About
Julian Richings
Overview
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
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| 2025 | The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide | Actor | Horror Film Expert | 59 Average |
| 2024 | A Thousand Cuts | Actor | Webster | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | Scared Shitless | Actor | Professor Cummings | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | Campton Manor | Actor | Edward | 58 Average |
| 2023 | Relax, I'm from the Future | Actor | Percy | 59 Average |
| 2023 | T-Bone | Actor | Chris | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | Beau Is Afraid | Actor | Strange Man | 64 Fair |
| 2022 | Oldtimers | Actor | Richard | N/A N/A |
| 2022 | Wickensburg | Actor | Mr Hexenmeister | 59 Average |
| 2022 | Salvation | Actor | John | N/A N/A |
| 2021 | Vicious Fun | Actor | Fritz | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Charlotte | Actor | Dr. Kurt Singer / Policeman #1 / SS Soldier #2 (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Stanleyville | Actor | Homunculus | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Chaos Walking | Actor | Gault | 64 Fair |
| 2020 | Stardust | Actor | Tony Defries | 57 Average |
| 2020 | Supernatural: The Long Road Home | Actor | Death (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2020 | Business Ethics | Actor | Martin Abacus | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Hall | Actor | Julian | 58 Average |
| 2020 | Spare Parts | Actor | The Emperor | 58 Average |
| 2020 | Anything for Jackson | Actor | Henry Walsh | 61 Fair |
| 2019 | The Christmas Temp | Actor | Luca | 59 Average |
| 2019 | Sailor | Actor | The Magistrate | N/A N/A |
| 2019 | True Fiction | Actor | Lenny Rupert | 58 Average |
| 2019 | Polar | Actor | Lomas | 62 Fair |
| 2017 | Midnight Confession | Actor | Grass (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Todd and the Book of Pure Evil: The End of the End | Actor | Hooded Leader / Malian Trader (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2017 | The Space Between | Actor | Stash | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Blood Hunters | Actor | Father Stewart | 58 Average |
| 2016 | The Rainbow Kid | Actor | Elvis Grimes | N/A N/A |
| 2016 | Prisoner X | Actor | Jefferson | 59 Average |
| 2016 | The Witch | Actor | Governor | 68 Fair |
| 2015 | All Hallows' Eve 2 | Actor | Chatterbox (segment "The Last Halloween") (archive footage) | 57 Average |
| 2015 | Regression | Actor | Tom | 56 Average |
| 2015 | She Stoops to Conquer | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 2015 | A Christmas Horror Story | Actor | Gerhardt | 58 Average |
| 2015 | Whatever, Linda | Actor | Aloysius Finkle | N/A N/A |
| 2014 | Hellmouth | Actor | Smiley | 59 Average |
| 2014 | Ejecta | Actor | William Cassidy | 57 Average |
| 2014 | Patch Town | Actor | Yuri | 59 Average |
| 2013 | The Last Halloween | Actor | Chatterbox | 59 Average |
| 2013 | We Are Not Here | Actor | Monday | 59 Average |
| 2013 | The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet | Actor | Ricky | 64 Fair |
| 2013 | Septic Man | Actor | Phil Prosser | 58 Average |
| 2013 | Man of Steel | Actor | Lor-Em | 66 Fair |
| 2013 | The Colony | Actor | Leland | 55 Average |
| 2013 | Victims | Actor | Gatling | 59 Average |
| 2012 | The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh | Actor | Rahn Brothers / Neither Man Nor Woman / Bill Phillips | 57 Average |
| 2012 | The Conspiracy | Actor | Green Man | 58 Average |
| 2012 | The Tape | Actor | Jack | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Three Inches | Actor | Ethan | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Collaborator | Actor | Maurice LeFont | 58 Average |
| 2011 | Patch Town | Actor | Child Catcher | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Animal Control | Actor | Larry | 59 Average |
| 2010 | Hard Core Logo II | Actor | Bucky Haight | 58 Average |
| 2010 | Trigger | Actor | Bucky | 58 Average |
| 2010 | Storm Worlds | Actor | Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2010 | Survival of the Dead | Actor | James | 54 Average |
| 2010 | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | Actor | Ferryman | 61 Fair |
| 2009 | Sea Wolf | Actor | Mugridge | 58 Average |
| 2009 | Curious Stories, Crooked Symbols | Actor | Kneeling Man | 59 Average |
| 2009 | The Timekeeper | Actor | Grease | 59 Average |
| 2009 | You Might As Well Live | Actor | Dr. Pooseby | 58 Average |
| 2008 | XIII: The Conspiracy | Actor | Cody | 60 Fair |
| 2008 | XIII | Actor | Mr. Cody | 63 Fair |
| 2008 | Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween | Actor | Mr. Tibers | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Elegy | Actor | Actor in Play #1 | 60 Fair |
| 2008 | The Facts in the Case of Mister Hollow | Actor | Kneeling Man | 58 Average |
| 2008 | Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid | Actor | Mr. Tibers | 58 Average |
| 2008 | Jack and Jill vs. The World | Actor | Mr. Smith | 58 Average |
