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
- 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
- 2021 · Stanleyville as Homunculus
- 2020 · Business Ethics as Martin Abacus
- 2019 · The Christmas Temp as Luca
- 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 · Blood Hunters as Father Stewart
- 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 · 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 · 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
- 2011 · Three Inches as Ethan
- 2011 · Hell on Wheels as SLC Records Clerk
- 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 · Lost Girl as Arval
- 2010 · Trigger as Bucky
- 2010 · Rookie Blue as Cedric
- 2010 · Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief as Ferryman
- 2010 · Republic of Doyle as Lionel Harris
- 2009 · Sea Wolf as Mugridge
- 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 · Jack and Jill vs. The World as Mr. Smith
- 2008 · Murdoch Mysteries as Phillip Uxbridge
- 2007 · Saw IV as Vagrant
- 2007 · Nature of the Beast as Dr. Chamberlain
- 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
- 2006 · Skinwalkers as Sad Looking Man
- 2006 · At the Hotel as Baby 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 · The Limb Salesman as Contact
- 2004 · Being Julia as Mr. Turnbull
- 2004 · The Last Casino as Orr
- 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 · Slings & Arrows as Reg Mortimer
- 2003 · Todd And The Book Of Pure Evil as Satan
- 2003 · Missing as Doc
- 2003 · Wrong Turn as Three Finger
- 2003 · Eloise at the Plaza as Patrice the Chef
- 2002 · Salem Witch Trials as Jonathan Walcott
- 2002 · I Shout Love as Cab Driver
- 2001 · On Their Knees as Pappy
- 2001 · Tracker as Max
- 2001 · Century Hotel as Waiter
- 1999 · The Time Shifters as Murray Trevor, Time-Traveling Tourist
- 1999 · Detroit Rock City as Ticket Taker
- 1999 · I Was a Sixth Grade Alien as Meenom
- 1998 · Cube as Alderson
- 1997 · Ms. Scrooge as Christmas Yet to Come
- 1997 · Mimic as Workman
- 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
- 1996 · The Boys Club as Officer Cole
- 1995 · The Shamrock Conspiracy as Reader
- 1995 · Moonlight and Valentino as Hair Stylist
- 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
- 1991 · Heritage Minutes as A.A. Milne
- 1991 · Heritage Minutes as King Henry VII
- 1990 · Clarence as Reynolds
- 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 · Honey Bunch as Delwyn
- 2025 · It Feeds as Dr. Ronald Whittaker
- 2024 · Scared Shitless as Professor Cummings
- 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 · Hall as Julian
- 2019 · True Fiction as Lenny Rupert
- 2016 · Prisoner X as Jefferson
- 2015 · Regression as Tom
- 2015 · She Stoops to Conquer as
- 2015 · A Christmas Horror Story as Gerhardt
- 2014 · Hellmouth as Smiley
- 2013 · Septic Man as Phil Prosser
- 2013 · The Colony as Leland
- 2012 · The Conspiracy as Green Man
- 2011 · Bag of Bones as Elmer Durgin
- 2011 · Animal Control as Larry
- 2010 · Wingin' It as William Shakespeare
- 2009 · Sea Wolf as Mugridge
- 2008 · Elegy as Actor in Play #1
- 2008 · The Border as Professor Adrian Maguire
- 2006 · Grossology as Darko Crevasse (voice)
- 2006 · The Last Sect as Karpov
- 2004 · Kingdom Hospital as Otto
- 2003 · Eloise at Christmastime as Patrice the Chef
- 2003 · Open Range as Wylie
- 2003 · My Life Without Me as Dr. Thompson
- 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 · 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 · Amazon as Elder Malakai
- 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
- 1991 · Naked Lunch as Exterminator #4
- 1990 · Maniac Mansion as Tax Man
- 1987 · Love at Stake as Town Crier
- 1986 · Adderly as
- Future · Keeper of the Cup as Rick
- 2025 · The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide as Horror Film Expert
- 2024 · Return to Wickensburg as Mr. Hexenmeister
- 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
- 2020 · Spare Parts as The Emperor
- 2020 · Anything for Jackson as Henry Walsh
- 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 · The Last Halloween as Chatterbox
- 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 · Storm Worlds as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · Survival of the Dead as James O'Flynn
- 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 · Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid as Mr. Tibers
- 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 Third Eye as Charlie Rabbit
- 2006 · X-Men: The Last Stand as Mutant Theatre Organizer
- 2006 · Drive Time Murders as 'The Doc'
- 2005 · Finding the Fallen as Narrator
- 2002 · Between Strangers as Nigel
- 2001 · Treed Murray as Homeless Man
- 2001 · Prince Charming as Wacktazar
- 2000 · Two Thousand and None as Curator
- 1998 · Once a Thief: Family Business as Camier
- 1998 · The Show: Stories Within a Film as The Lead Actor
- 1997 · Once a Thief: Brother Against Brother as Camier
- 1997 · Heritage Minutes: Winnie as A.A. Milne
- 1996 · Hard Core Logo as Buck Haight
- 1995 · The Song Spinner as Callo
- 1995 · Love Child as Tom Sr.
- 1995 · Strauss: The King of Three-Quarter Time as Bono
- 1994 · Squanto: A Warrior's Tale as Sir George's Servant
- 1992 · The Valour and the Horror as John Crocker
- 1991 · Heritage Minutes: John Cabot as King Henry VII
- 1989 · The Top of His Head as Robert (henchman)
- 1986 · The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood as