Julian Richings

Julian Richings

Julian Richings is a British-Canadian character actor. He 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, Julian 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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Known For

Supernatural

Supernatural

2005 • as Death

Murdoch Mysteries

Murdoch Mysteries

2008 • as Phillip Uxbridge

Heartland

Heartland

2007 • as Mr. Hanley

Heartland

Heartland

2007 • as Levon Hanley

The Expanse

The Expanse

2015 • as Vargas

La Femme Nikita

La Femme Nikita

1997 • as Errol Sparks

Filmography

2025

The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide
The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide
as Horror Film Expert
Movie - Released: 9/18/2025
Honey Bunch
Honey Bunch
as Delwyn
Movie - Released: 2/18/2025
It Feeds
It Feeds
as Dr.Ronald Whittaker
Movie - Released: 4/17/2025

2024

Return to Wickensburg
Return to Wickensburg
as Mr. Hexenmeister
Movie - Released: 11/21/2024
Campton Manor
Campton Manor
as Edward
Movie - Released: 5/7/2024
A Thousand Cuts
A Thousand Cuts
as Webster
Movie - Released: 9/21/2024
Scared Shitless
Scared Shitless
as Professor Cummings
Movie - Released: 8/26/2024

2023

Beau Is Afraid
Beau Is Afraid
as Strange Man
Movie - Released: 4/14/2023
T-Bone
T-Bone
as Chris
Movie - Released: 8/8/2023
Relax, I'm from the Future
Relax, I'm from the Future
as Percy
Movie - Released: 9/22/2023
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
as Procrustes
TV - Released: 12/19/2023

2022

Salvation
Salvation
as John
Movie - Released: 5/5/2022
Wickensburg
Wickensburg
as Mr Hexenmeister
Movie - Released: 7/15/2022
Movie
Oldtimers
as Richard
Movie - Released: 7/30/2022
Charlotte
Charlotte
as Dr. Kurt Singer / Policeman #1 / SS Soldier #2 (voice)
Movie - Released: 4/22/2022
Time Traveling Through Time
Time Traveling Through Time
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 11/23/2022
Reginald the Vampire
Reginald the Vampire
as Logan
TV - Released: 10/5/2022
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
as Dooley
TV - Released: 10/25/2022

2021

Vicious Fun
Vicious Fun
as Fritz
Movie - Released: 11/4/2021
Chaos Walking
Chaos Walking
as Gault
Movie - Released: 2/24/2021
Stanleyville
Stanleyville
as Homunculus
Movie - Released: 8/15/2021
Chapelwaite
Chapelwaite
as Phillip Boone
TV - Released: 8/22/2021

2020

Stardust
Stardust
as Tony Defries
Movie - Released: 12/4/2020
Spare Parts
Spare Parts
as The Emperor
Movie - Released: 7/14/2020
Anything for Jackson
Anything for Jackson
as Henry Walsh
Movie - Released: 4/4/2020
Business Ethics
Business Ethics
as Martin Abacus
Movie - Released: 10/23/2020
Hall
Hall
as Julian
Movie - Released: 8/30/2020

2019

Polar
Polar
as Lomas
Movie - Released: 1/25/2019
Sailor
Sailor
as The Magistrate
Movie - Released: 9/21/2019
The Christmas Temp
The Christmas Temp
as Luca
Movie - Released: 12/20/2019
True Fiction
True Fiction
as Lenny Rupert
Movie - Released: 5/24/2019
The Umbrella Academy
The Umbrella Academy
as Chet Rodo
TV - Released: 2/15/2019
Doom Patrol
Doom Patrol
as Heinrich Von Fuchs
TV - Released: 2/15/2019
Blood & Treasure
Blood & Treasure
as Alessandro LaLande
TV - Released: 5/21/2019
Perpetual Grace LTD
Perpetual Grace LTD
as Jonathan Joy
TV - Released: 6/2/2019
Talent Drivers
Talent Drivers
as Vincent
TV - Released: 3/1/2019

