrine, Jack Cutler - *The BBC Television Shakespeare* (1978), series, as Menenius - *Watership Down* (1978), as Black Rabbit (voice) — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/watership-down.md) - *Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?* (1978), as Cantrell - *Return of the Saint* (1978), series, as Gunther - *The Greek Tycoon* (1978), as Naval officer (uncredited) - *Enemy at the Door* (1978), series, as Major General Laidlaw - *The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It* (1977), as President - *Silver Bears* (1977), as Henry Foreman - *The Crezz* (1976), series, as Charles Bronte - *You Talk Too Much* (1976), as Doctor - *Operation: Daybreak* (1975), as Janák - *Royal Flash* (1975), as Sapten - *One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing* (1975), as B.J. Spence - *The Sweeney* (1975), series, as Alan Ember — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sweeney.md) - *The Magic Dream* (1975), as Narrator - *The Little Prince* (1974), as The King - *The Four Musketeers* (1974), as D'Artagnan's Father (archive footage) (uncredited) - *S*P*Y*S* (1974), as Martinson - *The Black Windmill* (1974), as Chief Supt. Wray - *Playhouse* (1974), series, as Maj. Orpen, Father - *Great Expectations* (1974), as Joe Gargery - *Miss Nightingale* (1974), as Lord Palmerston - *The Three Musketeers* (1973), as D’Artagnan’s Father - *Orson Welles' Great Mysteries* (1973), series, as Detective Inspector Hud - *Centre Play* (1973), series, as Doctor - *Penny Gold* (1973), as Jones - *England Made Me* (1973), as Haller - *Hitler: The Last Ten Days* (1973), as General Burgdorf - *Access to the Children* (1973), as Malcolmson - *The Bankrupt* (1972), as Ellis Cripper - *The Protectors* (1972), series, as Arthur Gordon - *Crippled Bloom* (1972), as Potter Jones - *Country Matters* (1972), series, as Potter-Jones - *The Mind Snatchers* (1972), as Dr. Frederick - *King's Cross Lunch Hour* (1972), as The Man - *Late Night Theatre* (1972), series, as Martens - *Shirley's World* (1972), series, Actor - *Getting In* (1971), as An Applicant - *Justice* (1971), series, as Sir Robert Beste - *The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes* (1971), series, as Grubber - *The Persuaders!* (1971), series, as Felix Meadowes - *Mr. Forbush and the Penguins* (1971), as Head of Board - *Villain* (1971), as Edgar Lowis - *The House That Dripped Blood* (1971), as Neville Rogers (segment 2 "Waxworks") - *The Lie* (1970), as Albert - *Play for Today* (1970), series, as Albert, Ellis Cripper, Malcolmson - *Crescendo* (1970), as Carter - *The Three Sisters* (1970), as Chebutykin - *Canterbury Tales* (1969), series, as Host - *W. Somerset Maugham* (1969), series, as Harold Bannon - *ITV Saturday Night Theatre* (1969), series, as Councillor Horne - *Trapped* (1967), series, as Pritchy - *The Further Adventures of the Musketeers* (1967), series, as d'Artagnan - *One Pair of Eyes* (1967), series, Actor - *Death of a Salesman* (1966), as Charley - *Lord Raingo* (1966), series, as Tom Hogarth - *Rasputin: The Mad Monk* (1966), as The Bishop - *Mystery and Imagination* (1966), series, as Herr Scavenius, Mr Smedhurst - *David Copperfield* (1966), series, as Daniel Peggotty - *Tomorrow, Just You Wait* (1965), as Tom Gorbet - *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, as Chebutykin, Charley - *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, as The Applicant, The Man - *Blackmail* (1965), series, as Charles Lorrimer - *The Troubleshooters* (1965), series, as Considine, Sam Jardine, Mr. Gibbon, Lewis - *Londoners* (1965), series, as Angus Grahame - *The Wednesday Play* (1964), series, as Cornelius, Tom Gorbet - *The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling* (1964), series, as William Stevens - *Sherlock Holmes* (1964), series, as Hon. Philip Green - *Theatre 625* (1964), series, as Hockey Jagger, Fred, John Hinks - *Maggie* (1964), as Norman - *In Search of the Castaways* (1962), as Yacht Seaman - *The Avengers* (1961), series, as Brigadier Hansing — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md) - *No Hiding Place* (1959), series, Actor - *Next to No Time* (1958), as Turkish Bath Attendant - *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Frank Penfold, Mr Green - *Ghost Ship* (1952), as Ron, 2nd Fisherman - *Seven Days to Noon* (1950), as Station Policeman - *Landfall* (1949), as O'Neil ## Gallery - ![Joss Ackland](https://film.one/media/person/77564/gallery-6db18fa13e3c.jpg) Joss Ackland — Image via TMDB - ![Joss Ackland](https://film.one/media/person/77564/gallery-a2db8d65a5a9.jpg) Joss Ackland — Image via TMDB - ![Joss Ackland](https://film.one/media/person/77564/gallery-429a27f7ee15.jpg) Joss Ackland — Image via TMDB - ![Joss Ackland](https://film.one/media/person/77564/gallery-911caaaf0b7b.jpg) Joss Ackland — Image via TMDB - ![Joss Ackland](https://film.one/media/person/77564/gallery-5db5c713239b.jpg) Joss Ackland — Image via TMDB - ![Joss Ackland](https://film.one/media/person/77564/gallery-93763c9e0b8f.jpg) Joss Ackland — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Commander of the Order of the British Empire 2001: Commander of the Order of the British Empire (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/joss-ackland