Julian Richings
Known for acting · Born 30 August 1956 · 70 · Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
211 credits
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.
Known for
The Umbrella Academy
2019
Anything for Jackson
2020
Patriot
2015
Orphan Black
2013
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
2004
The Witch
2016
The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh
2012
Supernatural
2005
Cube
1998
Spare Parts
2020
I Was a Sixth Grade Alien!
1999
Wrong Turn
2003
Acting (211)
2026Something Very Bad Is Going to HappenLarry PooleSeries
2026Honey BunchDelwynFilm
2026Man Eating PussyFreddieFilm
2026Turn It Up!Dr. PretoriousFilm
2026Junction RowFilm
2025It FeedsDr. Ronald WhittakerFilm
2025The InstituteStackhouse · 8 episodesSeries
2025Secrets of WickensburgMr. HexenmeisterFilm
2024Scared ShitlessProfessor CummingsFilm
2024Campton ManorEdwardFilm
2024Return to WickensburgMr. HexenmeisterFilm
2024A Thousand CutsWebsterFilm
2023Beau Is AfraidStrange ManFilm
2023Percy Jackson and the OlympiansProcrustesSeries
2023Relax, I'm from the FuturePercyFilm
2023T-BoneChrisFilm
2022Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of CuriositiesDooleySeries
2022HallJulianFilm
2022CharlotteDr. Kurt Singer / Policeman #1 / SS Soldier #2 (voice)Film
2022Reginald the VampireLogan · 2 episodesSeries
2022WickensburgMr HexenmeisterFilm
2022Time Traveling Through TimeNarratorFilm
2022SalvationJohnFilm
2022OldtimersRichardFilm
2021Chaos WalkingGaultFilm
2021ChapelwaitePhillip Boone · 5 episodesSeries
2021Vicious FunFritzFilm
2021StanleyvilleHomunculusFilm
2020Anything for JacksonHenry WalshFilm
2020Spare PartsThe EmperorFilm
2020StardustTony DefriesFilm
2020Business EthicsMartin AbacusFilm
2019The Umbrella AcademyChet Rodo · 8 episodesSeries
2019PolarLomasFilm
2019Doom PatrolHeinrich Von Fuchs · 2 episodesSeries
2019Blood & TreasureAlessandro LaLande · 4 episodesSeries
2019Perpetual Grace LTDJonathan Joy · 4 episodesSeries
2019True FictionLenny RupertFilm
2019The Christmas TempLucaFilm
2019SailorThe MagistrateFilm
2019Talent DriversVincentSeries
2018CarterRay UnderstoneSeries
2017American GodsIktomiSeries
2017Creeped OutZephaniah · 2 episodesSeries
2017Todd and the Book of Pure Evil: The End of the EndHooded Leader / Malian Trader (voice)Film
2017Midnight ConfessionGrass (voice)Film
2017The Space BetweenStashFilm
2016The WitchGovernorFilm
2016FrontierMr. PickersgillSeries
2016Channel ZeroThe Gardener · 3 episodesSeries
2016Prisoner XJeffersonFilm
2016Blood HuntersFather StewartFilm
2016The Rainbow KidElvis GrimesFilm
2015The ExpanseVargasSeries
2015RegressionTomFilm
2015The MagiciansAsterothSeries
201512 MonkeysAdviser to the Witness · 5 episodesSeries
2015KilljoysAncient ScarbackSeries
2015A Christmas Horror StoryGerhardtFilm
2015PatriotPeter Icabod · 15 episodesSeries
2015All Hallows' Eve 2Chatterbox (segment "The Last Halloween") (archive footage)Film
2015She Stoops to ConquerFilm
2015ReignMr. IanFilm
2015Whatever, LindaAloysius Finkle · 10 episodesSeries
2014EjectaWilliam CassidyFilm
2014Patch TownYuriFilm
2014HellmouthSmileyFilm
2013Man of SteelLor-EmFilm
2013HannibalCaged ManSeries
2013Orphan BlackBenjamin Kertland · 7 episodesSeries
2013The ColonyLelandFilm
2013The Young and Prodigious T.S. SpivetRickyFilm
2013Hemlock GroveSwiss DoctorSeries
2013Transporter: The SeriesEdouard Orlande · 4 episodesSeries
2013Septic ManPhil ProsserFilm
2013The Last HalloweenChatterboxFilm
2013VictimsGatlingFilm
2013We Are Not HereMondayFilm
2012The ConspiracyGreen ManFilm
2012The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind LeighRahn Brothers / Neither Man Nor Woman / Bill PhillipsFilm
2012The TapeJackFilm
2011Hell on WheelsSLC Records ClerkSeries
2011Bag of BonesElmer DurginSeries
2011CollaboratorMaurice LeFontFilm
2011Three InchesEthanFilm
2011Dave vs DeathDeathFilm
2011Patch TownChild CatcherFilm
2011Animal ControlLarryFilm
2010Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning ThiefFerrymanFilm
2010Survival of the DeadJames O'FlynnFilm
2010Lost GirlArvalSeries
2010Rookie BlueCedricSeries
2010Todd and the Book of Pure EvilHooded Leader / Atticus Murphy Sr. · 14 episodesSeries
2010Republic of DoyleLionel HarrisSeries
2010TriggerBuckyFilm
2010Hard Core Logo 2Bucky HaightFilm
2010Wingin' ItWilliam ShakespeareSeries
2010Storm WorldsNarrator (voice) · 3 episodesSeries
2009The ListenerMiles MelliniSeries
2009Sea WolfMugridgeFilm
2009You Might As Well LiveDr. PoosebyFilm
2009Sea WolfMugridgeSeries
2009The TimekeeperGreaseFilm
2009Curious Stories, Crooked SymbolsKneeling ManFilm
2008ElegyActor in Play #1Film
2008Murdoch MysteriesPhillip UxbridgeSeries
2008XIIIMr. Cody · 2 episodesSeries
2008Jack and Jill vs. The WorldMr. SmithFilm
2008The Facts in the Case of Mister HollowKneeling ManFilm
2008The BorderProfessor Adrian MaguireSeries
2008Roxy Hunter and the Horrific HalloweenMr. TibersFilm
2008Toronto StoriesLeather JacketFilm
2008Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the MermaidMr. TibersFilm
2008The Trojan HorseBarrieSeries
2007Saw IVVagrantFilm
2007Dead SilenceBosFilm
2007Shoot 'Em UpHertz's DriverFilm
2007HeartlandMr. Hanley, Levon HanleySeries
2007The Tracey FragmentsDr. HekerFilm
2007Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody GhostMr. TibersFilm
2007Nature of the BeastDr. ChamberlainFilm
2007The Third EyeCharlie RabbitFilm
2006X-Men: The Last StandMutant Theatre OrganizerFilm
2006SkinwalkersSad Looking ManFilm
2006The Last SectKarpovFilm
2006GrossologyDarko Crevasse (voice)Series
2006A Lobster TaleHank PerkinsFilm
2006Drive Time Murders'The Doc'Film
2006At the HotelBaby ManSeries
2005SupernaturalDeath · 5 episodesSeries
2005Black WidowDr. DeadmanFilm
2005Finding the FallenNarrator · 13 episodesSeries
2004Stephen King's Kingdom HospitalOtto · 13 episodesSeries
2004Being JuliaMr. TurnbullFilm
2004Kingdom HospitalOttoFilm
2004The Last CasinoOrrFilm
2004Some Things That StayMinisterFilm
2004The Limb SalesmanContactFilm
2004Fresh Meat: The Wounds of 'Wrong Turn'SelfFilm
2004Sisters in the Wilderness: The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr TraillWilliam CattermoleFilm
2003Wrong TurnThree FingerFilm
2003Open RangeWylieFilm
2003My Life Without MeDr. ThompsonFilm
2003Eloise at the PlazaPatrice the ChefFilm
2003Eloise at ChristmastimePatrice the ChefFilm
2003MissingDoc · 2 episodesSeries
2003Slings & ArrowsReg MortimerSeries
2003Todd And The Book Of Pure EvilSatanFilm
2002Between StrangersNigelFilm
2002Puppets Who KillFrench Painter, Mr. PortnoySeries
2002I Shout LoveCab DriverFilm
2001Prince CharmingWacktazarFilm
2001A Nero Wolfe MysteryPoet · 2 episodes, Jerome Aland, Peter Jay, Alger Kates · 2 episodesSeries
2001The Pretender: Island of the HauntedBrother CloteFilm
2001Treed MurrayHomeless ManFilm
2001Century HotelWaiterFilm
2001TrackerMaxSeries
2001MythQuestLokiSeries
2001On Their KneesPappyFilm
2000The ClaimFrancis BellangerFilm
2000The CrossingMcKenzieFilm
2000The Zack FilesThe Mad HatterSeries
2000The HustleDetective WalshFilm
2000Two Thousand and NoneCuratorFilm
1999Detroit Rock CityTicket TakerFilm
1999The Time ShiftersMurray TrevorFilm
1999AmazonElder Malakai · 10 episodesSeries
1999I Was a Sixth Grade Alien!Meenom · 44 episodesSeries
1998CubeAldersonFilm
1998Urban LegendWeird JanitorFilm
1998The Red ViolinNicolas Olsberg (Montréal)Film
1998Universal Soldier II: Brothers in ArmsBixFilm
1998Highlander: The RavenBasil Morgan · 2 episodesSeries
1998Once a Thief: Family BusinessCamierFilm
1998MotelTenantFilm
1998The Show: Stories Within a FilmThe Lead ActorFilm
1997MimicWorkmanFilm
1997La Femme NikitaErrol Sparks · 2 episodesSeries
1997Ms. ScroogeChristmas Yet to ComeFilm
1997The Adventures of Shirley HolmesDoctor Saul SprockettSeries
1997Once a Thief: Brother Against BrotherCamierFilm
1997Pale SaintsEinsteinFilm
1997Heritage Minutes: WinnieA.A. MilneFilm
1996Psi Factor: Chronicles of the ParanormalEarl CornellSeries
1996Hard Core LogoBuck HaightFilm
1996The Boys ClubOfficer ColeFilm
1995Moonlight and ValentinoHair StylistFilm
1995Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw YearsLogan’s HenchmanSeries
1995Love ChildTom Sr.Film
1995The Shamrock ConspiracyReaderFilm
1995The Song SpinnerCalloFilm
1995Strauss: The King of Three-Quarter TimeBonoFilm
1994Due SouthMiles EmerySeries
1994Squanto: A Warrior's TaleSir George's ServantFilm
1992Forever KnightDr. Paul DanaSeries
1992Giant StepsDanceband TeacherFilm
1992The Valour and the HorrorJohn CrockerSeries
1991Naked LunchExterminator #4Film
1991Heritage MinutesA.A. Milne, Roi Henri VIISeries
1991Heritage Minutes: John CabotKing Henry VIIFilm
1990Maniac MansionTax ManSeries
1990ClarenceReynoldsFilm
1990CounterstrikeRettieSeries
1989The Top of His HeadRobert (henchman)Film
1988War of the WorldsMan with Hat, Alien Scientist, Ardix · 13 episodesSeries
1987Love at StakeTown CrierFilm
1986AdderlySeries
1986The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry OsgoodFilm
—Keeper of the CupRickFilm
—The AsylumDr. RaymondFilm
—GUMBrother SkullFilm