Joss Ackland

Overview

Known for
Acting
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Birthday
Feb 29, 1928 (97 years old)
Death date
Nov 19, 2023

Joss Ackland

Known For

The Portrait
0h 19m
Movie 2014

The Portrait

The film examines some complex dilemmas within three generations of one family. Through the painting of a portrait we are asked to consider: Is it ever better not to know some things than to know them? Does secrecy protect or damage those we love? Can all things be forgiven and forgotten?

Katherine of Alexandria
1h 48m
Movie 2014

Katherine of Alexandria

The life of Katherine of Alexandria. Constantine joins the Roman army to find his missing childhood friend. Once alerted to his friend's whereabouts, he prepares for an all out war between the East and the West. Contains the last film role of Peter O'Toole, who died before the film was released.

Prisoners of the Sun
1h 28m
Movie 2013

Prisoners of the Sun

A multinational expedition discovers a lost city beneath a pyramid, where they must stop the reawakened gods of ancient Egypt from initiating the apocalypse

The Boy with Chocolate Fingers
0h 10m
Movie 2011

The Boy with Chocolate Fingers

The story is about Donald McGlone, the boy with chocolate fingers (his fingers are made of chocolate). Because he is different, Donald has no friends and other children shun him. He grows up isolated and alone. Later he keeps a low profile working as an elevator operator, wearing gloves to conceal his secret. One day Molly, the girl he secretly adores, is trapped by a huge bear in the office. Donald gets a chance to make his difference become his greatest asset, if he is brave enough to save her. The moral of the story: If you are different, don't worry about what others may think, say or do, just be yourself and your dreams may come true.

Hogfather
3h 5m
Movie 2007

Hogfather

It's the night before Hogswatch, usually a time of joy on Discworld, but there are suspicious going-on and the criminal underworld is abuzz. The beloved Hogfather - the jolly bearer of glee and pork-related gifts for children everywhere - has vanished. Suddenly, Discworld's entire mythical system is under threat. The fate of this magical time rests in the hands of a very motley group: A band of wizards headed up by a mystical university president named Mustrum Ridcully (Joss Ackland), a loyal manservant called Albert (David Jason), a level-headed governess called Susan Sto Heilt (Michelle Dockery), and her grandfather, who happens to be - Death (Marnix van den Broeke).

In Search of the Great Beast 666: Aleister Crowley
2h 5m
Movie 2007

In Search of the Great Beast 666: Aleister Crowley

"In Search of the Great Beast 666" documents the chilling life, impulses and journey of Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), one of the most controversial and mysterious characters of the 20th Century; infamously known as "The Wickedest Man in the World."

Flawless
1h 48m
Movie 2007

Flawless

A female executive and a night janitor conspire to commit a daring diamond heist from their mutual employer, The London Diamond Corporation.

Hogfather
1h 35m
TV Show 2006

Hogfather

On the night before Hogswatch, the holiday where kids anticipate presents from the beloved Hogfather, Death notices that the Hogfather's life-timer is lying broken on the floor of his castle. Could it be that Hogswatch will not happen this year?

Moscow Zero
1h 22m
Movie 2006

Moscow Zero

In Moscow, the priest Owen hires a team to guide him in the underworld to find his friend Sergei that is missing while researching the legend about the existence of demons and an entrance to hell beneath the city.

Biography

Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland CBE was an English actor who appeared in more than 130 film and television roles. He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for portraying Jock Delves Broughton in White Mischief (1987). Description above from the Wikipedia article Joss Ackland, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

2014
The Portrait
2014
Katherine of Alexandria
2013
Prisoners of the Sun
2011
The Boy with Chocolate Fingers
2009
Pinocchio
2007
Hogfather
2007
In Search of the Great Beast 666: Aleister Crowley
2007
Flawless
2006
Hogfather
2006
Moscow Zero
2006
Above and Beyond
2006
Above and Beyond
2006
These Foolish Things
2005
Defining a Style
2004
A Different Loyalty
2003
Henry VIII
2003
I'll Be There
2002
K-19: The Widowmaker
2000
The Mumbo Jumbo
2000
Tales from the Madhouse
2000
Passion of Mind
2000
Lounge Act
1998
My Giant
1998
Heat of the Sun
1998
Swept from the Sea
1996
Deadly Voyage
1995
A Kid in King Arthur's Court
1995
Mad Dogs and Englishmen
1995
Citizen X
1994
OcchioPinocchio
1994
Julius Caesar
1994
Miracle on 34th Street
1994
Giorgino
1994
Citizen Locke
1994
Joan Miró: Constellations - The Color of Poetry
1993
Simulacrum
1993
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993
Voices in the Garden
1993
Nowhere to Run
1992
White Bear's Secret
1992
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
1992
The Bridge
1991
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
1991
Brown Bear's Wedding
1991
Ashenden
1991
The Princess and the Goblin
1991
The Sheltering Desert
1990
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
1990
The Palermo Connection
1990
Jekyll & Hyde
1989
First and Last
1988
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
1988
To Kill a Priest
1988
It Couldn't Happen Here
1988
Codename: Kyril
1988
Olympus Force: The Key
1987
When We Are Married
1987
White Mischief
1987
The Sicilian
1987
Queenie
1987
A Killing on the Exchange
1985
A Zed & Two Noughts

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