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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- 2025 · The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide as Horror Film Expert
- 2025 · The Institute as Stackhouse
- 2025 · It Feeds as Dr. Ronald Whittaker
- 2025 · Honey Bunch as Delwyn
- 2024 · Scared Shitless as Professor Cummings
- 2023 · Percy Jackson and the Olympians as Procrustes
- 2023 · Beau Is Afraid as Strange Man
- 2022 · Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities as Dooley
- 2021 · Vicious Fun as Fritz
- 2021 · Chapelwaite as Phillip Boone
- 2021 · Chaos Walking as Gault
- 2020 · Stardust as Tony Defries
- 2019 · Perpetual Grace LTD as Jonathan Joy
- 2019 · Blood & Treasure as Alessandro LaLande
- 2019 · Doom Patrol as Heinrich Von Fuchs
- 2019 · The Umbrella Academy as Chet Rodo
- 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 · 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 · A Christmas Horror Story as Gerhardt
- 2015 · Killjoys as Ancient Scarback
- 2015 · 12 Monkeys as Adviser to the Witness
- 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 Conspiracy as Green Man
- 2011 · Three Inches as Ethan
- 2011 · Bag of Bones as Elmer Durgin
- 2011 · Hell on Wheels as SLC Records Clerk
- 2010 · Lost Girl as Arval
- 2010 · Rookie Blue as Cedric
- 2010 · Survival of the Dead as James O'Flynn
- 2010 · Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief as Ferryman
- 2010 · Republic of Doyle as Lionel Harris
- 2009 · The Timekeeper as Grease
- 2009 · The Listener as Miles Mellini
- 2008 · XIII as Mr. Cody
- 2008 · Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween as Mr. Tibers
- 2008 · Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid as Mr. Tibers
- 2008 · Murdoch Mysteries as Phillip Uxbridge
- 2008 · The Border as Professor Adrian Maguire
- 2007 · Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost as Mr. Tibers
- 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
- 2007 · The Third Eye as Charlie Rabbit
- 2006 · Grossology as Darko Crevasse (voice)
- 2006 · Skinwalkers as Sad Looking Man
- 2005 · Supernatural as Death
- 2004 · Being Julia as Mr. Turnbull
- 2004 · The Last Casino as Orr
- 2003 · Eloise at Christmastime as Patrice the Chef
- 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
- 2001 · The Pretender: Island of the Haunted as Brother Clote
- 2001 · Tracker as Max
- 2001 · MythQuest as Loki
- 2001 · A Nero Wolfe Mystery as Poet
- 2001 · A Nero Wolfe Mystery as Jerome Aland
- 2001 · A Nero Wolfe Mystery as Peter Jay
- 2001 · A Nero Wolfe Mystery as Alger Kates
- 2000 · The Claim as Francis Bellanger
- 2000 · The Claim as Bellanger
- 2000 · The Crossing as McKenzie
- 1999 · Detroit Rock City as Ticket Taker
- 1998 · The Red Violin as Nicolas Olsberg (Montréal)
- 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
- 1997 · Mimic as Workman
- 1997 · The Adventures of Shirley Holmes as Doctor Saul Sprockett
- 1997 · La Femme Nikita as Errol Sparks
- 1996 · Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal as Earl Cornell
- 1994 · Squanto: A Warrior's Tale as Sir George's Servant
- 1994 · Due South as Miles Emery
- 1992 · Forever Knight as Dr. Paul Dana
- 1990 · Clarence as Reynolds
- 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
- 1986 · The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood as
- Future · The Asylum as Dr. Raymond
- 2024 · Return to Wickensburg as Mr. Hexenmeister
- 2023 · Relax, I'm from the Future as Percy
- 2022 · Reginald the Vampire as Logan
- 2022 · Oldtimers as Richard
- 2022 · Wickensburg as Mr Hexenmeister
- 2022 · Charlotte as Dr. Kurt Singer / Policeman #1 / SS Soldier #2 (voice)
- 2020 · Business Ethics as Martin Abacus
- 2020 · Hall as Julian
- 2020 · Anything for Jackson as Henry Walsh
- 2019 · The Christmas Temp as Luca
- 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)
- 2014 · Hellmouth as Smiley
- 2014 · Ejecta as William Cassidy
- 2013 · The Last Halloween as Chatterbox
- 2012 · The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh as Rahn Brothers / Neither Man Nor Woman / Bill Phillips
- 2011 · Collaborator as Maurice LeFont
- 2011 · Dave vs Death as Death
- 2010 · Todd and the Book of Pure Evil as Hooded Leader / Atticus Murphy Sr.
