Actor Julian Sands, who starred in several Oscar-nominated films in the 1980s and ’90s, including A room with a view And leaving Las VegasA man was found dead on a Southern California mountain five months after he disappeared while hiking, authorities said Tuesday.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said the investigation confirmed it was Sands whose remains were found Sunday by hikers in the woods near Mount Baldy. The 65-year-old actor was a longtime avid hiker who lived in Los Angeles and was reported missing on Jan. 13 after visiting a peak more than 10,000 feet (3,048 meters) east of the city. Crews searched for him several times with the help of drones and helicopters, but, severely hampered by a spring-long winter, there was no sign of him until he was spotted by hikers found.
Officials said that it is not yet known how he died.
Sands, who was born, raised and began acting in England, has worked steadily in film and television, earning more than 150 credits in a career spanning 40 years. During a 10-year period from 1985 to 1995, he played leading roles in a series of acclaimed films.
After studying at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London, Sands began a career in stage and film, playing minor roles in several films. oxford blues And the killing fields, He had the lead role of George Emerson in the 1985 British romance, who falls in love with Helena Bonham Carter’s Lucy Honeychurch while on holiday in Tuscany. A room with a view,
The film, from director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant, won the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for Best Picture, and was nominated for eight Oscars, winning three.
In the wake of its success, Sands moved to the United States to pursue a career in Hollywood.
He played the title role in the 1989 horror fantasy “Warlock” and its sequel. in the 1990 horror comedy arachnophobiaAlong with Jeff Daniels and John Goodman, Sands played an entomologist specializing in spiders.
The following year he appeared in director David Cronenberg’s surrealistic adaptation of the William Burroughs novel naked lunch in 1991.
FILE – Actor Julian Sands poses for photographers at the Venice Film Festival on September 3, 2019 in Venice, Italy.
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In 1993, Sands starred in the thriller boxing helena, a film that attracted major media attention during production when Madonna and Kim Basinger accepted the title role before backing out. will share twin Peaks Actor Sherilyn Fenn. The film flopped.
Author Anne Rice championed Sands to play Lestat in the much-publicized 1994 Hollywood adaptation of her novel. Interview with the VampireBut this role will go to Tom Cruise.
in the 1995s leaving Las VegasIn the film, Sands played an abusive Latvian pimp alongside Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue. The film was nominated for four Oscars, with Cage winning Best Actor.
Sands referred to his love of the outdoors in a 2020 interview with the Guardian, saying that he was happiest when “close to a mountain peak on a gloriously cold morning” and that his biggest dream was “high climbing a remote peak in the Himalayas”. Makalu.”
The actor said in interviews that in the early 1990s, he was caught in a “terrible” storm in the Andes and was lucky to survive while three other people in his crew were not.
Afterwards leaving Las VegasOver the years, the quality of the films Sands was cast in and the size of his roles began to decline. She continued to work in the films of director Wim Wenders. million dollar hotel and director Dario Argento the Phantom of the Opera,
He also appeared as a guest star or in recurring roles in the TV series 24, Medici, smallville, right, gotham And primary, his last film was 2022 ghosts of monday,
Sands was born in Yorkshire, the middle child of five brothers and was raised by a single mother. He had three children of his own.
He was married in 1990 to journalist Evgenia Sitkowitz, with whom he had two adult daughters, Imogen Morley Sands and Natalya Morley Sands. His eldest child was son Henry Sands, by his first wife, journalist Sarah Harvey.
Days before he was found, Sands’ family released a statement saying, “We hold Julian in our hearts with bright memories of him as a wonderful father, husband, explorer, lover of the natural world and the arts.” ” An original and collaborative artist.”
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