Michael Culver, the British actor and antiwar activist who played a small but indelible role as an Imperial officer ruthlessly dispatched by Darth Vader in the Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back, died Feb. 27 at 85.
英國演員、反戰(zhàn)活動家邁克爾·卡爾弗于2月27日去世,享年85歲。他曾在《星球大戰(zhàn)》續(xù)集《帝國反擊戰(zhàn)》中飾演一名被達斯·維達無情殺害的帝國軍官,這個角色雖小,但卻不可磨滅。
Alliance Agents announced the news Tuesday, paying tribute to a career "spanning over 50 years with notable roles in Sherlock Holmes, A Passage to India, Secret Army and of course one of the most memorable death scenes in the Star Wars franchise." A cause of death was not disclosed.
聯(lián)盟經紀公司周二宣布了這一消息,向他“50多年的職業(yè)生涯,在《福爾摩斯》、《印度之旅》、《秘密軍隊》中扮演了重要角色,當然還有《星球大戰(zhàn)》系列中最令人難忘的死亡場景之一”致敬。死因沒有透露。
Culver portrayed Captain Needa in The Empire Strikes Back, who learns the hard way what happens when you fail Darth Vader. In a fan-favorite scene, Needa apologizes to Vader for losing track of a group of rebel soldiers and is promptly Force-choked to death.
卡爾弗在《帝國反擊戰(zhàn)》中飾演尼達上尉,當你打敗了達斯·維德時,他得到了慘痛的教訓。在一個粉絲最喜歡的場景中,尼達為失去一群叛軍士兵的蹤跡向維德道歉,并立即被強行窒息而死。
"Apology accepted, Captain Needa," Vader (voiced by James Earl Jones) says with casual cruelty.
“我接受你的道歉,尼達船長,”維德(詹姆斯·厄爾·瓊斯配音)帶著不經意的殘忍說道。
Born in Hampstead, north London, Culver grew up in a theater family. Per the Guardian, he was the first son of West End actor Roland Culver and casting director Daphne Rye, and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
卡爾弗出生在倫敦北部的漢普斯特德,成長于一個戲劇家庭。據(jù)《衛(wèi)報》報道,他是倫敦西區(qū)演員羅蘭·卡爾弗和選角導演達芙妮·拉伊的長子,曾在倫敦音樂與戲劇藝術學院接受培訓。
His extensive TV and film credits also included Thunderball, The Avengers, Goodbye Mr. Chips, From Russia With Love, The Adventures of Black Beauty, Squadron, Cadfel, and Wallander.
他廣泛的電視和電影作品還包括《霹靂彈》、《復仇者聯(lián)盟》、《再見,奇普斯先生》、《來自俄羅斯的愛》、《黑美人歷險記》、《中隊》、《卡菲爾》和《沃蘭德》。
Alliance noted that Culver largely gave up acting in the early 2000s "to concentrate his efforts into his political activism."
聯(lián)盟指出,卡爾弗在21世紀初基本上放棄了表演,“把精力集中在政治活動上”。
The agency added, "It's been an honor to have represented Michael for the last decade and to have taken him to some of the best Star Wars events in the UK and Europe. A real highlight was taking Michael to Celebration in Chicago in 2019. He was lost for words when he saw his queue line with nearly 200 people waiting to see him."
該公司補充說:“在過去的十年里,我很榮幸能代表邁克爾,并帶他參加了英國和歐洲一些最好的星球大戰(zhàn)活動。真正的亮點是2019年帶邁克爾去芝加哥的Celebration。當他看到近200人排著隊等著見他時,他說不出話來了。”