Julian Richings

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.

Known For

Supernatural

The Expanse

Heartland

Heartland

Murdoch Mysteries

Hannibal

Republic of Doyle

Due South

All Movies (144)

• Turn It Up!2026 · as Dr. Pretorious
• Man Eating Pussy2026 · as Freddie
• Honey Bunch2026 · as Delwyn
• Secrets of Wickensburg2025 · as Mr. Hexenmeister
• The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide2025 · as Horror Film Expert
• It Feeds2025 · as Dr. Ronald Whittaker
• Return to Wickensburg2024 · as Mr. Hexenmeister
• A Thousand Cuts2024 · as Webster
• Scared Shitless2024 · as Professor Cummings
• Campton Manor2024 · as Edward
• Relax, I'm from the Future2023 · as Percy
• T-Bone2023 · as Chris
• Beau Is Afraid2023 · as Strange Man
• Time Traveling Through Time2022 · as Narrator
• Oldtimers2022 · as Richard
• Wickensburg2022 · as Mr Hexenmeister
• Salvation2022 · as John
• Charlotte2022 · as Dr. Kurt Singer / Policeman #1 / SS Soldier #2 (voice)
• Hall2022 · as Julian
• Vicious Fun2021 · as Fritz
• Stanleyville2021 · as Homunculus
• Chaos Walking2021 · as Gault
• Stardust2020 · as Tony Defries
• Business Ethics2020 · as Martin Abacus
• Spare Parts2020 · as The Emperor
• Anything for Jackson2020 · as Henry Walsh
• The Christmas Temp2019 · as Luca
• Sailor2019 · as The Magistrate
• True Fiction2019 · as Lenny Rupert
• Polar2019 · as Lomas
• Midnight Confession2017 · as Grass (voice)
• Todd and the Book of Pure Evil: The End of the End2017 · as Hooded Leader / Malian Trader (voice)
• The Space Between2017 · as Stash
• Blood Hunters2016 · as Father Stewart
• The Rainbow Kid2016 · as Elvis Grimes
• Prisoner X2016 · as Jefferson
• The Witch2016 · as Governor
• All Hallows' Eve 22015 · as Chatterbox (segment "The Last Halloween") (archive footage)
• Regression2015 · as Tom
• She Stoops to Conquer2015
• A Christmas Horror Story2015 · as Gerhardt
• Reign2015 · as Mr. Ian
• Hellmouth2014 · as Smiley
• Ejecta2014 · as William Cassidy
• Patch Town2014 · as Yuri
• The Last Halloween2013 · as Chatterbox
• We Are Not Here2013 · as Monday
• The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet2013 · as Ricky
• Septic Man2013 · as Phil Prosser
• Man of Steel2013 · as Lor-Em
• The Colony2013 · as Leland
• Victims2013 · as Gatling
• The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh2012 · as Rahn Brothers / Neither Man Nor Woman / Bill Phillips
• The Conspiracy2012 · as Green Man
• The Tape2012 · as Jack
• Three Inches2011 · as Ethan
• Collaborator2011 · as Maurice LeFont
• Patch Town2011 · as Child Catcher
• Dave vs Death2011 · as Death
• Animal Control2011 · as Larry
• Hard Core Logo 22010 · as Bucky Haight
• Trigger2010 · as Bucky
• Survival of the Dead2010 · as James O'Flynn
• Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief2010 · as Ferryman
• Sea Wolf2009 · as Mugridge
• Curious Stories, Crooked Symbols2009 · as Kneeling Man
• The Timekeeper2009 · as Grease
• You Might As Well Live2009 · as Dr. Pooseby
• Toronto Stories2008 · as Leather Jacket
• Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween2008 · as Mr. Tibers
• Elegy2008 · as Actor in Play #1
• The Facts in the Case of Mister Hollow2008 · as Kneeling Man
• Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid2008 · as Mr. Tibers
• Jack and Jill vs. The World2008 · as Mr. Smith
• Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost2007 · as Mr. Tibers
• Saw IV2007 · as Vagrant
• Nature of the Beast2007 · as Dr. Chamberlain
• The Tracey Fragments2007 · as Dr. Heker
• Shoot 'Em Up2007 · as Hertz's Driver
• Dead Silence2007 · as Bos
• The Third Eye2007 · as Charlie Rabbit
• The Last Sect2006 · as Karpov
• X-Men: The Last Stand2006 · as Mutant Theatre Organizer
• Skinwalkers2006 · as Sad Looking Man
• Drive Time Murders2006 · as 'The Doc'
• A Lobster Tale2006 · as Hank Perkins
• Black Widow2005 · as Dr. Deadman
• Some Things That Stay2004 · as Minister
• The Limb Salesman2004 · as Contact
• Being Julia2004 · as Mr. Turnbull
• The Last Casino2004 · as Orr
• Kingdom Hospital2004 · as Otto
• Sisters in the Wilderness: The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill2004 · as William Cattermole
• Fresh Meat: The Wounds of 'Wrong Turn'2004 · as Self
• Eloise at Christmastime2003 · as Patrice the Chef
• Todd And The Book Of Pure Evil2003 · as Satan
• Open Range2003 · as Wylie
• Wrong Turn2003 · as Three Finger
• Eloise at the Plaza2003 · as Patrice the Chef
• My Life Without Me2003 · as Dr. Thompson
• Salem Witch Trials2002 · as Jonathan Walcott
• Between Strangers2002 · as Nigel
• I Shout Love2002 · as Cab Driver
• The Pretender: Island of the Haunted2001 · as Brother Clote
• On Their Knees2001 · as Pappy
• Treed Murray2001 · as Homeless Man
• Century Hotel2001 · as Waiter
• Prince Charming2001 · as Wacktazar
• The Claim2000 · as Francis Bellanger
• The Claim2000 · as Bellanger
• Two Thousand and None2000 · as Curator
• The Hustle2000 · as Detective Walsh
• The Crossing2000 · as McKenzie
• The Time Shifters1999 · as Murray Trevor, Time-Traveling Tourist
• Detroit Rock City1999 · as Ticket Taker
• The Red Violin1998 · as Nicolas Olsberg (Montréal)
• Motel1998 · as Tenant
• Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms1998 · as Bix
• Urban Legend1998 · as Weird Janitor
• Cube1998 · as Alderson
• Once a Thief: Family Business1998 · as Camier
• The Show: Stories Within a Film1998 · as The Lead Actor
• Ms. Scrooge1997 · as Christmas Yet to Come
• Pale Saints1997 · as Einstein
• Mimic1997 · as Workman
• Once a Thief: Brother Against Brother1997 · as Camier
• Heritage Minutes: Winnie1997 · as A.A. Milne
• Hard Core Logo1996 · as Buck Haight
• The Boys Club1996 · as Officer Cole
• The Shamrock Conspiracy1995 · as Reader
• The Song Spinner1995 · as Callo
• Moonlight and Valentino1995 · as Hair Stylist
• Strauss: The King of Three-Quarter Time1995 · as Bono
• Love Child1995 · as Tom Sr.
• Squanto: A Warrior's Tale1994 · as Sir George's Servant
• Giant Steps1992 · as Danceband Teacher
• Naked Lunch1991 · as Exterminator #4
• Heritage Minutes: John Cabot1991 · as King Henry VII
• Clarence1990 · as Reynolds
• The Top of His Head1989 · as Robert (henchman)
• Love at Stake1987 · as Town Crier
• The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood1986
• Keeper of the Cup— · as Rick
• The Asylum— · as Dr. Raymond

