Acting · Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK · Born August 30, 1956
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.
MovieTurn It Up!
2026
as Dr. Pretorious
TVSomething Very Bad Is Going to Happen
2026
as Larry Poole
MovieMan Eating Pussy
2026
as Freddie
MovieHoney Bunch
2026
as Delwyn
MovieSecrets of Wickensburg
2025
as Mr. Hexenmeister
MovieThe Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide
2025
as Horror Film Expert
TVThe Institute
2025
as Stackhouse
MovieIt Feeds
2025
as Dr. Ronald Whittaker
MovieReturn to Wickensburg
2024
as Mr. Hexenmeister
MovieA Thousand Cuts
2024
as Webster
MovieScared Shitless
2024
as Professor Cummings
MovieCampton Manor
2024
as Edward
TVPercy Jackson and the Olympians
2023
as Procrustes
MovieRelax, I'm from the Future
2023
as Percy
MovieT-Bone
2023
as Chris
MovieBeau Is Afraid
2023
as Strange Man
MovieTime Traveling Through Time
2022
as Narrator
TVGuillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
2022
as Dooley
TVReginald the Vampire
2022
as Logan
Oldtimers
2022
as Richard
MovieWickensburg
2022
as Mr Hexenmeister
MovieSalvation
2022
as John
MovieCharlotte
2022
as Dr. Kurt Singer / Policeman #1 / SS Soldier #2 (voice)
MovieHall
2022
as Julian
MovieVicious Fun
2021
as Fritz
TVChapelwaite
2021
as Phillip Boone
MovieStanleyville
2021
as Homunculus
MovieChaos Walking
2021
as Gault
MovieStardust
2020
as Tony Defries
MovieBusiness Ethics
2020
as Martin Abacus
MovieSpare Parts
2020
as The Emperor
MovieAnything for Jackson
2020
as Henry Walsh
MovieThe Christmas Temp
2019
as Luca
MovieSailor
2019
as The Magistrate
TVPerpetual Grace LTD
2019
as Jonathan Joy
MovieTrue Fiction
2019
as Lenny Rupert
TVBlood & Treasure
2019
as Alessandro LaLande
TVTalent Drivers
2019
as Vincent
TVThe Umbrella Academy
2019
as Chet Rodo
TVDoom Patrol
2019
as Heinrich Von Fuchs
MoviePolar
2019
as Lomas
TVCarter
2018
as Ray Understone
TVCreeped Out
2017
as Zephaniah
MovieMidnight Confession
2017
as Grass (voice)
MovieTodd and the Book of Pure Evil: The End of the End
2017
as Hooded Leader / Malian Trader (voice)
TVAmerican Gods
2017
as Iktomi
MovieThe Space Between
2017
as Stash
TVFrontier
2016
as Mr. Pickersgill
TVChannel Zero
2016
as The Gardener
MovieBlood Hunters
2016
as Father Stewart
MovieThe Rainbow Kid
2016
as Elvis Grimes
MoviePrisoner X
2016
as Jefferson
MovieThe Witch
2016
as Governor
TVThe Magicians
2015
as Asteroth
TVThe Expanse
2015
as Vargas
TVPatriot
2015
as Peter Icabod
MovieAll Hallows' Eve 2
2015
as Chatterbox (segment "The Last Halloween") (archive footage)
MovieRegression
2015
as Tom
MovieShe Stoops to Conquer
2015
MovieA Christmas Horror Story
2015
as Gerhardt
TVKilljoys
2015
as Ancient Scarback
MovieReign
2015
as Mr. Ian
Whatever, Linda
2015
as Aloysius Finkle
TV12 Monkeys
2015
as Adviser to the Witness
MovieHellmouth
2014
as Smiley
MovieEjecta
2014
as William Cassidy
MoviePatch Town
2014
as Yuri
MovieThe Last Halloween
2013
as Chatterbox
MovieWe Are Not Here
2013
as Monday
MovieThe Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
2013
as Ricky
MovieSeptic Man
2013
as Phil Prosser
MovieMan of Steel
2013
as Lor-Em
TVHemlock Grove
2013
as Swiss Doctor
MovieThe Colony
2013
as Leland
TVHannibal
2013
as Caged Man
TVOrphan Black
2013
as Benjamin Kertland
MovieVictims
2013
as Gatling
TVTransporter: The Series
2013
as Edouard Orlande
MovieThe Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh
2012
as Rahn Brothers / Neither Man Nor Woman / Bill Phillips
MovieThe Conspiracy
2012
as Green Man
MovieThe Tape
2012
as Jack
MovieThree Inches
2011
as Ethan
TVBag of Bones
2011
as Elmer Durgin
TVHell on Wheels
2011
as SLC Records Clerk
MovieCollaborator
2011
as Maurice LeFont
MoviePatch Town
2011
as Child Catcher
MovieDave vs Death
2011
as Death
MovieAnimal Control
2011
as Larry
MovieHard Core Logo 2
2010
as Bucky Haight
TVTodd and the Book of Pure Evil
2010
as Hooded Leader / Atticus Murphy Sr.