2018

Carter
Carter
as Ray Understone
TV - Released: 5/15/2018

2017

The Space Between
The Space Between
as Stash
Movie - Released: 4/21/2017
Todd and the Book of Pure Evil: The End of the End
Todd and the Book of Pure Evil: The End of the End
as Hooded Leader / Malian Trader (voice)
Movie - Released: 9/3/2017
Midnight Confession
Midnight Confession
as Grass (voice)
Movie - Released: 9/9/2017
American Gods
American Gods
as Iktomi
TV - Released: 4/30/2017
Creeped Out
Creeped Out
as Zephaniah
TV - Released: 10/31/2017

2016

Prisoner X
Prisoner X
as Jefferson
Movie - Released: 4/15/2016
The Witch
The Witch
as Governor
Movie - Released: 2/19/2016
Blood Hunters
Blood Hunters
as Father Stewart
Movie - Released: 10/1/2016
Movie
The Rainbow Kid
as Elvis Grimes
Movie - Released: 5/6/2016
Frontier
Frontier
as Mr. Pickersgill
TV - Released: 11/6/2016
Channel Zero
Channel Zero
as The Gardener
TV - Released: 10/11/2016

2015

She Stoops to Conquer
She Stoops to Conquer
Movie - Released: 9/10/2015
A Christmas Horror Story
A Christmas Horror Story
as Gerhardt
Movie - Released: 7/20/2015
Regression
Regression
as Tom
Movie - Released: 10/1/2015
All Hallows' Eve 2
All Hallows' Eve 2
as Chatterbox (segment "The Last Halloween") (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 10/6/2015
TV
Whatever, Linda
as Aloysius Finkle
TV - Released: 3/16/2015
Killjoys
Killjoys
as Ancient Scarback
TV - Released: 6/19/2015
Patriot
Patriot
as Peter Icabod
TV - Released: 11/3/2015
12 Monkeys
12 Monkeys
as Adviser to the Witness
TV - Released: 1/16/2015
The Magicians
The Magicians
as Asteroth
TV - Released: 12/16/2015
The Expanse
The Expanse
as Vargas
TV - Released: 12/14/2015

2014

Patch Town
Patch Town
as Yuri
Movie - Released: 1/4/2014
Hellmouth
Hellmouth
as Smiley
Movie - Released: 10/17/2014
Ejecta
Ejecta
as William Cassidy
Movie - Released: 9/24/2014

2013

Man of Steel
Man of Steel
as Lor-Em
Movie - Released: 6/12/2013
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
as Ricky
Movie - Released: 10/16/2013
Septic Man
Septic Man
as Phil Prosser
Movie - Released: 9/20/2013
The Colony
The Colony
as Leland
Movie - Released: 4/12/2013
Movie
The Last Halloween
as Chatterbox
Movie - Released: 12/31/2013
Victims
Victims
as Gatling
Movie - Released: 3/1/2013
We Are Not Here
We Are Not Here
as Monday
Movie - Released: 11/6/2013
Orphan Black
Orphan Black
as Benjamin Kertland
TV - Released: 3/30/2013
Hannibal
Hannibal
as Caged Man
TV - Released: 4/4/2013
Transporter: The Series
Transporter: The Series
as Edouard Orlande
TV - Released: 1/4/2013
Hemlock Grove
Hemlock Grove
as Swiss Doctor
TV - Released: 4/19/2013

2012

The Conspiracy
The Conspiracy
as Green Man
Movie - Released: 8/23/2012
The Tape
The Tape
as Jack
Movie - Released: 1/1/2012
The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh
The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh
as Rahn Brothers / Neither Man Nor Woman / Bill Phillips
Movie - Released: 11/9/2012

2011

Patch Town
Patch Town
as Child Catcher
Movie - Released: 9/9/2011
Collaborator
Collaborator
as Maurice LeFont
Movie - Released: 10/8/2011
Animal Control
Animal Control
as Larry
Movie - Released: 3/30/2011
Three Inches
Three Inches
as Ethan
Movie - Released: 12/29/2011
Bag of Bones
Bag of Bones
as Elmer Durgin
TV - Released: 12/11/2011
Hell on Wheels
Hell on Wheels
as SLC Records Clerk
TV - Released: 11/6/2011

