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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- 2026 · Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen as Larry Poole
- 2026 · Man Eating Pussy as Freddie
- 2025 · The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide as Horror Film Expert
- 2024 · Scared Shitless as Professor Cummings
- 2022 · Wickensburg as Mr Hexenmeister
- 2022 · Charlotte as Dr. Kurt Singer / Policeman #1 / SS Soldier #2 (voice)
- 2022 · Hall as Julian
- 2020 · Stardust as Tony Defries
- 2020 · Business Ethics as Martin Abacus
- 2020 · Spare Parts as The Emperor
- 2019 · Talent Drivers as Vincent
- 2017 · Todd and the Book of Pure Evil: The End of the End as Hooded Leader / Malian Trader (voice)
- 2016 · Blood Hunters as Father Stewart
- 2016 · Prisoner X as Jefferson
- 2015 · All Hallows' Eve 2 as Chatterbox (segment "The Last Halloween") (archive footage)
- 2015 · A Christmas Horror Story as Gerhardt
- 2015 · Whatever, Linda as Aloysius Finkle
- 2014 · Hellmouth as Smiley
- 2014 · Ejecta as William Cassidy
- 2011 · Collaborator as Maurice LeFont
- 2010 · Trigger as Bucky
- 2009 · Sea Wolf as Mugridge
- 2008 · Toronto Stories as Leather Jacket
- 2008 · Jack and Jill vs. The World as Mr. Smith
- 2008 · The Trojan Horse as Barrie
- 2007 · Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost as Mr. Tibers
- 2007 · Nature of the Beast as Dr. Chamberlain
- 2007 · The Tracey Fragments as Dr. Heker
- 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 · Finding the Fallen as Narrator
- 2004 · Some Things That Stay as Minister
- 2004 · The Limb Salesman as Contact
- 2004 · The Last Casino as Orr
- 2004 · Kingdom Hospital as Otto
- 2004 · Fresh Meat: The Wounds of 'Wrong Turn' as Self
- 2002 · Between Strangers as Nigel
- 2001 · The Pretender: Island of the Haunted as Brother Clote
- 2000 · The Hustle as Detective Walsh
- 2000 · The Crossing as McKenzie
- 1998 · The Show: Stories Within a Film as The Lead Actor
- 1998 · Once a Thief: Family Business as Camier
- 1997 · Ms. Scrooge as Christmas Yet to Come
- 1997 · Pale Saints as Einstein
- 1997 · Once a Thief: Brother Against Brother as Camier
- 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
- 1990 · Clarence as Reynolds
- 1987 · Love at Stake as Town Crier
- Future · Keeper of the Cup as Rick
- 2026 · Turn It Up! as Dr. Pretorious
- 2026 · Honey Bunch as Delwyn
- 2025 · Secrets of Wickensburg as Mr. Hexenmeister
- 2025 · The Institute as Stackhouse
- 2025 · It Feeds as Dr. Ronald Whittaker
- 2024 · Return to Wickensburg as Mr. Hexenmeister
- 2024 · A Thousand Cuts as Webster
- 2024 · Campton Manor as Edward
- 2023 · Percy Jackson and the Olympians as Procrustes
- 2023 · Relax, I'm from the Future as Percy
- 2023 · T-Bone as Chris
- 2023 · Beau Is Afraid as Strange Man
- 2022 · Time Traveling Through Time as Narrator
- 2022 · Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities as Dooley
- 2022 · Reginald the Vampire as Logan
- 2022 · Oldtimers as Richard
- 2022 · Salvation as John
- 2021 · Vicious Fun as Fritz
- 2021 · Chapelwaite as Phillip Boone
- 2021 · Stanleyville as Homunculus
- 2021 · Chaos Walking as Gault
- 2020 · Anything for Jackson as Henry Walsh
- 2019 · The Christmas Temp as Luca
- 2019 · Sailor as The Magistrate
- 2019 · Perpetual Grace LTD as Jonathan Joy
- 2019 · True Fiction as Lenny Rupert
- 2019 · Blood & Treasure as Alessandro LaLande
- 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 · Midnight Confession as Grass (voice)
- 2017 · American Gods as Iktomi
- 2017 · The Space Between as Stash
- 2016 · Frontier as Mr. Pickersgill
- 2016 · Channel Zero as The Gardener
- 2016 · The Rainbow Kid as Elvis Grimes
- 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 · She Stoops to Conquer as
- 2015 · Killjoys as Ancient Scarback
- 2015 · Reign as Mr. Ian
- 2015 · 12 Monkeys as Adviser to the Witness
- 2014 · Patch Town as Yuri
- 2013 · The Last Halloween as Chatterbox
- 2013 · We Are Not Here as Monday
- 2013 · The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet as Ricky
- 2013 · Septic Man as Phil Prosser
- 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 · 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
- 2012 · The Conspiracy as Green Man
- 2012 · The Tape as Jack
- 2011 · Three Inches as Ethan
- 2011 · Bag of Bones as Elmer Durgin
- 2011 · Hell on Wheels as SLC Records Clerk
- 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 · Todd and the Book of Pure Evil as Hooded Leader / Atticus Murphy Sr.
