Julian Richings
September 8, 1956 (68 years old) in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
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
Credits
- 2025 · The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide as Horror Film Expert
- 2024 · A Thousand Cuts as Webster
- 2023 · Relax, I'm from the Future as Percy
- 2022 · Oldtimers as Richard
- 2022 · Wickensburg as Mr Hexenmeister
- 2021 · Charlotte as Dr. Kurt Singer / Policeman #1 / SS Soldier #2 (voice)
- 2020 · Stardust as Tony Defries
- 2020 · Business Ethics as Martin Abacus
- 2020 · Hall as Julian
- 2020 · Anything for Jackson as Henry Walsh
- 2019 · Sailor as The Magistrate
- 2019 · True Fiction as Lenny Rupert
- 2017 · Todd and the Book of Pure Evil: The End of the End as Hooded Leader / Malian Trader (voice)
- 2016 · Prisoner X as Jefferson
- 2015 · Whatever, Linda as Aloysius Finkle
- 2014 · Ejecta as William Cassidy
- 2013 · The Last Halloween as Chatterbox
- 2011 · Collaborator as Maurice LeFont
- 2011 · Animal Control as Larry
- 2010 · Trigger as Bucky
- 2010 · Storm Worlds as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · Wingin' It as William Shakespeare
- 2009 · Sea Wolf as Mugridge
- 2009 · The Timekeeper as Grease
- 2009 · You Might As Well Live as Dr. Pooseby
- 2008 · Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid as Mr. Tibers
- 2008 · The Trojan Horse as Barrie
- 2007 · Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost as Mr. Tibers
- 2007 · Nature of the Beast as Dr. Chamberlain
- 2006 · The Last Sect as Karpov
- 2006 · X-Men: The Last Stand as Mutant Theatre Organizer
- 2004 · Some Things That Stay as Minister
- 2004 · The Last Casino as Orr
- 2004 · Kingdom Hospital as Otto
- 2004 · Sisters in the Wilderness: The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill as William Cattermole
- 2004 · Fresh Meat: The Wounds of 'Wrong Turn' as Self
- 2003 · Eloise at Christmastime as Patrice the Chef
- 2003 · Eloise at the Plaza as Patrice the Chef
- 2002 · Between Strangers as Nigel
- 2001 · The Pretender: Island of the Haunted as Brother Clote
- 2001 · Prince Charming as Wacktazar
- 2000 · The Hustle as Detective Walsh
- 2000 · The Crossing as McKenzie
- 1998 · Once a Thief: Family Business as Camier
- 1997 · Ms. Scrooge as Christmas Yet to Come
- 1996 · Hard Core Logo as Buck Haight
- 1996 · The Boys Club as Officer Cole
- 1994 · Squanto: A Warrior's Tale as Sir George's Servant
- 1991 · Heritage Minutes as King Henry VII
- Future · The Institute as
- Future · Keeper of the Cup as Rick
- 2024 · Scared Shitless as Professor Cummings
- 2024 · Campton Manor as Edward
- 2023 · Percy Jackson and the Olympians as Procrustes
- 2023 · T-Bone as Chris
- 2023 · Beau Is Afraid as Strange Man
- 2022 · Time Traveling Through Time as Narrator
- 2022 · Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities as Dooley
- 2022 · Reginald the Vampire as Logan
- 2022 · Salvation as John
- 2021 · Vicious Fun as Fritz
- 2021 · Chapelwaite as Phillip Boone
- 2021 · Stanleyville as Homunculus
- 2021 · Chaos Walking as Gault
- 2020 · Spare Parts as The Emperor
- 2019 · The Christmas Temp as Luca
- 2019 · Perpetual Grace LTD as Jonathan Joy
- 2019 · Blood & Treasure as Alessandro LaLande
- 2019 · Talent Drivers as Vincent
- 2019 · The Umbrella Academy as Chet Rodo
- 2019 · Doom Patrol as Heinrich Von Fuchs
- 2019 · Polar as Lomas
- 2018 · Carter as Ray Understone
- 2017 · Creeped Out as Zephaniah
- 2017 · Midnight Confession as Grass (voice)
- 2017 · American Gods as Iktomi
- 2017 · The Space Between as Stash
- 2016 · Frontier as Mr. Pickersgill
- 2016 · Channel Zero as The Gardener
- 2016 · Blood Hunters as Father Stewart
- 2016 · The Rainbow Kid as Elvis Grimes
- 2016 · The Witch as Governor
- 2015 · The Magicians as Asteroth
- 2015 · The Expanse as Vargas
- 2015 · Patriot as Peter Icabod
- 2015 · All Hallows' Eve 2 as Chatterbox (segment "The Last Halloween") (archive footage)
- 2015 · Regression as Tom
- 2015 · She Stoops to Conquer as
- 2015 · A Christmas Horror Story as Gerhardt
- 2015 · Killjoys as Ancient Scarback
- 2015 · 12 Monkeys as Adviser to the Witness
- 2014 · Hellmouth as Smiley
- 2014 · Patch Town as Yuri
- 2013 · We Are Not Here as Monday
- 2013 · The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet as Ricky
- 2013 · Septic Man as Phil Prosser
- 2013 · Man of Steel as Lor-Em
- 2013 · Hemlock Grove as Swiss Doctor
- 2013 · The Colony as Leland
- 2013 · Hannibal as Caged Man
- 2013 · Orphan Black as Benjamin Kertland
- 2013 · Victims as Gatling
- 2012 · The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh as Rahn Brothers / Neither Man Nor Woman / Bill Phillips
- 2012 · Transporter: The Series as Edouard Orlande
- 2012 · The Conspiracy as Green Man
- 2012 · The Tape as Jack
- 2011 · Three Inches as Ethan
- 2011 · Bag of Bones as Elmer Durgin
- 2011 · Hell on Wheels as SLC Records Clerk
- 2011 · Patch Town as Child Catcher
- 2010 · Hard Core Logo II as Bucky Haight
- 2010 · Todd and the Book of Pure Evil as Hooded Leader / Atticus Murphy Sr.