2010

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
as Ferryman
Movie - Released: 2/1/2010
Trigger
Trigger
as Bucky
Movie - Released: 9/12/2010
Hard Core Logo II
Hard Core Logo II
as Bucky Haight
Movie - Released: 12/4/2010
Survival of the Dead
Survival of the Dead
as James
Movie - Released: 5/6/2010
Storm Worlds
Storm Worlds
as Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 5/10/2010
Wingin' It
Wingin' It
as William Shakespeare
TV - Released: 4/3/2010
Todd and the Book of Pure Evil
Todd and the Book of Pure Evil
as Hooded Leader / Atticus Murphy Sr.
TV - Released: 9/29/2010
Republic of Doyle
Republic of Doyle
as Lionel Harris
TV - Released: 1/6/2010
Rookie Blue
Rookie Blue
as Cedric
TV - Released: 6/24/2010
Lost Girl
Lost Girl
as Arval
TV - Released: 9/12/2010

2009

Sea Wolf
Sea Wolf
as Mugridge
Movie - Released: 12/24/2009
The Timekeeper
The Timekeeper
as Grease
Movie - Released: 8/21/2009
You Might As Well Live
You Might As Well Live
as Dr. Pooseby
Movie - Released: 1/19/2009
Curious Stories, Crooked Symbols
Curious Stories, Crooked Symbols
as Kneeling Man
Movie - Released: 9/1/2009
The Listener
The Listener
as Miles Mellini
TV - Released: 6/4/2009
Sea Wolf
Sea Wolf
as Mugridge
TV - Released: 11/4/2009

2008

Elegy
Elegy
as Actor in Play #1
Movie - Released: 8/8/2008
Toronto Stories
Toronto Stories
as Leather Jacket
Movie - Released: 1/1/2008
Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween
Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween
as Mr. Tibers
Movie - Released: 10/1/2008
Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid
Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid
as Mr. Tibers
Movie - Released: 7/13/2008
The Facts in the Case of Mister Hollow
The Facts in the Case of Mister Hollow
as Kneeling Man
Movie - Released: 7/17/2008
Jack and Jill vs. The World
Jack and Jill vs. The World
as Mr. Smith
Movie - Released: 4/4/2008
XIII
XIII
as Mr. Cody
TV - Released: 10/6/2008
Murdoch Mysteries
Murdoch Mysteries
as Phillip Uxbridge
TV - Released: 1/24/2008
The Border
The Border
as Professor Adrian Maguire
TV - Released: 1/7/2008
The Trojan Horse
The Trojan Horse
as Barrie
TV - Released: 3/30/2008

2007

Saw IV
Saw IV
as Vagrant
Movie - Released: 10/25/2007
Shoot 'Em Up
Shoot 'Em Up
as Hertz's Driver
Movie - Released: 7/26/2007
Nature of the Beast
Nature of the Beast
as Dr. Chamberlain
Movie - Released: 10/21/2007
Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost
Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost
as Mr. Tibers
Movie - Released: 10/30/2007
The Third Eye
The Third Eye
as Charlie Rabbit
Movie - Released: 2/9/2007
The Tracey Fragments
The Tracey Fragments
as Dr. Heker
Movie - Released: 9/12/2007
Dead Silence
Dead Silence
as Bos
Movie - Released: 3/16/2007
Heartland
Heartland
as Mr. Hanley
TV - Released: 10/14/2007
Heartland
Heartland
as Levon Hanley
TV - Released: 10/14/2007

2006

The Last Sect
The Last Sect
as Karpov
Movie - Released: 9/10/2006
Drive Time Murders
Drive Time Murders
as 'The Doc'
Movie - Released: 1/1/2006
Skinwalkers
Skinwalkers
as Sad Looking Man
Movie - Released: 3/20/2006
X-Men: The Last Stand
X-Men: The Last Stand
as Mutant Theatre Organizer
Movie - Released: 5/24/2006
TV
At the Hotel
as Baby Man
TV - Released: 3/7/2006
Grossology
Grossology
as Darko Crevasse (voice)
TV - Released: 9/29/2006

2005

Movie
Black Widow
as Dr. Deadman
Movie - Released: 1/1/2005
Supernatural
Supernatural
as Death
TV - Released: 9/13/2005
Finding the Fallen
Finding the Fallen
as Narrator
TV - Released: 1/1/2005

