Julian Richings

male

Born on August 30, 1956 (69 years old)

From Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Known for Acting

Biography

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.

Cast Credits

2026
- Honey Bunch
  as
  Delwyn
  2026
2025
- The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide
  as
  Horror Film Expert
  2025
- It Feeds
  as
  Dr. Ronald Whittaker
  2025
- The Institute
  as
  Stackhouse
  2025
2024
- Return to Wickensburg
  as
  Mr. Hexenmeister
  2024
- Campton Manor
  as
  Edward
  2024
- A Thousand Cuts
  as
  Webster
  2024
- Scared Shitless
  as
  Professor Cummings
  2024
2023
- Beau Is Afraid
  as
  Strange Man
  2023
- T-Bone
  as
  Chris
  2023
- Relax, I'm from the Future
  as
  Percy
  2023
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians
  as
  Procrustes
  2023
2022
- Salvation
  as
  John
  2022
- Wickensburg
  as
  Mr Hexenmeister
  2022
- no image
  Oldtimers
  as
  Richard
  2022
- Charlotte
  as
  Dr. Kurt Singer / Policeman #1 / SS Soldier #2 (voice)
  2022
- Time Traveling Through Time
  as
  Narrator
  2022
- Reginald the Vampire
  as
  Logan
  2022
- Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
  as
  Dooley
  2022
2021
- Vicious Fun
  as
  Fritz
  2021
- Chaos Walking
  as
  Gault
  2021
- Stanleyville
  as
  Homunculus
  2021
- Chapelwaite
  as
  Phillip Boone
  2021
2020
- Stardust
  as
  Tony Defries
  2020
- Spare Parts
  as
  The Emperor
  2020
- Anything for Jackson
  as
  Henry Walsh
  2020
- Business Ethics
  as
  Martin Abacus
  2020
- Hall
  as
  Julian
  2020
2019
- Polar
  as
  Lomas
  2019
- Sailor
  as
  The Magistrate
  2019
- The Christmas Temp
  as
  Luca
  2019
- True Fiction
  as
  Lenny Rupert
  2019
- The Umbrella Academy
  as
  Chet Rodo
  2019
- Doom Patrol
  as
  Heinrich Von Fuchs
  2019
- Blood & Treasure
  as
  Alessandro LaLande
  2019
- Perpetual Grace LTD
  as
  Jonathan Joy
  2019
- Talent Drivers
  as
  Vincent
  2019
2018
- Carter
  as
  Ray Understone
  2018
2017
- The Space Between
  as
  Stash
  2017
- Todd and the Book of Pure Evil: The End of the End
  as
  Hooded Leader / Malian Trader (voice)
  2017
- Midnight Confession
  as
  Grass (voice)
  2017
- American Gods
  as
  Iktomi
  2017
- Creeped Out
  as
  Zephaniah
  2017
2016
- Prisoner X
  as
  Jefferson
  2016
- The Witch
  as
  Governor
  2016
- Blood Hunters
  as
  Father Stewart
  2016
- no image
  The Rainbow Kid
  as
  Elvis Grimes
  2016
- Frontier
  as
  Mr. Pickersgill
  2016
- Channel Zero
  as
  The Gardener
  2016
2015
- She Stoops to Conquer
  2015
- A Christmas Horror Story
  as
  Gerhardt
  2015
- Regression
  as
  Tom
  2015
- All Hallows' Eve 2
  as
  Chatterbox (segment "The Last Halloween") (archive footage)
  2015
- Reign
  as
  Mr. Ian
  2015
- no image
  Whatever, Linda
  as
  Aloysius Finkle
  2015
- Killjoys
  as
  Ancient Scarback
  2015
- Patriot
  as
  Peter Icabod
  2015
- 12 Monkeys
  as
  Adviser to the Witness
  2015
- The Magicians
  as
  Asteroth
  2015
- The Expanse
  as
  Vargas
  2015
2014
- Patch Town
  as
  Yuri
  2014
- Hellmouth
  as
  Smiley
  2014
- Ejecta
  as
  William Cassidy
  2014
2013
- Man of Steel
  as
  Lor-Em
  2013
- The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
  as
  Ricky
  2013
- Septic Man
  as
  Phil Prosser
  2013
- The Colony
  as
  Leland
  2013
- no image
  The Last Halloween
  as
  Chatterbox
  2013
- Victims
  as
  Gatling
  2013
- We Are Not Here
  as
  Monday
  2013
- Orphan Black
  as
  Benjamin Kertland
  2013
- Hannibal
  as
  Caged Man
  2013
- Transporter: The Series
  as
  Edouard Orlande
  2013
- Hemlock Grove
  as
  Swiss Doctor
  2013
2012
- The Conspiracy
  as
  Green Man
  2012
- The Tape
  as
  Jack
  2012
- The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh
  as
  Rahn Brothers / Neither Man Nor Woman / Bill Phillips
  2012
2011
- Patch Town
  as
  Child Catcher
  2011
- Collaborator
  as
  Maurice LeFont
  2011
- Animal Control
  as
  Larry
  2011
- Three Inches
  as
  Ethan
  2011
- Dave vs Death
  as
  Death
  2011
- Bag of Bones
  as
  Elmer Durgin
  2011
- Hell on Wheels
  as
  SLC Records Clerk
  2011
2010
- Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
  as
  Ferryman
  2010
- Trigger
  as
  Bucky
  2010
- Hard Core Logo II
  as
  Bucky Haight
  2010
- Survival of the Dead
  as
  James O'Flynn
  2010
- Storm Worlds
  as
  Narrator (voice)
  2010
- Wingin' It
  as
  William Shakespeare
  2010
- Todd and the Book of Pure Evil
  as
  Hooded Leader / Atticus Murphy Sr.
  2010
- Republic of Doyle
  as
  Lionel Harris
  2010
- Rookie Blue
  as
  Cedric
  2010
- Lost Girl
  as
  Arval
  2010
2009
- Sea Wolf
  as
  Mugridge
  2009
- The Timekeeper
  as
  Grease
  2009
- You Might As Well Live
  as
  Dr. Pooseby
  2009
- Curious Stories, Crooked Symbols
  as
  Kneeling Man
  2009
- The Listener
  as
  Miles Mellini
  2009
- Sea Wolf
  as
  Mugridge
  2009
2008
- Elegy
  as
  Actor in Play #1
  2008
- Toronto Stories
  as
  Leather Jacket
  2008
- Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween
  as
  Mr. Tibers
  2008
- Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid
  as
  Mr. Tibers
  2008
- The Facts in the Case of Mister Hollow
  as
  Kneeling Man
  2008
- Jack and Jill vs. The World
  as
  Mr. Smith
  2008
- XIII
  as
  Mr. Cody
  2008
- Murdoch Mysteries
  as
  Phillip Uxbridge
  2008
- The Border
  as
  Professor Adrian Maguire
  2008
- The Trojan Horse
  as
  Barrie
  2008
2007
- Saw IV
  as
  Vagrant
  2007
- Shoot 'Em Up
  as
  Hertz's Driver
  2007
- Nature of the Beast
  as
  Dr. Chamberlain
  2007
- Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost
  as
  Mr. Tibers
  2007
- The Third Eye
  as
  Charlie Rabbit
  2007
- The Tracey Fragments
  as
  Dr. Heker
  2007
- Dead Silence
  as
  Bos
  2007
- Heartland
  as
  Mr. Hanley
  2007
- Heartland
  as
  Levon Hanley
  2007
2006
- The Last Sect
  as
  Karpov
  2006
- Drive Time Murders
  as
  'The Doc'
  2006
- Skinwalkers
  as
  Sad Looking Man
  2006
- X-Men: The Last Stand
  as
  Mutant Theatre Organizer
  2006
- A Lobster Tale
  as
  Hank Perkins
  2006
- no image
  At the Hotel
  as
  Baby Man
  2006
- Grossology
  as
  Darko Crevasse (voice)
  2006
2005
- no image
  Black Widow
  as
  Dr. Deadman
  2005
- Supernatural
  as
  Death
  2005
- Finding the Fallen
  as
  Narrator
  2005
2004
- The Last Casino
  as
  Orr
  2004
- Fresh Meat: The Wounds of 'Wrong Turn'
  as
  Self
  2004
- Sisters in the Wilderness: The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill
  as
  William Cattermole
  2004
- Being Julia
  as
  Mr. Turnbull
  2004
- The Limb Salesman
  as
  Contact
  2004
- Some Things That Stay
  as
  Minister
  2004
- Kingdom Hospital
  as
  Otto
  2004
- Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
  as
  Otto
  2004
2003
- My Life Without Me
  as
  Dr. Thompson
  2003
- Wrong Turn
  as
  Three Finger
  2003
- Open Range
  as
  Wylie
  2003
- Todd And The Book Of Pure Evil
  as
  Satan
  2003
- Eloise at Christmastime
  as
  Patrice the Chef
  2003
- Eloise at the Plaza
  as
  Patrice the Chef
  2003
- Slings & Arrows
  as
  Reg Mortimer
  2003
- Missing
  as
  Doc
  2003
2002
- Between Strangers
  as
  Nigel
  2002
- Salem Witch Trials
  as
  Jonathan Walcott
  2002
- I Shout Love
  as
  Cab Driver
  2002
- Puppets Who Kill
  as
  French Painter
  2002
- Puppets Who Kill
  as
  Mr. Portnoy
  2002
2001
- Treed Murray
  as
  Homeless Man
  2001
- no image
  On Their Knees
  as
  Pappy
  2001
- Century Hotel
  as
  Waiter
  2001
- Prince Charming
  as
  Wacktazar
  2001
- The Pretender: Island of the Haunted
  as
  Brother Clote
  2001
- Tracker
  as
  Max
  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
- MythQuest
  as
  Loki
  2001
- A Nero Wolfe Mystery
  as
  Poet
  2001
2000
- The Claim
  as
  Francis Bellanger
  2000
- Two Thousand and None
  as
  Curator
  2000
- The Crossing
  as
  McKenzie
  2000
- The Hustle
  as
  Detective Walsh
  2000
- The Claim
  as
  Bellanger
  2000
- The Zack Files
  as
  The Mad Hatter
  2000
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
  1999
- Amazon
  as
  Elder Malakai
  1999
1998
- Cube
  as
  Alderson
  1998
- Urban Legend
  as
  Weird Janitor
  1998
- The Red Violin
  as
  Nicolas Olsberg (Montréal)
  1998
- Once a Thief: Family Business
  as
  Camier
  1998
- Motel
  as
  Tenant
  1998
- Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms
  as
  Bix
  1998
- no image
  The Show: Stories Within a Film
  as
  The Lead Actor
  1998
- Highlander: The Raven
  as
  Basil Morgan
  1998
1997
- Heritage Minutes: Winnie
  as
  A.A. Milne
  1997
- Ms. Scrooge
  as
  Christmas Yet to Come
  1997
- Once a Thief: Brother Against Brother
  as
  Camier
  1997
- no image
  Pale Saints
  as
  Einstein
  1997
- Mimic
  as
  Workman
  1997
- La Femme Nikita
  as
  Errol Sparks
  1997
- The Adventures of Shirley Holmes
  as
  Doctor Saul Sprockett
  1997
1996
- Hard Core Logo
  as
  Buck Haight
  1996
- The Boys Club
  as
  Officer Cole
  1996
- Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
  as
  Earl Cornell
  1996
1995
- The Shamrock Conspiracy
  as
  Reader
  1995
- Moonlight and Valentino
  as
  Hair Stylist
  1995
- The Song Spinner
  as
  Callo
  1995
- Strauss: The King of Three-Quarter Time
  as
  Bono
  1995
- no image
  Love Child
  as
  Tom Sr.
  1995
- Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
  as
  Logan’s Henchman
  1995
1994
- Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
  as
  Sir George's Servant
  1994
- Due South
  as
  Miles Emery
  1994
1992
- Giant Steps
  as
  Danceband Teacher
  1992
- Forever Knight
  as
  Dr. Paul Dana
  1992
- The Valour and the Horror
  as
  John Crocker
  1992
1991
- Heritage Minutes: John Cabot
  as
  King Henry VII
  1991
- Naked Lunch
  as
  Exterminator #4
  1991
- Heritage Minutes
  as
  A.A. Milne
  1991
- Heritage Minutes
  as
  King Henry VII
  1991
1990
- Clarence
  as
  Reynolds
  1990
- Maniac Mansion
  as
  Tax Man
  1990
- Counterstrike
  as
  Rettie
  1990
1989
- The Top of His Head
  as
  Robert (henchman)
  1989
1988
- War of the Worlds
  as
  Man with Hat
  1988
- War of the Worlds
  as
  Ardix
  1988
- War of the Worlds
  as
  Alien Scientist
  1988
1986
- The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood
  1986
- Adderly
  1986
1987
- Love at Stake
  as
  Town Crier
  1987

Julian Richings

Biography

Cast Credits

Honey Bunch

The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide

It Feeds

The Institute

Return to Wickensburg

Campton Manor

A Thousand Cuts

Scared Shitless

Beau Is Afraid

T-Bone

Relax, I'm from the Future

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Salvation

Wickensburg

Oldtimers

Charlotte

Time Traveling Through Time

Reginald the Vampire

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

Vicious Fun

Chaos Walking

Stanleyville

Chapelwaite

Stardust

Spare Parts

Anything for Jackson

Business Ethics

Hall

Polar

Sailor

The Christmas Temp

True Fiction

The Umbrella Academy

Doom Patrol

Blood & Treasure

Perpetual Grace LTD

Talent Drivers

Carter

The Space Between

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

Midnight Confession

American Gods

Creeped Out

Prisoner X

The Witch

Blood Hunters

The Rainbow Kid

Frontier

Channel Zero

She Stoops to Conquer

A Christmas Horror Story

Regression

All Hallows' Eve 2

Reign

Whatever, Linda

Killjoys

Patriot

12 Monkeys

The Magicians

The Expanse

Patch Town

Hellmouth

Ejecta

Man of Steel

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

Septic Man

The Colony

The Last Halloween

Victims

We Are Not Here

Orphan Black

Hannibal

Transporter: The Series

Hemlock Grove

The Conspiracy

The Tape

The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh