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
- 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
- 2022 · Reginald the Vampire as Logan
- 2021 · Vicious Fun as Fritz
- 2021 · Chapelwaite as Phillip Boone
- 2021 · Chaos Walking as Gault
- 2020 · Hall as Julian
- 2019 · Perpetual Grace LTD as Jonathan Joy
- 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 · 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 · 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
- 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
- 2011 · Bag of Bones as Elmer Durgin
- 2011 · Hell on Wheels as SLC Records Clerk
- 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 · 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 · Elegy as Actor in Play #1
- 2008 · Murdoch Mysteries as Phillip Uxbridge
- 2008 · The Border as Professor Adrian Maguire
- 2007 · Saw IV as Vagrant
- 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 · Skinwalkers as Sad Looking Man
- 2006 · At the Hotel as Baby Man
- 2005 · Supernatural as Death
- 2004 · Being Julia as Mr. Turnbull
- 2004 · Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital as Otto
- 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 · 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 · 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 Zack Files as The Mad Hatter
- 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 · 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 · 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
- 1995 · Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years as Logan’s Henchman
- 1994 · Due South as Miles Emery
- 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 as King Henry VII
- 1990 · Maniac Mansion as Tax Man
- 1990 · Counterstrike as Rettie
- 1988 · War of the Worlds as Man with Hat
- 1988 · War of the Worlds as Ardix
- 1988 · War of the Worlds as Alien Scientist
- 1986 · Adderly as
- Future · The Institute as
- 2025 · The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide as Horror Film Expert
- 2024 · Return to Wickensburg as Mr. Hexenmeister
- 2024 · A Thousand Cuts as Webster
- 2024 · Campton Manor as Edward
- 2023 · Relax, I'm from the Future as Percy
- 2022 · Time Traveling Through Time as Narrator
- 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 · Spare Parts as The Emperor
- 2020 · Anything for Jackson as Henry Walsh
- 2019 · The Christmas Temp as Luca
- 2019 · True Fiction as Lenny Rupert
- 2019 · Talent Drivers as Vincent
- 2017 · Todd and the Book of Pure Evil: The End of the End as Hooded Leader / Malian Trader (voice)
- 2016 · Blood Hunters as Father Stewart
- 2016 · The Rainbow Kid as Elvis Grimes
- 2016 · Prisoner X as Jefferson
- 2015 · Whatever, Linda as Aloysius Finkle
- 2014 · Hellmouth as Smiley
- 2014 · Ejecta as William Cassidy
- 2014 · Patch Town as Yuri
- 2013 · The Last Halloween as Chatterbox
- 2013 · Septic Man as Phil Prosser
- 2013 · Victims as Gatling
- 2011 · Three Inches as Ethan
- 2011 · Collaborator as Maurice LeFont
- 2011 · Animal Control as Larry
- 2010 · Trigger as Bucky
- 2010 · Storm Worlds as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · Sea Wolf as Mugridge
- 2008 · Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween as Mr. Tibers
- 2008 · The Facts in the Case of Mister Hollow as Kneeling Man
- 2008 · Jack and Jill vs. The World as Mr. Smith
- 2008 · The Trojan Horse as Barrie
- 2007 · Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost as Mr. Tibers
- 2007 · The Tracey Fragments as Dr. Heker
- 2006 · The Last Sect as Karpov
- 2005 · Finding the Fallen as Narrator
- 2004 · Some Things That Stay as Minister
- 2004 · The Last Casino as Orr
- 2004 · Kingdom Hospital as Otto
- 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 · On Their Knees as Pappy
- 2001 · Century Hotel as Waiter
- 2001 · Prince Charming as Wacktazar
- 2000 · Two Thousand and None as Curator
- 2000 · The Hustle as Detective Walsh
- 2000 · The Crossing as McKenzie
- 1998 · Once a Thief: Family Business as Camier
- 1997 · Pale Saints as Einstein
- 1996 · Hard Core Logo as Buck Haight
- 1996 · The Boys Club as Officer Cole
- 1995 · Moonlight and Valentino as Hair Stylist
- 1994 · Squanto: A Warrior's Tale as Sir George's Servant
- 1992 · Giant Steps as Danceband Teacher
- 1990 · Clarence as Reynolds
- 1987 · Love at Stake as Town Crier
- Future · Keeper of the Cup as Rick
- 2025 · It Feeds as Dr.Ronald Whittaker
- 2024 · Scared Shitless as Professor Cummings
- 2023 · T-Bone as Chris
- 2022 · Oldtimers as Richard
- 2022 · Salvation as John
- 2021 · Stanleyville as Homunculus
- 2019 · Sailor as The Magistrate
- 2017 · Midnight Confession as Grass (voice)
- 2017 · The Space Between as Stash
- 2015 · She Stoops to Conquer as
- 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
- 2009 · Curious Stories, Crooked Symbols as Kneeling Man
- 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 · Toronto Stories as Leather Jacket
- 2007 · Nature of the Beast as Dr. Chamberlain
- 2007 · The Third Eye as Charlie Rabbit
- 2006 · X-Men: The Last Stand as Mutant Theatre Organizer
- 2006 · Drive Time Murders as 'The Doc'
- 2005 · Black Widow as Dr. Deadman
- 2004 · The Limb Salesman as Contact
- 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 · Todd And The Book Of Pure Evil as Satan
- 2002 · I Shout Love as Cab Driver
- 2001 · Treed Murray as Homeless Man
- 1998 · Motel as Tenant
- 1997 · Ms. Scrooge as Christmas Yet to Come
- 1997 · Once a Thief: Brother Against Brother as Camier
- 1997 · Heritage Minutes: Winnie as A.A. Milne
- 1995 · The Shamrock Conspiracy as Reader
- 1995 · The Song Spinner as Callo
- 1989 · The Top of His Head as Robert (henchman)
- Future · Honey Bunch as
- 1995 · Love Child as Tom Sr.
- 1991 · Heritage Minutes: John Cabot as King Henry VII
- Future · Dave vs Death as Death
- 1995 · Strauss: The King of Three-Quarter Time as Bono