2004

The Last Casino
The Last Casino
as Orr
Movie - Released: 6/26/2004
Fresh Meat: The Wounds of 'Wrong Turn'
Fresh Meat: The Wounds of 'Wrong Turn'
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/20/2004
Sisters in the Wilderness: The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill
Sisters in the Wilderness: The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill
as William Cattermole
Movie - Released: 2/26/2004
Being Julia
Being Julia
as Mr. Turnbull
Movie - Released: 9/3/2004
The Limb Salesman
The Limb Salesman
as Contact
Movie - Released: 9/12/2004
Some Things That Stay
Some Things That Stay
as Minister
Movie - Released: 11/5/2004
Kingdom Hospital
Kingdom Hospital
as Otto
Movie - Released: 3/3/2004
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
as Otto
TV - Released: 3/3/2004

2003

My Life Without Me
My Life Without Me
as Dr. Thompson
Movie - Released: 3/7/2003
Wrong Turn
Wrong Turn
as Three Finger
Movie - Released: 5/30/2003
Open Range
Open Range
as Wylie
Movie - Released: 8/11/2003
Todd And The Book Of Pure Evil
Todd And The Book Of Pure Evil
as Satan
Movie - Released: 8/30/2003
Eloise at Christmastime
Eloise at Christmastime
as Patrice the Chef
Movie - Released: 11/22/2003
Eloise at the Plaza
Eloise at the Plaza
as Patrice the Chef
Movie - Released: 4/27/2003
Slings & Arrows
Slings & Arrows
as Reg Mortimer
TV - Released: 11/3/2003
Missing
Missing
as Doc
TV - Released: 8/2/2003

2002

Between Strangers
Between Strangers
as Nigel
Movie - Released: 8/30/2002
Salem Witch Trials
Salem Witch Trials
as Jonathan Walcott
Movie - Released: 12/24/2002
I Shout Love
I Shout Love
as Cab Driver
Movie - Released: 2/3/2002
Puppets Who Kill
Puppets Who Kill
as French Painter
TV - Released: 10/4/2002
Puppets Who Kill
Puppets Who Kill
as Mr. Portnoy
TV - Released: 10/4/2002

2001

Treed Murray
Treed Murray
as Homeless Man
Movie - Released: 9/13/2001
Movie
On Their Knees
as Pappy
Movie - Released: 10/25/2001
Century Hotel
Century Hotel
as Waiter
Movie - Released: 9/9/2001
Prince Charming
Prince Charming
as Wacktazar
Movie - Released: 7/13/2001
The Pretender: Island of the Haunted
The Pretender: Island of the Haunted
as Brother Clote
Movie - Released: 12/10/2001
Tracker
Tracker
as Max
TV - Released: 10/15/2001
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
as Jerome Aland
TV - Released: 4/22/2001
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
as Peter Jay
TV - Released: 4/22/2001
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
as Alger Kates
TV - Released: 4/22/2001
MythQuest
MythQuest
as Loki
TV - Released: 8/1/2001
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
as Poet
TV - Released: 4/22/2001

2000

The Claim
The Claim
as Francis Bellanger
Movie - Released: 12/29/2000
Two Thousand and None
Two Thousand and None
as Curator
Movie - Released: 7/7/2000
The Crossing
The Crossing
as McKenzie
Movie - Released: 1/10/2000
The Hustle
The Hustle
as Detective Walsh
Movie - Released: 4/16/2000
The Claim
The Claim
as Bellanger
Movie - Released: 12/29/2000
The Zack Files
The Zack Files
as The Mad Hatter
TV - Released: 9/17/2000

1999

The Time Shifters
The Time Shifters
as Murray Trevor, Time-Traveling Tourist
Movie - Released: 10/17/1999
Detroit Rock City
Detroit Rock City
as Ticket Taker
Movie - Released: 8/13/1999
I Was a Sixth Grade Alien
I Was a Sixth Grade Alien
as Meenom
TV - Released: 7/13/1999
Amazon
Amazon
as Elder Malakai
TV - Released: 9/25/1999