- 2010 · Lost Girl as Arval
- 2010 · Rookie Blue as Cedric
- 2010 · Survival of the Dead as James
- 2010 · Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief as Ferryman
- 2010 · Republic of Doyle as Lionel Harris
- 2009 · Sea Wolf as Mugridge
- 2009 · Curious Stories, Crooked Symbols as Kneeling Man
- 2009 · The Listener as Miles Mellini
- 2008 · XIII as Mr. Cody
- 2008 · Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween as Mr. Tibers
- 2008 · Elegy as Actor in Play #1
- 2008 · The Facts in the Case of Mister Hollow as Kneeling Man
- 2008 · Jack and Jill vs. The World as Mr. Smith
- 2008 · Murdoch Mysteries as Phillip Uxbridge
- 2008 · The Border as Professor Adrian Maguire
- 2008 · Toronto Stories as Leather Jacket
- 2007 · Saw IV as Vagrant
- 2007 · Heartland as Mr. Hanley
- 2007 · Heartland as Levon Hanley
- 2007 · The Tracey Fragments as Dr. Heker
- 2007 · Shoot 'Em Up as Hertz's Driver
- 2007 · Dead Silence as Bos
- 2007 · The Third Eye as Charlie Rabbit
- 2006 · Grossology as Darko Crevasse (voice)
- 2006 · Skinwalkers as Sad Looking Man
- 2006 · At the Hotel as Baby Man
- 2006 · Drive Time Murders as 'The Doc'
- 2005 · Supernatural as Death
- 2005 · Finding the Fallen as Narrator
- 2005 · Black Widow as Dr. Deadman
- 2004 · The Limb Salesman as Contact
- 2004 · Being Julia as Mr. Turnbull
- 2004 · Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital as Otto
- 2003 · Slings & Arrows as Reg Mortimer
- 2003 · Todd And The Book Of Pure Evil as Satan
- 2003 · Open Range as Wylie
- 2003 · Missing as Doc
- 2003 · Wrong Turn as Three Finger
- 2003 · My Life Without Me as Dr. Thompson
- 2002 · Salem Witch Trials as Jonathan Walcott
- 2002 · Puppets Who Kill as French Painter
- 2002 · Puppets Who Kill as Mr. Portnoy
- 2002 · I Shout Love as Cab Driver
- 2001 · On Their Knees as Pappy
- 2001 · Tracker as Max
- 2001 · Treed Murray as Homeless Man
- 2001 · Century Hotel as Waiter
- 2001 · MythQuest as Loki
- 2001 · A Nero Wolfe Mystery as Peter Jay
- 2001 · A Nero Wolfe Mystery as Poet
- 2001 · A Nero Wolfe Mystery as Jerome Aland
- 2001 · A Nero Wolfe Mystery as Alger Kates
- 2000 · The Claim as Francis Bellanger
- 2000 · The Zack Files as The Mad Hatter
- 2000 · Two Thousand and None as Curator
- 1999 · The Time Shifters as Murray Trevor, Time-Traveling Tourist
- 1999 · Amazon as Elder Malakai
- 1999 · Detroit Rock City as Ticket Taker
- 1999 · I Was a Sixth Grade Alien as Meenom
- 1998 · Motel as Tenant
- 1998 · Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms as Bix
- 1998 · Highlander: The Raven as Basil Morgan
- 1998 · Urban Legend as Weird Janitor
- 1998 · The Red Violin as Nicolas Olsberg (Montréal)
- 1997 · Cube as Alderson
- 1997 · Mimic as Workman
- 1997 · Once a Thief: Brother Against Brother as Camier
- 1997 · The Adventures of Shirley Holmes as Doctor Saul Sprockett
- 1997 · La Femme Nikita as Errol Sparks
- 1997 · Pale Saints as Einstein
- 1997 · Heritage Minutes: Winnie as A.A. Milne
- 1996 · Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal as Earl Cornell
- 1995 · The Shamrock Conspiracy as Reader
- 1995 · The Song Spinner as Callo
- 1995 · Moonlight and Valentino as Hair Stylist
- 1995 · Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years as Logan’s Henchman
- 1995 · Love Child as Tom Sr.
- 1995 · Strauss: The King of Three-Quarter Time as Bono
- 1994 · Due South as Miles Emery
- 1992 · Giant Steps as Danceband Teacher
- 1992 · Forever Knight as Dr. Paul Dana
- 1992 · The Valour and the Horror as John Crocker
- 1991 · Naked Lunch as Exterminator #4
- 1991 · Heritage Minutes as A.A. Milne
- 1991 · Heritage Minutes: John Cabot as King Henry VII
- 1990 · Clarence as Reynolds
- 1990 · Maniac Mansion as Tax Man
- 1990 · Counterstrike as Rettie
- 1989 · The Top of His Head as Robert (henchman)
- 1988 · War of the Worlds as Man with Hat
- 1988 · War of the Worlds as Alien Scientist
- 1988 · War of the Worlds as Ardix
- 1987 · Love at Stake as Town Crier
- 1986 · Adderly as
- Future · Return to Wickensburg as Mr. Hexenmeister
- Future · Honey Bunch as
- Future · Dave vs Death as Death