Birthday:
Sep 08, 1956
Place of Birth: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Place of Birth: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Julian Richings
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.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| My Life Without Me | Dr. Thompson | 2003 |
| Cube | Alderson | 1997 |
| Saw IV | Vagrant | 2007 |
| Shoot 'Em Up | Hertz's Driver | 2007 |
| The Last Casino | Orr | 2004 |
| Hard Core Logo | Buck Haight | 1996 |
| The Time Shifters | Murray Trevor, Time-Traveling Tourist | 1999 |
| Treed Murray | Homeless Man | 2001 |
| Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | Ferryman | 2010 |
| Urban Legend | Weird Janitor | 1998 |
| Wrong Turn | Three Finger | 2003 |
| Heritage Minutes: Winnie | A.A. Milne | 1997 |
| Heritage Minutes: John Cabot | King Henry VII | 1991 |
| The Last Sect | Karpov | 2006 |
| The Red Violin | Nicolas Olsberg (Montréal) | 1998 |
| Patch Town | Child Catcher | 2011 |
| Beau Is Afraid | Strange Man | 2023 |
| The Claim | Francis Bellanger | 2000 |
| Between Strangers | Nigel | 2002 |
| Man of Steel | Lor-Em | 2013 |
| Trigger | Bucky | 2010 |
| Hard Core Logo II | Bucky Haight | 2010 |
| Drive Time Murders | 'The Doc' | 2006 |
| Collaborator | Maurice LeFont | 2011 |
| The Shamrock Conspiracy | Reader | 1995 |
| Two Thousand and None | Curator | 2000 |
| Salem Witch Trials | Jonathan Walcott | 2002 |
| Sea Wolf | Mugridge | 2009 |
| On Their Knees | Pappy | 2001 |
| The Conspiracy | Green Man | 2012 |
| The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet | Ricky | 2013 |
| Ms. Scrooge | Christmas Yet to Come | 1997 |
| Fresh Meat: The Wounds of 'Wrong Turn' | Self | 2004 |
| Moonlight and Valentino | Hair Stylist | 1995 |
| The Song Spinner | Callo | 1995 |
| Once a Thief: Brother Against Brother | Camier | 1997 |
| Strauss: The King of Three-Quarter Time | Bono | 1995 |
| Once a Thief: Family Business | Camier | 1998 |
| Detroit Rock City | Ticket Taker | 1999 |
| Century Hotel | Waiter | 2001 |
| Prince Charming | Wacktazar | 2001 |
| The Space Between | Stash | 2017 |
| Todd and the Book of Pure Evil: The End of the End | Hooded Leader / Malian Trader (voice) | 2017 |
| The Crossing | McKenzie | 2000 |
| The Limb Salesman | Contact | 2004 |
| Being Julia | Mr. Turnbull | 2004 |
| Toronto Stories | Leather Jacket | 2008 |
| Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween | Mr. Tibers | 2008 |
| Stardust | Tony Defries | 2020 |
| Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid | Mr. Tibers | 2008 |
| Sisters in the Wilderness: The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill | William Cattermole | 2004 |
| Skinwalkers | Sad Looking Man | 2006 |
| Salvation | John | 2022 |
| Elegy | Actor in Play #1 | 2008 |
| T-Bone | Chris | 2023 |
| The Hustle | Detective Walsh | 2000 |
| Squanto: A Warrior's Tale | Sir George's Servant | 1994 |
| Septic Man | Phil Prosser | 2013 |
| The Colony | Leland | 2013 |
| The Tape | Jack | 2012 |
| Some Things That Stay | Minister | 2004 |
| The Facts in the Case of Mister Hollow | Kneeling Man | 2008 |
| Patch Town | Yuri | 2014 |