- 2010 · Lost Girl as Arval
- 2010 · Rookie Blue as Cedric
- 2010 · Storm Worlds as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Curious Stories, Crooked Symbols as Kneeling Man
- 2009 · The Timekeeper as Grease
- 2009 · The Listener as Miles Mellini
- 2009 · You Might As Well Live as Dr. Pooseby
- 2008 · XIII as Mr. Cody
- 2008 · Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween as Mr. Tibers
- 2008 · Elegy as Actor in Play #1
- 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 · Murdoch Mysteries as Phillip Uxbridge
- 2008 · The Border as Professor Adrian Maguire
- 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
- 2007 · The Third Eye as Charlie Rabbit
- 2006 · Grossology as Darko Crevasse (voice)
- 2006 · Skinwalkers as Sad Looking Man
- 2006 · Drive Time Murders as 'The Doc'
- 2005 · Supernatural as Death
- 2005 · Black Widow as Dr. Deadman
- 2004 · Being Julia as Mr. Turnbull
- 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
- 2003 · Eloise at Christmastime as Patrice the Chef
- 2003 · Slings & Arrows as Reg Mortimer
- 2003 · Todd And The Book Of Pure Evil as Satan
- 2003 · Open Range as Wylie
- 2003 · Missing as Doc
- 2003 · Wrong Turn as Three Finger
- 2003 · Eloise at the Plaza as Patrice the Chef
- 2003 · My Life Without Me as Dr. Thompson
- 2002 · Salem Witch Trials as Jonathan Walcott
- 2002 · Puppets Who Kill as French Painter
- 2002 · Puppets Who Kill as Mr. Portnoy
- 2002 · I Shout Love as Cab Driver
- 2001 · On Their Knees as Pappy
- 2001 · Tracker as Max
- 2001 · Treed Murray as Homeless Man
- 2001 · Century Hotel as Waiter
- 2001 · MythQuest as Loki
- 2001 · Prince Charming as Wacktazar
- 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 · Two Thousand and None as Curator
- 1999 · The Time Shifters as Murray Trevor, Time-Traveling Tourist
- 1999 · Amazon as Elder Malakai
- 1999 · Detroit Rock City as Ticket Taker
- 1999 · I Was a Sixth Grade Alien as Meenom
- 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
- 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
- 1997 · Heritage Minutes: Winnie as A.A. Milne
- 1996 · Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal as Earl Cornell
- 1995 · Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years as Logan’s Henchman
- 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
- 1994 · Due South as Miles Emery
- 1992 · Giant Steps as Danceband Teacher
- 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
- 1991 · Heritage Minutes: John Cabot as King Henry VII
- 1990 · Maniac Mansion as Tax Man
- 1990 · Counterstrike as Rettie
- 1989 · The Top of His Head as Robert (henchman)
- 1988 · War of the Worlds as Man with Hat
- 1988 · War of the Worlds as Ardix
- 1988 · War of the Worlds as Alien Scientist
- 1986 · Adderly as
- 1986 · The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood as
- Future · The Asylum as Dr. Raymond