Julian Sands' kids join search as British actor named as missing mountain hiker

19 January 2023 , 11:31

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British actor Julian Sands' three children have joined the search for the missing actor, it's been reported.

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo star, 65, has been missing for five days in an 'extremely dangerous' Californian mountain range where two people have died in recent weeks, police in America have confirmed.

Julian's friends, including Two and a Half Men actor Jon Cryer, have said they are praying for the missing star, as police issue a stern warning telling other hikers to avoid the treacherous mountain.

The actor was thought to have been somewhere on the popular Baldy Bowl Trail, which climbs 3,900 feet over 4.5 miles to the highest summit in the San Gabriel Mountains.

Julian, who has appeared in hit TV shows like Elementary, Dexter and Smallville, was last seen on Friday in the Mount Baldy area of the range and his family haven't been in contact with him since then.

Julian Sands search continues 'intermittently’ three weeks after he vanished

Julian Sands' kids join search as British actor named as missing mountain hiker

Julian Sands shares his eldest child, son Henry, with his ex-wife Sarah Harvey (Corbis via Getty Images)

This missing actor has two daughters with his wife of 32 years Evgenia Citkowitz (1987 Ron Galella, Ltd.)

"On Friday, January 13, at about 7:30 pm, a hiker, identified as 65-year-old Julian Sands of North Hollywood was reported missing in the Baldy Bowl area," a spokesperson for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s department said, in a statement shared with the PA news agency in the early hours of Thursday morning.

"Sheriff’s Department Search and Rescue crews responded and began a search. Because of avalanche risks and trail conditions, the ground crews were pulled off the mountain on Saturday evening.

"However, we continue to search by helicopter and drones when the weather permits."

Police have warned over hikers to avoid Mount Baldy (Getty Images/Cavan Images RF)

It's now been reported by The Independent that Julian's three adult children have joined the ground search.

Julian became a father for the first time during his marriage to Sarah Harvey, a British journalist, when they welcomed son Henry into the world before splitting in 1987. He went on to have two more children, daughters Natalya and Imogen, with his now-wife Evgenia Citkowitz, who he married in 1990.

The dad-of-three rarely talks about his wife and children as he likes to keep his family out of the limelight, but he reflected in 2020 on his wife's pregnancy with their youngest daughter.

Julian and Evgenia tied the knot in 1990 (2018 Stefanie Keenan)

The couple share two children together (2018 Stefanie Keenan)

Speaking to Weekend magazine, he said that one of his treasured items in his Kent farmhouse was a portrait made by Imogen.

"When my wife Evgenia was pregnant with our daughter Natalya in 1996 she took a yoga class," he said.

"I saw the change in her and embraced yoga too. This mat was given to me when I first began to practise by our teacher Diane Gysbers, who studied with the master BKS Iyengar – he’s in the photo on the radiator.

"The portrait of me to the left was made by our younger daughter Imogen when she was six. She’s 20 now but I still hold it dear. "