1998

Urban Legend
Urban Legend
as Weird Janitor
Movie - Released: 9/25/1998
The Red Violin
The Red Violin
as Nicolas Olsberg (Montréal)
Movie - Released: 11/13/1998
Once a Thief: Family Business
Once a Thief: Family Business
as Camier
Movie - Released: 1/1/1998
Motel
Motel
as Tenant
Movie - Released: 10/26/1998
Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms
Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms
as Bix
Movie - Released: 9/27/1998
Movie
The Show: Stories Within a Film
as The Lead Actor
Movie - Released: 1/1/1998
Highlander: The Raven
Highlander: The Raven
as Basil Morgan
TV - Released: 9/26/1998

1997

Cube
Cube
as Alderson
Movie - Released: 12/10/1997
Heritage Minutes: Winnie
Heritage Minutes: Winnie
as A.A. Milne
Movie - Released: 1/1/1997
Ms. Scrooge
Ms. Scrooge
as Christmas Yet to Come
Movie - Released: 12/10/1997
Once a Thief: Brother Against Brother
Once a Thief: Brother Against Brother
as Camier
Movie - Released: 7/14/1997
Movie
Pale Saints
as Einstein
Movie - Released: 1/1/1997
Mimic
Mimic
as Workman
Movie - Released: 8/22/1997
La Femme Nikita
La Femme Nikita
as Errol Sparks
TV - Released: 1/13/1997
The Adventures of Shirley Holmes
The Adventures of Shirley Holmes
as Doctor Saul Sprockett
TV - Released: 5/7/1997

1996

Hard Core Logo
Hard Core Logo
as Buck Haight
Movie - Released: 10/11/1996
The Boys Club
The Boys Club
as Officer Cole
Movie - Released: 1/1/1996
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
as Earl Cornell
TV - Released: 9/28/1996

1995

The Shamrock Conspiracy
The Shamrock Conspiracy
as Reader
Movie - Released: 12/12/1995
Moonlight and Valentino
Moonlight and Valentino
as Hair Stylist
Movie - Released: 9/29/1995
The Song Spinner
The Song Spinner
as Callo
Movie - Released: 11/19/1995
Strauss: The King of Three-Quarter Time
Strauss: The King of Three-Quarter Time
as Bono
Movie - Released: 1/1/1995
Movie
Love Child
as Tom Sr.
Movie - Released: 1/1/1995
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
as Logan’s Henchman
TV - Released: 9/21/1995

1994

Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
as Sir George's Servant
Movie - Released: 10/28/1994
Due South
Due South
as Miles Emery
TV - Released: 9/22/1994

1992

Giant Steps
Giant Steps
as Danceband Teacher
Movie - Released: 9/12/1992
Forever Knight
Forever Knight
as Dr. Paul Dana
TV - Released: 5/5/1992
The Valour and the Horror
The Valour and the Horror
as John Crocker
TV - Released: 1/12/1992

1991

Heritage Minutes: John Cabot
Heritage Minutes: John Cabot
as King Henry VII
Movie - Released: 3/31/1991
Naked Lunch
Naked Lunch
as Exterminator #4
Movie - Released: 12/27/1991
Heritage Minutes
Heritage Minutes
as A.A. Milne
TV - Released: 3/31/1991
Heritage Minutes
Heritage Minutes
as King Henry VII
TV - Released: 3/31/1991

1990

Clarence
Clarence
as Reynolds
Movie - Released: 11/24/1990
Maniac Mansion
Maniac Mansion
as Tax Man
TV - Released: 9/17/1990
Counterstrike
Counterstrike
as Rettie
TV - Released: 7/1/1990

1989

The Top of His Head
The Top of His Head
as Robert (henchman)
Movie - Released: 8/24/1989

1988

War of the Worlds
War of the Worlds
as Man with Hat
TV - Released: 10/7/1988
War of the Worlds
War of the Worlds
as Ardix
TV - Released: 10/7/1988
War of the Worlds
War of the Worlds
as Alien Scientist
TV - Released: 10/7/1988

1987

Love at Stake
Love at Stake
as Town Crier
Movie - Released: 8/1/1987

1986

Adderly
Adderly
TV - Released: 9/24/1986

Unknown

Keeper of the Cup
Keeper of the Cup
as Rick
Movie
Dave vs Death
Dave vs Death
as Death
Movie
TV
The Institute
TV