Actor Julian Sands has died at the age of 65, having been missing for five months

In early January 2023, actor Julian Sands, a mountaineer and experienced hiker, went on an expedition to Mount San Antonio in California, whose peak is 3,068 meters. Since January 13, he has not given any sign of life. A search by San Bernardino County police using a helicopter and even drones turned up nothing.

This Saturday, June 24, five months after her disappearance, hikers discovered human remains near the geographic area where the actress was reported missing. Entrusting it to the medical examiner, he confirmed that it was indeed the actress who was officially declared dead by the authorities. The exact reasons and circumstances of his death are still unknown.

A tragic outcome for the great actor, 65, who appeared in Roland Joffe’s masterpiece The Tear. And especially James Ivor in A Room With a View in 1986.

A remarkable start

Julian Sands grew up in a large family of five children, who were raised by their single mother after a divorce. At a very young age he showed a marked taste and talent for comedy.

After studying drama Central School of Speech and Dramathus joining Forum Theater Company, which allows him to play in many plays. At the same time, he goes through castings on both the small and the big screen.

Julian found his first major role in the war film Thear (1985), about the Khmer Rouge dictatorship. We have since seen The Doctor and the Assassins, Gothic and especially A room with a view, a romantic drama where he falls under the spell of Helena Bonham Carter. Acting in international films, he played a witch in the horror Warlock (1989) and a lawyer accused of murder in the thriller Tennessee Nights (id.).

Active, Julian Sands specializes in horror. This is evidenced by his productions Arachnophobia, Le Festin nu, Warlock 2, Le Tour d’énus and Le Fantôme de l’Opéra. Proving the ability to think, he plays a terrible mafia in the abandoned Las Vegas (he becomes the favorite actor of Mike Figgis, who then hires him for one night, The End of Sexual Innocence, Time Code, Hotel and La Maison crooked. After Agatha Christie).

A very relevant actor in the series

Since the 2000s, the Otley native has had multiple roles in a variety of films (albeit a few comedies) and often unknown to the general public. Among them we can cite The Million Dollar Hotel, Love Me, Le Médaillon, La Piste, L’Enfer des loups, Blood and Bone, Suspension of Disbelief and Painted Bird. He also occasionally tours under the direction of major filmmakers such as Steven Soderbergh (Ocean’s 13) and David Fincher (Millennium).

Always since the 2000s, Julian Sands has been more present on the side of television series. Thus, he finds more or less important characters in Jackie Chan (where he acts as a voice actor), Smallville (in the skin of young Jor-El), Stargate SG-1, New York Special Unit, 24 Hour Chrono (where he plays). Russian Businessman with Kiefer Sutherland), Blood Ties, Ghost Whisperer, Dexter, Crossbones, Will and What/If.