| 2008 | Toronto Stories | Actor | Leather Jacket | 58 Average |
| 2007 | Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost | Actor | Mr. Tibers | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Saw IV | Actor | Vagrant | 61 Fair |
| 2007 | Nature of the Beast | Actor | Dr. Chamberlain | 58 Average |
| 2007 | The Tracey Fragments | Actor | Dr. Heker | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Shoot 'Em Up | Actor | Hertz's Driver | 63 Fair |
| 2007 | Dead Silence | Actor | Bos | 63 Fair |
| 2007 | The Third Eye | Actor | Charlie Rabbit | N/A N/A |
| 2006 | The Last Sect | Actor | Karpov | 58 Average |
| 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand | Actor | Mutant Theatre Organizer | 63 Fair |
| 2006 | Skinwalkers | Actor | Sad Looking Man | 56 Average |
| 2006 | Drive Time Murders | Actor | 'The Doc' | N/A N/A |
| 2005 | Black Widow | Actor | Dr. Deadman | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Finding the Fallen | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2004 | Some Things That Stay | Actor | Minister | 58 Average |
| 2004 | The Limb Salesman | Actor | Contact | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Being Julia | Actor | Mr. Turnbull | 60 Fair |
| 2004 | The Last Casino | Actor | Orr | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Kingdom Hospital | Actor | Otto | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital | Actor | Otto | 69 Fair |
| 2004 | Sisters in the Wilderness: The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill | Actor | William Cattermole | N/A N/A |
| 2004 | Fresh Meat: The Wounds of 'Wrong Turn' | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2003 | Eloise at Christmastime | Actor | Patrice the Chef | 59 Average |
| 2003 | Todd And The Book Of Pure Evil | Actor | Satan | 59 Average |
| 2003 | Open Range | Actor | Wylie | 67 Fair |
| 2003 | Wrong Turn | Actor | Three Finger | 63 Fair |
| 2003 | Eloise at the Plaza | Actor | Patrice the Chef | 59 Average |
| 2003 | My Life Without Me | Actor | Dr. Thompson | 59 Average |
| 2002 | Salem Witch Trials | Actor | Jonathan Walcott | 59 Average |
| 2002 | Between Strangers | Actor | Nigel | 59 Average |
| 2002 | I Shout Love | Actor | Cab Driver | 58 Average |
| 2001 | The Pretender: Island of the Haunted | Actor | Brother Clote | 59 Average |
| 2001 | On Their Knees | Actor | Pappy | 59 Average |
| 2001 | Treed Murray | Actor | Homeless Man | 59 Average |
| 2001 | Century Hotel | Actor | Waiter | 58 Average |
| 2001 | Prince Charming | Actor | Wacktazar | 60 Fair |
| 2000 | The Claim | Actor | Francis Bellanger | 59 Average |
| 2000 | Two Thousand and None | Actor | Curator | 58 Average |
| 2000 | The Hustle | Actor | Detective Walsh | 58 Average |
| 2000 | The Crossing | Actor | McKenzie | 59 Average |
| 1999 | The Time Shifters | Actor | Murray Trevor, Time-Traveling Tourist | 58 Average |
| 1999 | Detroit Rock City | Actor | Ticket Taker | 62 Fair |
| 1998 | Motel | Actor | Tenant | 59 Average |
| 1998 | Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms | Actor | Bix | 57 Average |
| 1998 | Urban Legend | Actor | Weird Janitor | 57 Average |
| 1998 | The Red Violin | Actor | Nicolas Olsberg (Montréal) | 65 Fair |
| 1998 | Once a Thief: Family Business | Actor | Camier | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Cube | Actor | Alderson | 67 Fair |
| 1997 | Ms. Scrooge | Actor | Christmas Yet to Come | 58 Average |
| 1997 | Mimic | Actor | Workman | 60 Fair |
| 1997 | Once a Thief: Brother Against Brother | Actor | Camier | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Pale Saints | Actor | Einstein | 58 Average |
| 1997 | Heritage Minutes: Winnie | Actor | A.A. Milne | N/A N/A |
| 1996 | Hard Core Logo | Actor | Buck Haight | 59 Average |
| 1996 | The Boys Club | Actor | Officer Cole | 59 Average |
| 1995 | The Shamrock Conspiracy | Actor | Reader | 59 Average |
| 1995 | The Song Spinner | Actor | Callo | N/A N/A |
| 1995 | Moonlight and Valentino | Actor | Hair Stylist | 58 Average |
| 1995 | Love Child | Actor | Tom Sr. | 59 Average |
| 1995 | Strauss: The King of Three-Quarter Time | Actor | Bono | N/A N/A |
| 1994 | Squanto: A Warrior's Tale | Actor | Sir George's Servant | 59 Average |
| 1992 | Giant Steps | Actor | Danceband Teacher | N/A N/A |
| 1991 | Naked Lunch | Actor | Exterminator #4 | 66 Fair |
| 1991 | Heritage Minutes: John Cabot | Actor | King Henry VII | N/A N/A |
| 1990 | Clarence | Actor | Reynolds | 58 Average |
| 1989 | The Top of His Head | Actor | Robert (henchman) | 59 Average |
| 1987 | Love at Stake | Actor | Town Crier | 59 Average |
| Return to Wickensburg | Actor | Mr. Hexenmeister | N/A N/A |
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| Keeper of the Cup | Actor | Rick | N/A N/A |
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| Dave vs Death | Actor | Death | 58 Average |
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| Honey Bunch | Actor | N/A N/A |
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