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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 8, 1956
Place of Birth:
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
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Julian Richings
Biography
Julian Richings is a British-Canadian character actor. He has appeared in over 225 films and television series. He trained in drama at the University of Exeter and worked as an actor for several years in the United Kingdom before moving to Toronto in 1984. In the popular series Todd and the Book of Pure Evil he played the dual characters of the Hooded Leader and Atticus Murphy Senior. When not on screen, Julian Richings is a busy stage actor. In February of 2016 he appeared in a play titled Mustard by rising star Kat Sandler at Toronto’s Tarragon Theatre. He played the role of Peter Icabod in 15 episodes of Patriot between 2015 and 2018.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide | Horror Film Expert |
| 2025 | Honey Bunch | Delwyn |
| 2025 | It Feeds | Dr.Ronald Whittaker |
| 2024 | Return to Wickensburg | Mr. Hexenmeister |
| 2024 | Campton Manor | Edward |
| 2024 | A Thousand Cuts | Webster |
| 2024 | Scared Shitless | Professor Cummings |
| 2023 | Beau Is Afraid | Strange Man |
| 2023 | T-Bone | Chris |
| 2023 | Relax, I'm from the Future | Percy |
| 2022 | Salvation | John |
| 2022 | Wickensburg | Mr Hexenmeister |
| 2022 | Oldtimers | Richard |
| 2022 | Charlotte | Dr. Kurt Singer / Policeman #1 / SS Soldier #2 (voice) |
| 2022 | Time Traveling Through Time | Narrator |
| 2021 | Vicious Fun | Fritz |
| 2021 | Chaos Walking | Gault |
| 2021 | Stanleyville | Homunculus |
| 2020 | Stardust | Tony Defries |
| 2020 | Spare Parts | The Emperor |
| 2020 | Anything for Jackson | Henry Walsh |
| 2020 | Business Ethics | Martin Abacus |
| 2020 | Hall | Julian |
| 2019 | Polar | Lomas |
| 2019 | Sailor | The Magistrate |
| 2019 | The Christmas Temp | Luca |
| 2019 | True Fiction | Lenny Rupert |
| 2017 | The Space Between | Stash |
| 2017 | Todd and the Book of Pure Evil: The End of the End | Hooded Leader / Malian Trader (voice) |
| 2017 | Midnight Confession | Grass (voice) |
| 2016 | Prisoner X | Jefferson |
| 2016 | The Witch | Governor |
| 2016 | Blood Hunters | Father Stewart |
| 2016 | The Rainbow Kid | Elvis Grimes |
| 2015 | She Stoops to Conquer | |
| 2015 | A Christmas Horror Story | Gerhardt |
| 2015 | Regression | Tom |
| 2015 | All Hallows' Eve 2 | Chatterbox (segment "The Last Halloween") (archive footage) |
| 2015 | Reign | Mr. Ian |
| 2014 | Patch Town | Yuri |
| 2014 | Hellmouth | Smiley |
| 2014 | Ejecta | William Cassidy |
| 2013 | Man of Steel | Lor-Em |
| 2013 | The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet | Ricky |
| 2013 | Septic Man | Phil Prosser |
| 2013 | The Colony | Leland |
| 2013 | The Last Halloween | Chatterbox |
| 2013 | Victims | Gatling |
| 2013 | We Are Not Here | Monday |
| 2012 | The Conspiracy | Green Man |
| 2012 | The Tape | Jack |
| 2012 | The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh | Rahn Brothers / Neither Man Nor Woman / Bill Phillips |
| 2011 | Patch Town | Child Catcher |
| 2011 | Collaborator | Maurice LeFont |
| 2011 | Animal Control | Larry |
| 2011 | Three Inches | Ethan |
| 2010 | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | Ferryman |
| 2010 | Trigger | Bucky |
| 2010 | Hard Core Logo II | Bucky Haight |