| Relax, I'm from the Future | Percy | 2023 |
| Giant Steps | Danceband Teacher | 1992 |
| Wickensburg | Mr Hexenmeister | 2022 |
| Motel | Tenant | 1998 |
| Hellmouth | Smiley | 2014 |
| Ejecta | William Cassidy | 2014 |
| Open Range | Wylie | 2003 |
| The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide | Horror Film Expert | 2025 |
| Oldtimers | Richard | 2022 |
| Black Widow | Dr. Deadman | 2005 |
| Love Child | Tom Sr. | 1995 |
| The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh | Rahn Brothers / Neither Man Nor Woman / Bill Phillips | 2012 |
| Naked Lunch | Exterminator #4 | 1991 |
| Charlotte | Dr. Kurt Singer / Policeman #1 / SS Soldier #2 (voice) | 2021 |
| Pale Saints | Einstein | 1997 |
| Love at Stake | Town Crier | 1987 |
| Return to Wickensburg | Mr. Hexenmeister | 1970 |
| The Last Halloween | Chatterbox | 2013 |
| She Stoops to Conquer | 2015 | |
| A Christmas Horror Story | Gerhardt | 2015 |
| Campton Manor | Edward | 2024 |
| Kingdom Hospital | Otto | 2004 |
| Prisoner X | Jefferson | 2016 |
| The Top of His Head | Robert (henchman) | 1989 |
| The Timekeeper | Grease | 2009 |
| The Witch | Governor | 2016 |
| A Thousand Cuts | Webster | 2024 |
| Scared Shitless | Professor Cummings | 2024 |
| Mimic | Workman | 1997 |
| Nature of the Beast | Dr. Chamberlain | 2007 |
| Todd And The Book Of Pure Evil | Satan | 2003 |
| Honey Bunch | 1970 | |
| Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost | Mr. Tibers | 2007 |
| Regression | Tom | 2015 |
| Animal Control | Larry | 2011 |
| The Third Eye | Charlie Rabbit | 2007 |
| The Tracey Fragments | Dr. Heker | 2007 |
| Blood Hunters | Father Stewart | 2016 |
| Dead Silence | Bos | 2007 |
| You Might As Well Live | Dr. Pooseby | 2009 |
| I Shout Love | Cab Driver | 2002 |
| Eloise at Christmastime | Patrice the Chef | 2003 |
| Eloise at the Plaza | Patrice the Chef | 2003 |
| Midnight Confession | Grass (voice) | 2017 |
| Victims | Gatling | 2013 |
| X-Men: The Last Stand | Mutant Theatre Organizer | 2006 |
| Curious Stories, Crooked Symbols | Kneeling Man | 2009 |
| The Pretender: Island of the Haunted | Brother Clote | 2001 |
| Polar | Lomas | 2019 |
| All Hallows' Eve 2 | Chatterbox (segment "The Last Halloween") (archive footage) | 2015 |
| We Are Not Here | Monday | 2013 |
| Sailor | The Magistrate | 2019 |
| Jack and Jill vs. The World | Mr. Smith | 2008 |
| The Christmas Temp | Luca | 2019 |
| True Fiction | Lenny Rupert | 2019 |
| Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms | Bix | 1998 |
| Survival of the Dead | James | 2010 |
| Clarence | Reynolds | 1990 |
| Spare Parts | The Emperor | 2020 |
| Vicious Fun | Fritz | 2021 |
| Anything for Jackson | Henry Walsh | 2020 |
| Business Ethics | Martin Abacus | 2020 |
| The Boys Club | Officer Cole | 1996 |
| Three Inches | Ethan | 2011 |
| The Rainbow Kid | Elvis Grimes | 2016 |
| Chaos Walking | Gault | 2021 |
| Hall | Julian | 2020 |
| Stanleyville | Homunculus | 2021 |
| Keeper of the Cup | Rick | 1970 |
| Dave vs Death | Death | 1970 |
| Time Traveling Through Time | Narrator | 2022 | Series | Cast | Year |
| La Femme Nikita | Errol Sparks | 1997 |