MovieTrigger
2010
as Bucky
TVLost Girl
2010
as Arval
TVRookie Blue
2010
as Cedric
TVStorm Worlds
2010
as Narrator (voice)
MovieSurvival of the Dead
2010
as James O'Flynn
TVWingin' It
2010
as William Shakespeare
MoviePercy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
2010
as Ferryman
TVRepublic of Doyle
2010
as Lionel Harris
MovieSea Wolf
2009
as Mugridge
TVSea Wolf
2009
as Mugridge
MovieCurious Stories, Crooked Symbols
2009
as Kneeling Man
MovieThe Timekeeper
2009
as Grease
TVThe Listener
2009
as Miles Mellini
MovieYou Might As Well Live
2009
as Dr. Pooseby
MovieToronto Stories
2008
as Leather Jacket
TVXIII
2008
as Mr. Cody
MovieRoxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween
2008
as Mr. Tibers
MovieElegy
2008
as Actor in Play #1
MovieThe Facts in the Case of Mister Hollow
2008
as Kneeling Man
MovieRoxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid
2008
as Mr. Tibers
MovieJack and Jill vs. The World
2008
as Mr. Smith
TVThe Trojan Horse
2008
as Barrie
TVMurdoch Mysteries
2008
as Phillip Uxbridge
TVThe Border
2008
as Professor Adrian Maguire
MovieRoxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost
2007
as Mr. Tibers
MovieSaw IV
2007
as Vagrant
MovieNature of the Beast
2007
as Dr. Chamberlain
TVHeartland
2007
as Mr. Hanley
MovieThe Tracey Fragments
2007
as Dr. Heker
MovieShoot 'Em Up
2007
as Hertz's Driver
MovieDead Silence
2007
as Bos
MovieThe Third Eye
2007
as Charlie Rabbit
TVGrossology
2006
as Darko Crevasse (voice)
MovieThe Last Sect
2006
as Karpov
MovieX-Men: The Last Stand
2006
as Mutant Theatre Organizer
MovieSkinwalkers
2006
as Sad Looking Man
At the Hotel
2006
as Baby Man
MovieDrive Time Murders
2006
as 'The Doc'
MovieA Lobster Tale
2006
as Hank Perkins
TVSupernatural
2005
as Death
Black Widow
2005
as Dr. Deadman
TVFinding the Fallen
2005
as Narrator
MovieSome Things That Stay
2004
as Minister
MovieThe Limb Salesman
2004
as Contact
MovieBeing Julia
2004
as Mr. Turnbull
MovieThe Last Casino
2004
as Orr
MovieKingdom Hospital
2004
as Otto
TVStephen King's Kingdom Hospital
2004
as Otto
MovieSisters in the Wilderness: The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill
2004
as William Cattermole
MovieFresh Meat: The Wounds of 'Wrong Turn'
2004
as Self
MovieEloise at Christmastime
2003
as Patrice the Chef
TVSlings & Arrows
2003
as Reg Mortimer
MovieTodd And The Book Of Pure Evil
2003
as Satan
MovieOpen Range
2003
as Wylie
TVMissing
2003
as Doc
MovieWrong Turn
2003
as Three Finger
MovieEloise at the Plaza
2003
as Patrice the Chef
MovieMy Life Without Me
2003
as Dr. Thompson
TVPuppets Who Kill
2002
as French Painter
MovieBetween Strangers
