Julian Richings

Acting

Julian Richings

Born 30 August 1956 · Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK · 70

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

Highlights

The Umbrella Academy2019 · Series · Chet Rodo
Supernatural2005 · Series · Death
Hannibal2013 · Series · Caged Man
Man of Steel2013 · Film · Lor-Em
The Expanse2015 · Series · Vargas
The Witch2016 · Film · Governor

Filmography

Movies

131 films

Junction Row2026 · Film
Turn It Up!2026 · Film · Dr. Pretorious
Man Eating Pussy2026 · Film · Freddie
Honey Bunch2026 · Film · Delwyn
Secrets of Wickensburg2025 · Film · Mr. Hexenmeister
It Feeds2025 · Film · Dr. Ronald Whittaker
Return to Wickensburg2024 · Film · Mr. Hexenmeister
A Thousand Cuts2024 · Film · Webster
Scared Shitless2024 · Film · Professor Cummings
Campton Manor2024 · Film · Edward
Relax, I'm from the Future2023 · Film · Percy
T-Bone2023 · Film · Chris
Beau Is Afraid2023 · Film · Strange Man
Wickensburg2022 · Film · Mr Hexenmeister
Salvation2022 · Film · John
Charlotte2022 · Film · Dr. Kurt Singer / Policeman #1 / SS Soldier #2 (voice)
Hall2022 · Film · Julian
Vicious Fun2021 · Film · Fritz
Stanleyville2021 · Film · Homunculus
Chaos Walking2021 · Film · Gault
Stardust2020 · Film · Tony Defries
Business Ethics2020 · Film · Martin Abacus
Spare Parts2020 · Film · The Emperor
Anything for Jackson2020 · Film · Henry Walsh
The Christmas Temp2019 · Film · Luca
Sailor2019 · Film · The Magistrate
True Fiction2019 · Film · Lenny Rupert
Polar2019 · Film · Lomas
Midnight Confession2017 · Film · Grass (voice)
Todd and the Book of Pure Evil: The End of the End2017 · Film · Hooded Leader / Malian Trader (voice)
The Space Between2017 · Film · Stash
Blood Hunters2016 · Film · Father Stewart
The Rainbow Kid2016 · Film · Elvis Grimes
Prisoner X2016 · Film · Jefferson
The Witch2016 · Film · Governor
Regression2015 · Film · Tom
She Stoops to Conquer2015 · Film
A Christmas Horror Story2015 · Film · Gerhardt
Reign2015 · Film · Mr. Ian
Hellmouth2014 · Film · Smiley
Ejecta2014 · Film · William Cassidy
Patch Town2014 · Film · Yuri
The Last Halloween2013 · Film · Chatterbox
We Are Not Here2013 · Film · Monday
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet2013 · Film · Ricky
Septic Man2013 · Film · Phil Prosser
Man of Steel2013 · Film · Lor-Em
The Colony2013 · Film · Leland
Victims2013 · Film · Gatling
The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh2012 · Film · Rahn Brothers / Neither Man Nor Woman / Bill Phillips
The Conspiracy2012 · Film · Green Man
The Tape2012 · Film · Jack
Three Inches2011 · Film · Ethan
Collaborator2011 · Film · Maurice LeFont
Patch Town2011 · Film · Child Catcher
Dave vs Death2011 · Film · Death
Animal Control2011 · Film · Larry
Hard Core Logo 22010 · Film · Bucky Haight
Trigger2010 · Film · Bucky
Survival of the Dead2010 · Film · James O'Flynn
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief2010 · Film · Ferryman
Sea Wolf2009 · Film · Mugridge
Curious Stories, Crooked Symbols2009 · Film · Kneeling Man
The Timekeeper2009 · Film · Grease
You Might As Well Live2009 · Film · Dr. Pooseby
Toronto Stories2008 · Film · Leather Jacket
Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween2008 · Film · Mr. Tibers
Elegy2008 · Film · Actor in Play #1
The Facts in the Case of Mister Hollow2008 · Film · Kneeling Man
Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid2008 · Film · Mr. Tibers
Jack and Jill vs. The World2008 · Film · Mr. Smith
Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost2007 · Film · Mr. Tibers
Saw IV2007 · Film · Vagrant
Nature of the Beast2007 · Film · Dr. Chamberlain
The Tracey Fragments2007 · Film · Dr. Heker
Shoot 'Em Up2007 · Film · Hertz's Driver
Dead Silence2007 · Film · Bos
The Third Eye2007 · Film · Charlie Rabbit
The Last Sect2006 · Film · Karpov
X-Men: The Last Stand2006 · Film · Mutant Theatre Organizer
Skinwalkers2006 · Film · Sad Looking Man
Drive Time Murders2006 · Film · 'The Doc'
A Lobster Tale2006 · Film · Hank Perkins
Some Things That Stay2004 · Film · Minister
The Limb Salesman2004 · Film · Contact
Being Julia2004 · Film · Mr. Turnbull
The Last Casino2004 · Film · Orr
Kingdom Hospital2004 · Film · Otto
Sisters in the Wilderness: The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill2004 · Film · William Cattermole
Eloise at Christmastime2003 · Film · Patrice the Chef
Todd And The Book Of Pure Evil2003 · Film · Satan
Open Range2003 · Film · Wylie
Wrong Turn2003 · Film · Three Finger
Eloise at the Plaza2003 · Film · Patrice the Chef
My Life Without Me2003 · Film · Dr. Thompson
Between Strangers2002 · Film · Nigel
I Shout Love2002 · Film · Cab Driver
The Pretender: Island of the Haunted2001 · Film · Brother Clote
Treed Murray2001 · Film · Homeless Man
Century Hotel2001 · Film · Waiter
Prince Charming2001 · Film · Wacktazar
The Claim2000 · Film · Francis Bellanger
Two Thousand and None2000 · Film · Curator
The Hustle2000 · Film · Detective Walsh
The Crossing2000 · Film · McKenzie
The Time Shifters1999 · Film · Murray Trevor
Detroit Rock City1999 · Film · Ticket Taker
The Red Violin1998 · Film · Nicolas Olsberg (Montréal)
Motel1998 · Film · Tenant
Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms1998 · Film · Bix
Urban Legend1998 · Film · Weird Janitor
Cube1998 · Film · Alderson
Once a Thief: Family Business1998 · Film · Camier
Ms. Scrooge1997 · Film · Christmas Yet to Come
Mimic1997 · Film · Workman
Once a Thief: Brother Against Brother1997 · Film · Camier
Heritage Minutes: Winnie1997 · Film · A.A. Milne
Hard Core Logo1996 · Film · Buck Haight
The Boys Club1996 · Film · Officer Cole
The Shamrock Conspiracy1995 · Film · Reader
The Song Spinner1995 · Film · Callo
Moonlight and Valentino1995 · Film · Hair Stylist
Strauss: The King of Three-Quarter Time1995 · Film · Bono
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale1994 · Film · Sir George's Servant
Giant Steps1992 · Film · Danceband Teacher
Naked Lunch1991 · Film · Exterminator #4
Heritage Minutes: John Cabot1991 · Film · King Henry VII
Clarence1990 · Film · Reynolds
The Top of His Head1989 · Film · Robert (henchman)
Love at Stake1987 · Film · Town Crier
The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood1986 · Film