- 2010 · Trigger as Bucky
- 2010 · Wingin' It as William Shakespeare
- 2009 · Sea Wolf as Mugridge
- 2008 · Elegy as Actor in Play #1
- 2008 · Jack and Jill vs. The World as Mr. Smith
- 2007 · The Tracey Fragments as Dr. Heker
- 2006 · The Last Sect as Karpov
- 2006 · A Lobster Tale as Hank Perkins
- 2005 · Black Widow as Dr. Deadman
- 2004 · Some Things That Stay as Minister
- 2004 · Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital as Otto
- 2004 · Kingdom Hospital as Otto
- 2004 · Fresh Meat: The Wounds of 'Wrong Turn' as Self
- 2003 · Todd And The Book Of Pure Evil as Satan
- 2001 · On Their Knees as Pappy
- 2001 · Treed Murray as Homeless Man
- 2001 · Century Hotel as Waiter
- 2000 · The Zack Files as The Mad Hatter
- 2000 · The Hustle as Detective Walsh
- 1999 · The Time Shifters as Murray Trevor, Time-Traveling Tourist
- 1999 · Amazon as Elder Malakai
- 1999 · I Was a Sixth Grade Alien as Meenom
- 1997 · Ms. Scrooge as Christmas Yet to Come
- 1997 · Pale Saints as Einstein
- 1995 · Moonlight and Valentino as Hair Stylist
- 1995 · Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years as Logan’s Henchman
- 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 as King Henry VII
- 1990 · Maniac Mansion as Tax Man
- 1986 · Adderly as
- Future · Keeper of the Cup as Rick
- 2024 · A Thousand Cuts as Webster
- 2024 · Campton Manor as Edward
- 2023 · T-Bone as Chris
- 2022 · Time Traveling Through Time as Narrator
- 2022 · Salvation as John
- 2021 · Stanleyville as Homunculus
- 2020 · Spare Parts as The Emperor
- 2019 · Sailor as The Magistrate
- 2019 · Talent Drivers as Vincent
- 2017 · The Space Between as Stash
- 2016 · Blood Hunters as Father Stewart
- 2016 · The Rainbow Kid as Elvis Grimes
- 2016 · Prisoner X as Jefferson
- 2015 · She Stoops to Conquer as
- 2015 · Reign as Mr. Ian
- 2015 · Whatever, Linda as Aloysius Finkle
- 2014 · Patch Town as Yuri
- 2013 · We Are Not Here as Monday
- 2012 · The Tape as Jack
- 2011 · Patch Town as Child Catcher
- 2011 · Animal Control as Larry
- 2010 · Hard Core Logo II as Bucky Haight
- 2010 · Storm Worlds as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · Sea Wolf as Mugridge
- 2009 · Curious Stories, Crooked Symbols as Kneeling Man
- 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
- 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
- 2004 · Sisters in the Wilderness: The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill as William Cattermole
- 2003 · Slings & Arrows as Reg Mortimer
- 2002 · Between Strangers as Nigel
- 2002 · I Shout Love as Cab Driver
- 2001 · Prince Charming as Wacktazar
- 2000 · Two Thousand and None as Curator
- 1998 · Motel as Tenant
- 1998 · The Show: Stories Within a Film as The Lead Actor
- 1998 · Once a Thief: Family Business as Camier
- 1997 · Once a Thief: Brother Against Brother as Camier
- 1997 · Heritage Minutes: Winnie as A.A. Milne
- 1996 · Hard Core Logo as Buck Haight
- 1996 · The Boys Club as Officer Cole
- 1995 · The Shamrock Conspiracy as Reader
- 1995 · The Song Spinner as Callo
- 1995 · Love Child as Tom Sr.
- 1995 · Strauss: The King of Three-Quarter Time as Bono
- 1992 · Giant Steps as Danceband Teacher
- 1991 · Heritage Minutes: John Cabot as King Henry VII
- 1987 · Love at Stake as Town Crier