2002
as Nigel
MovieI Shout Love
2002
as Cab Driver
MovieThe Pretender: Island of the Haunted
2001
as Brother Clote
On Their Knees
2001
as Pappy
TVTracker
2001
as Max
MovieTreed Murray
2001
as Homeless Man
MovieCentury Hotel
2001
as Waiter
TVMythQuest
2001
as Loki
MoviePrince Charming
2001
as Wacktazar
TVA Nero Wolfe Mystery
2001
as Jerome Aland
MovieThe Claim
2000
as Francis Bellanger
TVThe Zack Files
2000
as The Mad Hatter
MovieTwo Thousand and None
2000
as Curator
MovieThe Hustle
2000
as Detective Walsh
MovieThe Crossing
2000
as McKenzie
MovieThe Time Shifters
1999
as Murray Trevor, Time-Traveling Tourist
TVAmazon
1999
as Elder Malakai
MovieDetroit Rock City
1999
as Ticket Taker
TVI Was a Sixth Grade Alien
1999
as Meenom
MovieThe Red Violin
1998
as Nicolas Olsberg (Montréal)
MovieMotel
1998
as Tenant
MovieUniversal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms
1998
as Bix
TVHighlander: The Raven
1998
as Basil Morgan
MovieUrban Legend
1998
as Weird Janitor
MovieCube
1998
as Alderson
MovieOnce a Thief: Family Business
1998
as Camier
The Show: Stories Within a Film
1998
as The Lead Actor
MovieMs. Scrooge
1997
as Christmas Yet to Come
Pale Saints
1997
as Einstein
MovieMimic
1997
as Workman
MovieOnce a Thief: Brother Against Brother
1997
as Camier
TVThe Adventures of Shirley Holmes
1997
as Doctor Saul Sprockett
TVLa Femme Nikita
1997
as Errol Sparks
MovieHeritage Minutes: Winnie
1997
as A.A. Milne
MovieHard Core Logo
1996
as Buck Haight
TVPsi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
1996
as Earl Cornell
MovieThe Boys Club
1996
as Officer Cole
MovieThe Shamrock Conspiracy
1995
as Reader
MovieThe Song Spinner
1995
as Callo
MovieMoonlight and Valentino
1995
as Hair Stylist
TVLonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
1995
as Logan’s Henchman
MovieStrauss: The King of Three-Quarter Time
1995
as Bono
Love Child
1995
as Tom Sr.
MovieSquanto: A Warrior's Tale
1994
as Sir George's Servant
TVDue South
1994
as Miles Emery
MovieGiant Steps
1992
as Danceband Teacher
TVForever Knight
1992
as Dr. Paul Dana
TVThe Valour and the Horror
1992
as John Crocker
MovieNaked Lunch
1991
as Exterminator #4
MovieHeritage Minutes: John Cabot
1991
as King Henry VII
TVHeritage Minutes
1991
as A.A. Milne
MovieClarence
1990
as Reynolds
TVManiac Mansion
1990
as Tax Man
TVCounterstrike
1990
as Rettie
MovieThe Top of His Head
1989
as Robert (henchman)
TVWar of the Worlds
1988
as Man with Hat
MovieLove at Stake
1987
as Town Crier
TVAdderly
1986
MovieThe Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood
1986
MovieKeeper of the Cup
as Rick
The Asylum
as Dr. Raymond
GUM
as Brother Skull