Filmography

Series

66 shows

Eternally Yours2026 · Series · Vlad
Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen2026 · Series · Larry Poole
The Institute2025 · Series · Stackhouse
Percy Jackson and the Olympians2023 · Series · Procrustes
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities2022 · Series · Dooley
Reginald the Vampire2022 · Series · Logan
Chapelwaite2021 · Series · Phillip Boone
Perpetual Grace LTD2019 · Series · Jonathan Joy
Blood & Treasure2019 · Series · Alessandro LaLande
Talent Drivers2019 · Series · Vincent
The Umbrella Academy2019 · Series · Chet Rodo
Doom Patrol2019 · Series · Heinrich Von Fuchs
Carter2018 · Series · Ray Understone
Creeped Out2017 · Series · Zephaniah
American Gods2017 · Series · Iktomi
Frontier2016 · Series · Mr. Pickersgill
Channel Zero2016 · Series · The Gardener
The Magicians2015 · Series · Asteroth
The Expanse2015 · Series · Vargas
Patriot2015 · Series · Peter Icabod
Killjoys2015 · Series · Ancient Scarback
Whatever, Linda2015 · Series · Aloysius Finkle
12 Monkeys2015 · Series · Adviser to the Witness
Hemlock Grove2013 · Series · Swiss Doctor
Hannibal2013 · Series · Caged Man
Orphan Black2013 · Series · Benjamin Kertland
Transporter: The Series2013 · Series · Edouard Orlande
Bag of Bones2011 · Series · Elmer Durgin
Hell on Wheels2011 · Series · SLC Records Clerk
Todd and the Book of Pure Evil2010 · Series · Hooded Leader / Atticus Murphy Sr.
Lost Girl2010 · Series · Arval
Rookie Blue2010 · Series · Cedric
Wingin' It2010 · Series · William Shakespeare
Republic of Doyle2010 · Series · Lionel Harris
Sea Wolf2009 · Series · Mugridge
The Listener2009 · Series · Miles Mellini
XIII2008 · Series · Mr. Cody
The Trojan Horse2008 · Series · Barrie
Murdoch Mysteries2008 · Series · Phillip Uxbridge
The Border2008 · Series · Professor Adrian Maguire
Heartland2007 · Series · Mr. Hanley
Grossology2006 · Series · Darko Crevasse (voice)
Supernatural2005 · Series · Death
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital2004 · Series · Otto
Slings & Arrows2003 · Series · Reg Mortimer
Missing2003 · Series · Doc
Puppets Who Kill2002 · Series · French Painter
Tracker2001 · Series · Max
MythQuest2001 · Series · Loki
A Nero Wolfe Mystery2001 · Series · Poet
The Zack Files2000 · Series · The Mad Hatter
Amazon1999 · Series · Elder Malakai
I Was a Sixth Grade Alien!1999 · Series · Meenom
Highlander: The Raven1998 · Series · Basil Morgan
The Adventures of Shirley Holmes1997 · Series · Doctor Saul Sprockett
La Femme Nikita1997 · Series · Errol Sparks
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal1996 · Series · Earl Cornell
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years1995 · Series · Logan’s Henchman
Due South1994 · Series · Miles Emery
Forever Knight1992 · Series · Dr. Paul Dana
The Valour and the Horror1992 · Series · John Crocker
Heritage Minutes1991 · Series · A.A. Milne
Maniac Mansion1990 · Series · Tax Man
Counterstrike1990 · Series · Rettie
War of the Worlds1988 · Series · Man with Hat
Adderly1986 · Series