Julian Richings

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1956-09-08 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Julian Richings

Biography

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.

Acting

2003

My Life Without Me

as Dr. Thompson

1998

Cube

as Alderson

2007

Saw IV

as Vagrant

2007

Shoot 'Em Up

as Hertz's Driver

2004

1996

Hard Core Logo

as Buck Haight

1999

The Time Shifters

as Murray Trevor, Time-Traveling Tourist

2001

Treed Murray

as Homeless Man

1998

Urban Legend

as Weird Janitor

2003

Wrong Turn

as Three Finger

1997

1991

2006

The Last Sect

as Karpov

1998

The Red Violin

as Nicolas Olsberg (Montréal)

2011

Patch Town

as Child Catcher

2023

Beau Is Afraid

as Strange Man

2000

The Claim

as Francis Bellanger

2002

2013

Man of Steel

as Lor-Em

2010

Trigger

as Bucky

2010

Hard Core Logo II

as Bucky Haight

2006

Drive Time Murders

as 'The Doc'

2011

Collaborator

as Maurice LeFont

2000

2002

Salem Witch Trials

as Jonathan Walcott

2009

Sea Wolf

as Mugridge

2001

2012

The Conspiracy

as Green Man

1997

Ms. Scrooge

as Christmas Yet to Come

1995

1995

1999

Detroit Rock City

as Ticket Taker

2001

Century Hotel

as Waiter

2001

Prince Charming

as Wacktazar

2017

2017

Todd and the Book of Pure Evil: The End of the End

as Hooded Leader / Malian Trader (voice)

2000

The Crossing

as McKenzie

2004

2004

Being Julia

as Mr. Turnbull

2008

Toronto Stories

as Leather Jacket

2020

Stardust

as Tony Defries

2006

Skinwalkers

as Sad Looking Man

2022

Salvation

as John

2008

Elegy

as Actor in Play #1

2023

T-Bone

as Chris

2000

The Hustle

as Detective Walsh

1994

Squanto: A Warrior's Tale

as Sir George's Servant

2013

Septic Man

as Phil Prosser

2013

The Colony

as Leland

2012

The Tape

as Jack

2004

2014

Patch Town

as Yuri

1992

Giant Steps

as Danceband Teacher

2022

Wickensburg

as Mr Hexenmeister

1998

Motel

as Tenant

2014

Hellmouth

as Smiley

2014

Ejecta

as William Cassidy

2003

Open Range

as Wylie

2022

Oldtimers

as Richard

2005

Black Widow

as Dr. Deadman

1995

Love Child

as Tom Sr.

2012

The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh

as Rahn Brothers / Neither Man Nor Woman / Bill Phillips

1991

Naked Lunch

as Exterminator #4

2022

Charlotte

as Dr. Kurt Singer / Policeman #1 / SS Soldier #2 (voice)

1997

Pale Saints

as Einstein

1987

Love at Stake

as Town Crier

2024

Return to Wickensburg

as Mr. Hexenmeister

2013

The Last Halloween

as Chatterbox

2024

Campton Manor

as Edward

2004

2016

Prisoner X

as Jefferson

1989

The Top of His Head

as Robert (henchman)

2009

2016

The Witch

as Governor

2024

A Thousand Cuts

as Webster

2024

Scared Shitless

as Professor Cummings

1997

Mimic

as Workman

2007

Nature of the Beast

as Dr. Chamberlain

2025

Honey Bunch

as Delwyn

2015

2011

2007

The Third Eye

as Charlie Rabbit

2007

2016

Blood Hunters

as Father Stewart

2007

2009

2002

I Shout Love

as Cab Driver

2003

Eloise at Christmastime

as Patrice the Chef

2003

Eloise at the Plaza

as Patrice the Chef

2017

Midnight Confession

as Grass (voice)

2013

Victims

as Gatling

2006

X-Men: The Last Stand

as Mutant Theatre Organizer

2019

Polar

as Lomas

2015

All Hallows' Eve 2

as Chatterbox (segment "The Last Halloween") (archive footage)

2013

2019

Sailor

as The Magistrate

2019

True Fiction

as Lenny Rupert

2010

Survival of the Dead

as James O'Flynn

1990

Clarence

as Reynolds

2020

Spare Parts

as The Emperor

2021

Vicious Fun

as Fritz

2020

Anything for Jackson

as Henry Walsh

2020

Business Ethics

as Martin Abacus

1996

The Boys Club

as Officer Cole

2011

Three Inches

as Ethan

2016

The Rainbow Kid

as Elvis Grimes

2021

2020

Hall

as Julian

2021

Stanleyville

as Homunculus

2011

2025

It Feeds

as Dr. Ronald Whittaker

1998

2000

The Claim

as Bellanger

2015

Reign

as Mr. Ian

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