| 2009 | Sea Wolf | Mugridge |
| 2009 | The Timekeeper | Grease |
| 2009 | You Might As Well Live | Dr. Pooseby |
| 2009 | Curious Stories, Crooked Symbols | Kneeling Man |
| 2009 | Survival of the Dead | James |
| 2008 | Elegy | Actor in Play #1 |
| 2008 | Toronto Stories | Leather Jacket |
| 2008 | Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween | Mr. Tibers |
| 2008 | Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid | Mr. Tibers |
| 2008 | The Facts in the Case of Mister Hollow | Kneeling Man |
| 2008 | Jack and Jill vs. The World | Mr. Smith |
| 2007 | Saw IV | Vagrant |
| 2007 | Shoot 'Em Up | Hertz's Driver |
| 2007 | Nature of the Beast | Dr. Chamberlain |
| 2007 | Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost | Mr. Tibers |
| 2007 | The Third Eye | Charlie Rabbit |
| 2007 | The Tracey Fragments | Dr. Heker |
| 2007 | Dead Silence | Bos |
| 2006 | The Last Sect | Karpov |
| 2006 | Drive Time Murders | 'The Doc' |
| 2006 | Skinwalkers | Sad Looking Man |
| 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand | Mutant Theatre Organizer |
| 2005 | Black Widow | Dr. Deadman |
| 2004 | The Last Casino | Orr |
| 2004 | Fresh Meat: The Wounds of 'Wrong Turn' | Self |
| 2004 | Sisters in the Wilderness: The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill | William Cattermole |
| 2004 | Being Julia | Mr. Turnbull |
| 2004 | The Limb Salesman | Contact |
| 2004 | Some Things That Stay | Minister |
| 2004 | Kingdom Hospital | Otto |
| 2003 | My Life Without Me | Dr. Thompson |
| 2003 | Wrong Turn | Three Finger |
| 2003 | Open Range | Wylie |
| 2003 | Todd And The Book Of Pure Evil | Satan |
| 2003 | Eloise at Christmastime | Patrice the Chef |
| 2003 | Eloise at the Plaza | Patrice the Chef |
| 2002 | Between Strangers | Nigel |
| 2002 | Salem Witch Trials | Jonathan Walcott |
| 2002 | I Shout Love | Cab Driver |
| 2001 | Treed Murray | Homeless Man |
| 2001 | On Their Knees | Pappy |
| 2001 | Century Hotel | Waiter |
| 2001 | Prince Charming | Wacktazar |
| 2001 | The Pretender: Island of the Haunted | Brother Clote |
| 2000 | The Claim | Francis Bellanger |
| 2000 | Two Thousand and None | Curator |
| 2000 | The Crossing | McKenzie |
| 2000 | The Hustle | Detective Walsh |
| 2000 | The Claim | Bellanger |
| 1999 | The Time Shifters | Murray Trevor, Time-Traveling Tourist |
| 1999 | Detroit Rock City | Ticket Taker |
| 1998 | Cube | Alderson |
| 1998 | Urban Legend | Weird Janitor |
| 1998 | The Red Violin | Nicolas Olsberg (Montréal) |
| 1998 | Once a Thief: Family Business | Camier |
| 1998 | Motel | Tenant |
| 1998 | Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms | Bix |
| 1998 | The Show: Stories Within a Film | The Lead Actor |
| 1997 | Heritage Minutes: Winnie | A.A. Milne |
| 1997 | Ms. Scrooge | Christmas Yet to Come |
| 1997 | Once a Thief: Brother Against Brother | Camier |
| 1997 | Pale Saints | Einstein |
| 1997 | Mimic | Workman |
| 1996 | Hard Core Logo | Buck Haight |
| 1996 | The Boys Club | Officer Cole |
| 1995 | The Shamrock Conspiracy | Reader |
| 1995 | Moonlight and Valentino | Hair Stylist |
| 1995 | The Song Spinner | Callo |
| 1995 | Strauss: The King of Three-Quarter Time | Bono |
| 1995 | Love Child | Tom Sr. |
| 1994 | Squanto: A Warrior's Tale | Sir George's Servant |
| 1992 | Giant Steps | Danceband Teacher |
| 1991 | Heritage Minutes: John Cabot | King Henry VII |
| 1991 | Naked Lunch | Exterminator #4 |
| 1990 | Clarence | Reynolds |
| 1989 | The Top of His Head | Robert (henchman) |
| 1987 | Love at Stake | Town Crier |
| Keeper of the Cup | Rick | |
| Dave vs Death | Death |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Institute | |
| 2023 | Percy Jackson and the Olympians | Procrustes |
| 2022 | Reginald the Vampire | Logan |
| 2022 | Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities | Dooley |
| 2021 | Chapelwaite | Phillip Boone |
| 2019 | The Umbrella Academy | Chet Rodo |
| 2019 | Doom Patrol | Heinrich Von Fuchs |
| 2019 | Blood & Treasure | Alessandro LaLande |
| 2019 | Perpetual Grace LTD | Jonathan Joy |
| 2019 | Talent Drivers | Vincent |
| 2018 | Carter | Ray Understone |
| 2017 | American Gods | Iktomi |
| 2017 | Creeped Out | Zephaniah |
| 2016 | Channel Zero | The Gardener |
| 2016 | Frontier | Mr. Pickersgill |
| 2015 | Whatever, Linda | Aloysius Finkle |
| 2015 | Killjoys | Ancient Scarback |
| 2015 | Patriot | Peter Icabod |
| 2015 | 12 Monkeys | Adviser to the Witness |
| 2015 | The Magicians | Asteroth |
| 2015 | The Expanse | Vargas |
| 2013 | Orphan Black | Benjamin Kertland |
| 2013 | Transporter: The Series | Edouard Orlande |
| 2013 | Hannibal | Caged Man |
| 2013 | Hemlock Grove | Swiss Doctor |
| 2011 | Bag of Bones | Elmer Durgin |
| 2011 | Hell on Wheels | SLC Records Clerk |
| 2010 | Storm Worlds | Narrator (voice) |
| 2010 | Wingin' It | William Shakespeare |
| 2010 | Todd and the Book of Pure Evil | Hooded Leader / Atticus Murphy Sr. |
| 2010 | Republic of Doyle | Lionel Harris |
| 2010 | Rookie Blue | Cedric |
| 2010 | Lost Girl | Arval |
| 2009 | The Listener | Miles Mellini |
| 2009 | Sea Wolf | Mugridge |
| 2008 | XIII | Mr. Cody |
| 2008 | The Trojan Horse | Barrie |
| 2008 | The Border | Professor Adrian Maguire |
| 2008 | Murdoch Mysteries | Phillip Uxbridge |
| 2007 | Heartland | Mr. Hanley |
| 2007 | Heartland | Levon Hanley |
| 2006 | At the Hotel | Baby Man |
| 2006 | Grossology | Darko Crevasse (voice) |
| 2005 | Supernatural | Death |
| 2005 | Finding the Fallen | Narrator |
| 2004 | Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital | Otto |
| 2003 | Slings & Arrows | Reg Mortimer |
| 2003 | Missing | Doc |
| 2002 | Puppets Who Kill | French Painter |
| 2002 | Puppets Who Kill | Mr. Portnoy |
| 2001 | MythQuest | Loki |
| 2001 | Tracker | Max |
| 2001 | A Nero Wolfe Mystery | Poet |
| 2001 | A Nero Wolfe Mystery | Jerome Aland |
| 2001 | A Nero Wolfe Mystery | Peter Jay |
| 2001 | A Nero Wolfe Mystery | Alger Kates |
| 2000 | The Zack Files | The Mad Hatter |
| 1999 | I Was a Sixth Grade Alien | Meenom |
| 1999 | Amazon | Elder Malakai |
| 1998 | Highlander: The Raven | Basil Morgan |
| 1997 | La Femme Nikita | Errol Sparks |
| 1997 | The Adventures of Shirley Holmes | Doctor Saul Sprockett |
| 1996 | Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal | Earl Cornell |
| 1995 | Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years | Logan’s Henchman |
| 1994 | Due South | Miles Emery |
| 1992 | Forever Knight | Dr. Paul Dana |
| 1992 | The Valour and the Horror | John Crocker |
| 1991 | Heritage Minutes | A.A. Milne |
| 1991 | Heritage Minutes | King Henry VII |
| 1990 | Counterstrike | Rettie |
| 1990 | Maniac Mansion | Tax Man |
| 1988 | War of the Worlds | Man with Hat |
| 1988 | War of the Worlds | Alien Scientist |
| 1988 | War of the Worlds | Ardix |
| 1986 | Adderly |