Aliens actor Jay Benedict dead at 68 from coronavirus

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On-screen character Jay Benedict, who showed up in "Outsiders" and "The Dark Knight Rises," is the most recent big name to pass on from the coronavirus.

He was 68.

"It is with significant distress that we should report Jay's passing on the fourth of April because of intricacies emerging from a COVID-19 disease," his official site declared.

His office, TSG, additionally shared the news "with incredible pity," saying, "Our contemplations are with his family." No further subtleties were given.

Benedict showed up in various significant motion pictures, incorporating as Newt's dad in James Cameron's "Outsiders," and as "rich joke" in the last film of Christopher Nolan's Batman set of three, "The Dark Knight Rises," IMDb appears.


The California-conceived on-screen character had moved to Europe as a kid and yielded that he sounded "more English than American." In the UK, he discovered popularity in one of the greatest TV cleansers, "Emmerdale," just as TV investigator dramatization "Foyle's War," and was hitched to entertainer Phoebe Scholfield.

His voice was as well known as his face, he yielded in his profile, having given sound to narratives, promotions and computer games.

"The irritatingly mitigating voice mentioning that you sit down and switch off your cell phone is presumably him: so now you realize who to fault," his profile said of his voice-over work in declarations.