Julian Richings
August 30, 1956 (69 years old) in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Julian Richings (born 30 August 1956) is a British-Canadian character actor. Richings 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, 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.
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Credits
- 2025 · The Institute as Stackhouse
- 2025 · It Feeds as Dr. Ronald Whittaker
- 2025 · Honey Bunch as Delwyn
- 2024 · Return to Wickensburg as Mr. Hexenmeister
- 2024 · Scared Shitless as Professor Cummings
- 2024 · Campton Manor as Edward
- 2023 · Percy Jackson and the Olympians as Procrustes
- 2023 · Relax, I'm from the Future as Percy
- 2023 · Beau Is Afraid as Strange Man
- 2022 · Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities as Dooley
- 2022 · Reginald the Vampire as Logan
- 2022 · Wickensburg as Mr Hexenmeister
- 2022 · Charlotte as Dr. Kurt Singer / Policeman #1 / SS Soldier #2 (voice)
- 2021 · Vicious Fun as Fritz
- 2021 · Chapelwaite as Phillip Boone
- 2021 · Chaos Walking as Gault
- 2020 · Stardust as Tony Defries
- 2020 · Business Ethics as Martin Abacus
- 2020 · Hall as Julian
- 2020 · Anything for Jackson as Henry Walsh
- 2019 · Perpetual Grace LTD as Jonathan Joy
- 2019 · True Fiction as Lenny Rupert
- 2019 · Blood & Treasure as Alessandro LaLande
- 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
- 2016 · Frontier as Mr. Pickersgill
- 2016 · Channel Zero as The Gardener
- 2016 · Blood Hunters as Father Stewart
- 2016 · Prisoner X as Jefferson
- 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
- 2013 · The Last Halloween as Chatterbox
- 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
- 2013 · Transporter: The Series as Edouard Orlande
- 2012 · The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh as Rahn Brothers / Neither Man Nor Woman / Bill Phillips
- 2012 · The Conspiracy as Green Man
- 2011 · Three Inches as Ethan
- 2011 · Bag of Bones as Elmer Durgin
- 2011 · Hell on Wheels as SLC Records Clerk
- 2011 · Collaborator as Maurice LeFont
- 2011 · Dave vs Death as Death
- 2011 · Animal Control as Larry
- 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 O'Flynn
- 2010 · Wingin' It as William Shakespeare
- 2010 · Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief as Ferryman
- 2010 · Republic of Doyle as Lionel Harris
- 2009 · Sea Wolf as Mugridge
- 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 · Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid as Mr. Tibers
- 2008 · Jack and Jill vs. The World as Mr. Smith
- 2008 · Murdoch Mysteries as Phillip Uxbridge
- 2008 · The Border as Professor Adrian Maguire
- 2007 · Saw IV as Vagrant
- 2007 · Nature of the Beast as Dr. Chamberlain
- 2007 · Heartland as Mr. Hanley
- 2007 · Heartland as Levon Hanley
- 2007 · Shoot 'Em Up as Hertz's Driver
- 2007 · Dead Silence as Bos
- 2006 · Grossology as Darko Crevasse (voice)
- 2006 · The Last Sect as Karpov
- 2006 · Skinwalkers as Sad Looking Man
- 2006 · A Lobster Tale as Hank Perkins
- 2005 · Supernatural as Death
- 2005 · Black Widow as Dr. Deadman
- 2004 · Some Things That Stay as Minister
- 2004 · Being Julia as Mr. Turnbull
- 2004 · The Last Casino as Orr
- 2004 · Kingdom Hospital as Otto
- 2004 · Stephen King's 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 · Slings & Arrows as Reg Mortimer
- 2003 · Open Range as Wylie
- 2003 · Missing as Doc
- 2003 · Wrong Turn as Three Finger
- 2003 · Eloise at the Plaza as Patrice the Chef
- 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 · The Pretender: Island of the Haunted as Brother Clote
- 2001 · On Their Knees as Pappy
- 2001 · Tracker as Max
- 2001 · MythQuest as Loki
- 2001 · A Nero Wolfe Mystery as Jerome Aland