| Due South | Miles Emery | 1994 |
| Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital | Otto | 2004 |
| Supernatural | Death | 2005 |
| Forever Knight | Dr. Paul Dana | 1992 |
| Puppets Who Kill | French Painter | 2002 |
| Highlander: The Raven | Basil Morgan | 1998 |
| XIII | Mr. Cody | 2008 |
| Slings & Arrows | Reg Mortimer | 2003 |
| Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal | Earl Cornell | 1996 |
| I Was a Sixth Grade Alien | Meenom | 1999 |
| Finding the Fallen | Narrator | 2005 |
| Whatever, Linda | Aloysius Finkle | 2015 |
| Storm Worlds | Narrator (voice) | 2010 |
| Chapelwaite | Phillip Boone | 2021 |
| Orphan Black | Benjamin Kertland | 2013 |
| Adderly | 1986 | |
| War of the Worlds | Man with Hat | 1988 |
| Counterstrike | Rettie | 1990 |
| Maniac Mansion | Tax Man | 1990 |
| Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years | Logan’s Henchman | 1995 |
| Heritage Minutes | A.A. Milne | 1991 |
| Heritage Minutes | King Henry VII | 1991 |
| The Adventures of Shirley Holmes | Doctor Saul Sprockett | 1997 |
| Amazon | Elder Malakai | 1999 |
| The Zack Files | The Mad Hatter | 2000 |
| MythQuest | Loki | 2001 |
| Tracker | Max | 2001 |
| A Nero Wolfe Mystery | Poet | 2001 |
| A Nero Wolfe Mystery | Jerome Aland | 2001 |
| A Nero Wolfe Mystery | Peter Jay | 2001 |
| A Nero Wolfe Mystery | Alger Kates | 2001 |
| Puppets Who Kill | Mr. Portnoy | 2002 |
| Missing | Doc | 2003 |
| At the Hotel | Baby Man | 2006 |
| Grossology | Darko Crevasse (voice) | 2006 |
| The Trojan Horse | Barrie | 2008 |
| The Border | Professor Adrian Maguire | 2008 |
| Wingin' It | William Shakespeare | 2010 |
| Bag of Bones | Elmer Durgin | 2011 |
| Todd and the Book of Pure Evil | Hooded Leader / Atticus Murphy Sr. | 2010 |
| Murdoch Mysteries | Phillip Uxbridge | 2008 |
| Republic of Doyle | Lionel Harris | 2010 |
| Transporter: The Series | Edouard Orlande | 2012 |
| Rookie Blue | Cedric | 2010 |
| The Listener | Miles Mellini | 2009 |
| Hell on Wheels | SLC Records Clerk | 2011 |
| Hannibal | Caged Man | 2013 |
| Killjoys | Ancient Scarback | 2015 |
| Channel Zero | The Gardener | 2016 |
| Frontier | Mr. Pickersgill | 2016 |
| American Gods | Iktomi | 2017 |
| Reginald the Vampire | Logan | 2022 |
| Patriot | Peter Icabod | 2015 |
| 12 Monkeys | Adviser to the Witness | 2015 |
| Hemlock Grove | Swiss Doctor | 2013 |
| The Magicians | Asteroth | 2015 |
| The Umbrella Academy | Chet Rodo | 2019 |
| Percy Jackson and the Olympians | Procrustes | 2023 |
| War of the Worlds | Alien Scientist | 1988 |
| War of the Worlds | Ardix | 1988 |
| Doom Patrol | Heinrich Von Fuchs | 2019 |
| Lost Girl | Arval | 2010 |
| Blood & Treasure | Alessandro LaLande | 2019 |
| Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities | Dooley | 2022 |
| Perpetual Grace LTD | Jonathan Joy | 2019 |
| The Expanse | Vargas | 2015 |
| Heartland | Mr. Hanley | 2007 |
| Heartland | Levon Hanley | 2007 |
| The Valour and the Horror | John Crocker | 1992 |
| Sea Wolf | Mugridge | 2009 |
| Talent Drivers | Vincent | 2019 |
| Carter | Ray Understone | 2018 |
| Creeped Out | Zephaniah | 2017 |
| The Institute | 1970 |
