Actor Julian Sands has died after going missing while on a camping trip in California.

Julian Sands, pictured in 2011, has appeared in several Oscar-nominated films. died five months after going missing on a hike in southern California.

A 65-year-old man has been missing since January 13, when he did not return from a hike in the San Gabriel Mountains.

On Saturday, walkers found human remains near the actor's last known whereabouts, in a wilderness area near the Baldy Bowl area on Mount Baldy, near Los Angeles.

The coroner confirmed they were from Sands, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said. helicopters searched for it several times.

The ground operation was forced to suspend the search for a while due to dangerous conditions on the trail and the risk of avalanches after California endured heavy rain and heavy snow.

>< p>Sands, who has starred in several Oscar-nominated films, was an outdoor enthusiast and has lived in North Hollywood, California since 2020.

He first made his name in the 1985 film A Room with a View ”, with Helena Bonham Carter, Sir Daniel Day-Lewis, Dame Judi Dench and Dame Maggie Smith.

Bonham Carter in 1985. Photo: GETTY IMAGES

The Yorkshire-born Sands also starred in Leaving Las Vegas in 1995 and appeared on television in 24 and Smallville, amassing over 150 credits in his 40-year career.

He also remembered dying while climbing the Andes in the early 1990s, when he and three others were caught in a storm at over 20,000 feet.

“We all had a really bad time,” he said. told. “Some of the guys close to us died. We're in luck.”

The San Bernardino Sheriff's Department said: “The process of identifying the body found on Bald Mountain on June 24, 2023 has been completed and it has been identified as 65-year-old Julian. The sands of North Hollywood.

“Method of death is still under investigation pending further test results.

“We would like to express our gratitude to all the volunteers who have worked tirelessly trying to find Mr. Sands.” Saffron Burroughs in Losing Sexual Innocence, 1999. Photo: FILM STILLS

From 1984 to 1987, the actor was married to journalist Sarah Sands, former editor of the Evening Standard, The Sunday Telegraph and the BBC's R4 Today program. with whom he shares a son.

He also has two daughters with Evgenia Chitkowitz, whom he married in 1990.

Last week, the Sands family released a statement saying that they continue to contain it. “We have fond memories in our hearts.”

“We are deeply grateful to the search teams and coordinators who worked tirelessly to find Julian,” the family said in a statement released Wednesday by the Sheriff's Department. read.

“We still hold Julian in our hearts with fond memories of him as a wonderful father, husband, explorer, lover of the natural and art worlds, and as an original and collaborative performer.”