- 2001 · A Nero Wolfe Mystery as Peter Jay
- 2001 · A Nero Wolfe Mystery as Alger Kates
- 2001 · A Nero Wolfe Mystery as Poet
- 2000 · The Claim as Francis Bellanger
- 2000 · The Claim as Bellanger
- 2000 · The Zack Files as The Mad Hatter
- 2000 · The Hustle as Detective Walsh
- 2000 · The Crossing as McKenzie
- 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 · The Red Violin as Nicolas Olsberg (Montréal)
- 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 · Cube as Alderson
- 1998 · Once a Thief: Family Business as Camier
- 1998 · The Show: Stories Within a Film as The Lead Actor
- 1997 · Ms. Scrooge as Christmas Yet to Come
- 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
- 1996 · Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal as Earl Cornell
- 1995 · The Shamrock Conspiracy as Reader
- 1995 · Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years as Logan’s Henchman
- 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 · Heritage Minutes as A.A. Milne
- 1991 · Heritage Minutes as King Henry VII
- 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 Ardix
- Future · The Asylum as Dr. Raymond
- 1994 · Squanto: A Warrior's Tale as Sir George's Servant
- 1991 · Naked Lunch as Exterminator #4
- 1987 · Love at Stake as Town Crier
- 1986 · Adderly as
- 1986 · The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood as
- Future · Keeper of the Cup as Rick
- 2025 · The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide as Horror Film Expert
- 2024 · A Thousand Cuts as Webster
- 2023 · T-Bone as Chris
- 2022 · Time Traveling Through Time as Narrator
- 2022 · Oldtimers as Richard
- 2022 · Salvation as John
- 2021 · Stanleyville as Homunculus
- 2020 · Spare Parts as The Emperor
- 2019 · The Christmas Temp as Luca
- 2019 · Sailor as The Magistrate
- 2019 · Talent Drivers as Vincent
- 2017 · Todd and the Book of Pure Evil: The End of the End as Hooded Leader / Malian Trader (voice)
- 2017 · The Space Between as Stash
- 2016 · The Rainbow Kid as Elvis Grimes
- 2015 · Reign as Mr. Ian
- 2015 · Whatever, Linda as Aloysius Finkle
- 2014 · Ejecta as William Cassidy
- 2014 · Patch Town as Yuri
- 2013 · We Are Not Here as Monday
- 2012 · The Tape as Jack
- 2011 · Patch Town as Child Catcher
- 2010 · Hard Core Logo II as Bucky Haight
- 2010 · Trigger as Bucky
- 2010 · Storm Worlds as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · Sea Wolf as Mugridge
- 2009 · Curious Stories, Crooked Symbols as Kneeling Man
- 2009 · The Timekeeper as Grease
- 2009 · You Might As Well Live as Dr. Pooseby
- 2008 · The Facts in the Case of Mister Hollow as Kneeling Man
- 2008 · The Trojan Horse as Barrie
- 2008 · Toronto Stories as Leather Jacket
- 2007 · Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost as Mr. Tibers
- 2007 · The Tracey Fragments as Dr. Heker
- 2007 · The Third Eye as Charlie Rabbit
- 2006 · X-Men: The Last Stand as Mutant Theatre Organizer
- 2006 · At the Hotel as Baby Man
- 2006 · Drive Time Murders as 'The Doc'
- 2005 · Finding the Fallen as Narrator
- 2004 · The Limb Salesman as Contact
- 2003 · Todd And The Book Of Pure Evil as Satan
- 2002 · Between Strangers as Nigel
- 2001 · Treed Murray as Homeless Man
- 2001 · Century Hotel as Waiter
- 2001 · Prince Charming as Wacktazar
- 2000 · Two Thousand and None as Curator
- 1997 · Heritage Minutes: Winnie as A.A. Milne
- 1996 · Hard Core Logo as Buck Haight
- 1996 · The Boys Club as Officer Cole
- 1995 · The Song Spinner as Callo
- 1995 · Moonlight and Valentino as Hair Stylist
- 1995 · Love Child as Tom Sr.
- 1995 · Strauss: The King of Three-Quarter Time as Bono
- 1991 · Heritage Minutes: John Cabot as King Henry VII
- 1990 · Clarence as Reynolds
- 1988 · War of the Worlds as Alien Scientist