All TV Shows (76)

• Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen2026 · as Larry Poole
• The Institute2025 · as Stackhouse
• Percy Jackson and the Olympians2023 · as Procrustes
• Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities2022 · as Dooley
• Reginald the Vampire2022 · as Logan
• Chapelwaite2021 · as Phillip Boone
• Perpetual Grace LTD2019 · as Jonathan Joy
• Blood & Treasure2019 · as Alessandro LaLande
• Talent Drivers2019 · as Vincent
• The Umbrella Academy2019 · as Chet Rodo
• Doom Patrol2019 · as Heinrich Von Fuchs
• Carter2018 · as Ray Understone
• Creeped Out2017 · as Zephaniah
• American Gods2017 · as Iktomi
• Frontier2016 · as Mr. Pickersgill
• Channel Zero2016 · as The Gardener
• The Magicians2015 · as Asteroth
• The Expanse2015 · as Vargas
• Patriot2015 · as Peter Icabod
• Killjoys2015 · as Ancient Scarback
• Whatever, Linda2015 · as Aloysius Finkle
• 12 Monkeys2015 · as Adviser to the Witness
• Hemlock Grove2013 · as Swiss Doctor
• Hannibal2013 · as Caged Man
• Orphan Black2013 · as Benjamin Kertland
• Transporter: The Series2013 · as Edouard Orlande
• Bag of Bones2011 · as Elmer Durgin
• Hell on Wheels2011 · as SLC Records Clerk
• Todd and the Book of Pure Evil2010 · as Hooded Leader / Atticus Murphy Sr.
• Lost Girl2010 · as Arval
• Rookie Blue2010 · as Cedric
• Storm Worlds2010 · as Narrator (voice)
• Wingin' It2010 · as William Shakespeare
• Republic of Doyle2010 · as Lionel Harris
• Sea Wolf2009 · as Mugridge
• The Listener2009 · as Miles Mellini
• XIII2008 · as Mr. Cody
• The Trojan Horse2008 · as Barrie
• Murdoch Mysteries2008 · as Phillip Uxbridge
• The Border2008 · as Professor Adrian Maguire
• Heartland2007 · as Mr. Hanley
• Heartland2007 · as Levon Hanley
• Grossology2006 · as Darko Crevasse (voice)
• At the Hotel2006 · as Baby Man
• Supernatural2005 · as Death
• Finding the Fallen2005 · as Narrator
• Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital2004 · as Otto
• Slings & Arrows2003 · as Reg Mortimer
• Missing2003 · as Doc
• Puppets Who Kill2002 · as French Painter
• Puppets Who Kill2002 · as Mr. Portnoy
• Tracker2001 · as Max
• MythQuest2001 · as Loki
• A Nero Wolfe Mystery2001 · as Poet
• A Nero Wolfe Mystery2001 · as Jerome Aland
• A Nero Wolfe Mystery2001 · as Peter Jay
• A Nero Wolfe Mystery2001 · as Alger Kates
• The Zack Files2000 · as The Mad Hatter
• Amazon1999 · as Elder Malakai
• I Was a Sixth Grade Alien1999 · as Meenom
• Highlander: The Raven1998 · as Basil Morgan
• The Adventures of Shirley Holmes1997 · as Doctor Saul Sprockett
• La Femme Nikita1997 · as Errol Sparks
• Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal1996 · as Earl Cornell
• Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years1995 · as Logan’s Henchman
• Due South1994 · as Miles Emery
• Forever Knight1992 · as Dr. Paul Dana
• The Valour and the Horror1992 · as John Crocker
• Heritage Minutes1991 · as A.A. Milne
• Heritage Minutes1991 · as King Henry VII
• Maniac Mansion1990 · as Tax Man
• Counterstrike1990 · as Rettie
• War of the Worlds1988 · as Man with Hat
• War of the Worlds1988 · as Alien Scientist
• War of the Worlds1988 · as Ardix
• Adderly1986