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.
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · Honey Bunch as Delwyn
- 2025 · The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide as Horror Film Expert
- 2025 · The Institute as Stackhouse
- 2025 · It Feeds as Dr. Ronald Whittaker
- 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
- 2022 · Oldtimers as Richard
- 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 · 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 · 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 · Regression as Tom
- 2015 · Killjoys as Ancient Scarback
- 2015 · Whatever, Linda as Aloysius Finkle
- 2015 · 12 Monkeys as Adviser to the Witness
- 2014 · Ejecta as William Cassidy
- 2013 · The Last Halloween as Chatterbox
- 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
- 2013 · Transporter: The Series as Edouard Orlande
- 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 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 · Toronto Stories as Leather Jacket
- 2008 · XIII as Mr. Cody
- 2008 · Elegy as Actor in Play #1
- 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 · 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 · Drive Time Murders as 'The Doc'
- 2005 · Supernatural as Death
- 2005 · Finding the Fallen as Narrator
- 2004 · Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital as Otto
- 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 · Puppets Who Kill as French Painter
- 2002 · Puppets Who Kill as Mr. Portnoy
- 2002 · Between Strangers as Nigel
- 2001 · Tracker as Max
- 2001 · Treed Murray as Homeless Man
- 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 Zack Files as The Mad Hatter
- 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 · 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
- Future · The Asylum as Dr. Raymond
- 2026 · Man Eating Pussy as Freddie
- 2025 · Secrets of Wickensburg as Mr. Hexenmeister
- 2024 · Return to Wickensburg as Mr. Hexenmeister
- 2024 · A Thousand Cuts as Webster
- 2024 · Scared Shitless as Professor Cummings
- 2024 · Campton Manor as Edward
- 2023 · Relax, I'm from the Future as Percy
- 2023 · T-Bone as Chris
- 2022 · Time Traveling Through Time as Narrator
- 2022 · Wickensburg as Mr Hexenmeister
- 2022 · Salvation as John
- 2022 · Charlotte as Dr. Kurt Singer / Policeman #1 / SS Soldier #2 (voice)
- 2021 · Vicious Fun as Fritz
- 2021 · Stanleyville as Homunculus
- 2020 · Business Ethics as Martin Abacus
- 2020 · Hall as Julian
- 2020 · Spare Parts as The Emperor
- 2020 · Anything for Jackson as Henry Walsh
- 2019 · The Christmas Temp as Luca
- 2019 · Sailor as The Magistrate
- 2019 · True Fiction as Lenny Rupert
- 2017 · Midnight Confession as Grass (voice)
- 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 · Blood Hunters as Father Stewart
- 2016 · The Rainbow Kid as Elvis Grimes
- 2016 · Prisoner X as Jefferson
- 2015 · All Hallows' Eve 2 as Chatterbox (segment "The Last Halloween") (archive footage)
- 2015 · She Stoops to Conquer as
- 2015 · A Christmas Horror Story as Gerhardt
- 2015 · Reign as Mr. Ian
- 2014 · Hellmouth as Smiley
- 2014 · Patch Town as Yuri
- 2013 · We Are Not Here as Monday
- 2013 · Septic Man as Phil Prosser
- 2013 · Victims as Gatling
- 2012 · The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh as Rahn Brothers / Neither Man Nor Woman / Bill Phillips
- 2012 · The Conspiracy as Green Man
- 2012 · The Tape as Jack
- 2011 · Three Inches as Ethan
- 2011 · Collaborator as Maurice LeFont
- 2011 · Patch Town as Child Catcher
- 2011 · Dave vs Death as Death
- 2011 · Animal Control as Larry
- 2010 · Hard Core Logo 2 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 · 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 · Nature of the Beast as Dr. Chamberlain
- 2007 · The Tracey Fragments as Dr. Heker
- 2007 · The Third Eye as Charlie Rabbit
- 2006 · The Last Sect as Karpov
- 2006 · X-Men: The Last Stand as Mutant Theatre Organizer
- 2006 · At the Hotel as Baby Man
- 2006 · A Lobster Tale as Hank Perkins
- 2005 · Black Widow as Dr. Deadman
- 2004 · Some Things That Stay as Minister
- 2004 · The Limb Salesman as Contact
- 2004 · Being Julia as Mr. Turnbull
- 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 · Todd And The Book Of Pure Evil as Satan
- 2003 · Eloise at the Plaza as Patrice the Chef
- 2002 · Salem Witch Trials as Jonathan Walcott
- 2002 · I Shout Love as Cab Driver
- 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 · The Claim as Francis Bellanger
- 2000 · The Claim as Bellanger
- 2000 · Two Thousand and None as Curator
- 2000 · The Hustle as Detective Walsh
- 2000 · The Crossing as McKenzie
- 1999 · The Time Shifters as Murray Trevor, Time-Traveling Tourist
- 1998 · The Red Violin as Nicolas Olsberg (Montréal)
- 1998 · Motel as Tenant
- 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 · Pale Saints as Einstein
- 1997 · Once a Thief: Brother Against Brother as Camier
- 1995 · Love Child as Tom Sr.
- Future · Keeper of the Cup as Rick
- 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 · Moonlight and Valentino as Hair Stylist
- 1995 · Strauss: The King of Three-Quarter Time as Bono
- 1994 · Squanto: A Warrior's Tale as Sir George's Servant
- 1992 · Giant Steps as Danceband Teacher
- 1991 · Heritage Minutes: John Cabot as King Henry VII
- 1990 · Clarence as Reynolds
- 1989 · The Top of His Head as Robert (henchman)
- 1987 · Love at Stake as Town Crier
- 1986 · Adderly as
- 1986 · The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood as