Julian Richings
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.
Born: 30 August 1956
Played In
Movie
Jun 2026
Turn It Up!
Dr. Pretorious
TV Show
Mar 2026
Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen
Larry Poole
Movie
Mar 2026
Man Eating Pussy
Freddie
Movie
Jan 2026
Honey Bunch
Delwyn
Movie
Oct 2025
Secrets of Wickensburg
Mr. Hexenmeister
Movie
Sep 2025
The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide
Horror Film Expert
TV Show
Jul 2025
The Institute
Stackhouse
Movie
Apr 2025
It Feeds
Dr. Ronald Whittaker
Movie
Nov 2024
Return to Wickensburg
Mr. Hexenmeister
Movie
Sep 2024
A Thousand Cuts
Webster
Movie
Aug 2024
Scared Shitless
Professor Cummings
Movie
May 2024
Campton Manor
Edward
TV Show
Dec 2023
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Procrustes
Movie
Sep 2023
Relax, I'm from the Future
Percy
Movie
Aug 2023
T-Bone
Chris
Movie
Apr 2023
Beau Is Afraid
Strange Man
Movie
Nov 2022
Time Traveling Through Time
Narrator
TV Show
Oct 2022
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Dooley
TV Show
Oct 2022
Reginald the Vampire
Logan
Movie
Jul 2022
Oldtimers
Richard
Movie
Jul 2022
Wickensburg
Mr Hexenmeister
Movie
May 2022
Salvation
John
Movie
Apr 2022
Charlotte
Dr. Kurt Singer / Policeman #1 / SS Soldier #2 (voice)
Movie
Feb 2022
Hall
Julian
Movie
Nov 2021
Vicious Fun
Fritz
TV Show
Aug 2021
Chapelwaite
Phillip Boone
Movie
Aug 2021
Stanleyville
Homunculus
Movie
Feb 2021
Chaos Walking
Gault
Movie
Nov 2020
Stardust
Tony Defries
Movie
Oct 2020
Business Ethics
Martin Abacus
Movie
Jul 2020
Spare Parts
The Emperor
Movie
Apr 2020
Anything for Jackson
Henry Walsh
Movie
Dec 2019
The Christmas Temp
Luca
Movie
Sep 2019
Sailor
The Magistrate
TV Show
Jun 2019
Perpetual Grace LTD
Jonathan Joy
Movie
May 2019
True Fiction
Lenny Rupert
TV Show
May 2019
Blood & Treasure
Alessandro LaLande
TV Show
Mar 2019
Talent Drivers
Vincent
TV Show
Feb 2019
The Umbrella Academy
Chet Rodo
TV Show
Feb 2019
Doom Patrol
Heinrich Von Fuchs
Movie
Jan 2019
Polar
Lomas
TV Show
May 2018
Carter
Ray Understone
TV Show
Oct 2017
Creeped Out
Zephaniah
Movie
Sep 2017
Midnight Confession
Grass (voice)
Movie
Sep 2017
Todd and the Book of Pure Evil: The End of the End
Hooded Leader / Malian Trader (voice)
TV Show
Apr 2017
American Gods
Iktomi
Movie
Apr 2017
The Space Between
Stash
TV Show
Nov 2016
Frontier
Mr. Pickersgill
TV Show
Oct 2016
Channel Zero
The Gardener
Movie
Oct 2016
Blood Hunters
Father Stewart
Movie
May 2016
The Rainbow Kid
Elvis Grimes
Movie
Apr 2016
Prisoner X
Jefferson
Movie
Feb 2016
The Witch
Governor
TV Show
Dec 2015
The Magicians
Asteroth
TV Show
Dec 2015
The Expanse
Vargas
TV Show
Nov 2015
Patriot
Peter Icabod
Movie
Oct 2015
All Hallows' Eve 2
Chatterbox (segment "The Last Halloween") (archive footage)
Movie
Oct 2015
Regression
Tom
Movie
Sep 2015
She Stoops to Conquer
Movie
Jul 2015
A Christmas Horror Story
Gerhardt
TV Show
Jun 2015
Killjoys
Ancient Scarback
Movie
Jun 2015
Reign
Mr. Ian
TV Show
Mar 2015
Whatever, Linda
Aloysius Finkle
TV Show
Jan 2015
12 Monkeys
Adviser to the Witness
Movie
Oct 2014
Hellmouth
Smiley
Movie
Sep 2014
Ejecta
William Cassidy
Movie
Jan 2014
Patch Town
Yuri
Movie
Dec 2013
The Last Halloween
Chatterbox
Movie
Nov 2013
We Are Not Here
Monday
Movie
Oct 2013
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
Ricky
Movie
Sep 2013
Septic Man
Phil Prosser
Movie
Jun 2013
Man of Steel
Lor-Em
TV Show
Apr 2013
Hemlock Grove
Swiss Doctor
Movie
Apr 2013
The Colony
Leland
TV Show
Apr 2013
Hannibal
Caged Man
TV Show
Mar 2013
Orphan Black
Benjamin Kertland
Movie
Mar 2013
Victims
Gatling
TV Show
Jan 2013
Transporter: The Series
Edouard Orlande
Movie
Nov 2012
The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh
Rahn Brothers / Neither Man Nor Woman / Bill Phillips
Movie
Aug 2012
The Conspiracy
Green Man
Movie
Jan 2012
The Tape
Jack
Movie
Dec 2011
Three Inches
Ethan
TV Show
Dec 2011
Bag of Bones
Elmer Durgin
TV Show
Nov 2011
Hell on Wheels
SLC Records Clerk
Movie
Oct 2011
Collaborator
Maurice LeFont
Movie
Sep 2011
Patch Town
Child Catcher
Movie
Sep 2011
Dave vs Death
Death
Movie
Mar 2011
Animal Control
Larry
Movie
Dec 2010
Hard Core Logo 2
Bucky Haight
TV Show
Sep 2010
Todd and the Book of Pure Evil
Hooded Leader / Atticus Murphy Sr.
Movie
Sep 2010
Trigger
Bucky
TV Show
Sep 2010
Lost Girl
Arval
TV Show
Jun 2010
Rookie Blue
Cedric
TV Show
May 2010
Storm Worlds
Narrator (voice)
Movie
May 2010
Survival of the Dead
James O'Flynn
TV Show
Apr 2010
Wingin' It
William Shakespeare
Movie
Feb 2010
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Ferryman
TV Show
Jan 2010
Republic of Doyle
Lionel Harris
Movie
Dec 2009
Sea Wolf
Mugridge
TV Show
Nov 2009
Sea Wolf
Mugridge
Movie
Sep 2009
Curious Stories, Crooked Symbols
Kneeling Man
Movie
Aug 2009
The Timekeeper
Grease
TV Show
Jun 2009
The Listener
Miles Mellini
Movie
Jan 2009
You Might As Well Live
Dr. Pooseby
Movie
Dec 2008
Toronto Stories
Leather Jacket
TV Show
Oct 2008
XIII
Mr. Cody
Movie
Oct 2008
Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween
Mr. Tibers
Movie
Aug 2008
Elegy
Actor in Play #1
Movie
Jul 2008
The Facts in the Case of Mister Hollow
Kneeling Man
Movie
Jul 2008
Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid
Mr. Tibers
Movie
Apr 2008
Jack and Jill vs. The World
Mr. Smith
TV Show
Mar 2008
The Trojan Horse
Barrie
TV Show
Jan 2008
Murdoch Mysteries
Phillip Uxbridge
TV Show
Jan 2008
The Border
Professor Adrian Maguire
Movie
Oct 2007
Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost
Mr. Tibers
Movie
Oct 2007
Saw IV
Vagrant
Movie
Oct 2007
Nature of the Beast
Dr. Chamberlain
TV Show
Oct 2007
Heartland
Mr. Hanley
TV Show
Oct 2007
Heartland
Levon Hanley
Movie
Sep 2007
The Tracey Fragments
Dr. Heker
Movie
Jul 2007
Shoot 'Em Up
Hertz's Driver
Movie
Mar 2007
Dead Silence
Bos
Movie
Feb 2007
The Third Eye
Charlie Rabbit
TV Show
Sep 2006
Grossology
Darko Crevasse (voice)
Movie
Sep 2006
The Last Sect
Karpov
Movie
May 2006
X-Men: The Last Stand
Mutant Theatre Organizer
Movie
Mar 2006
Skinwalkers
Sad Looking Man
TV Show
Mar 2006
At the Hotel
Baby Man
Movie
Jan 2006
Drive Time Murders
'The Doc'
Movie
Jan 2006
A Lobster Tale
Hank Perkins
TV Show
Sep 2005
Supernatural
Death
Movie
Jan 2005
Black Widow
Dr. Deadman
TV Show
Jan 2005
Finding the Fallen
Narrator
Movie
Nov 2004
Some Things That Stay
Minister
Movie
Sep 2004
The Limb Salesman
Contact
Movie
Sep 2004
Being Julia
Mr. Turnbull
Movie
Jun 2004
The Last Casino
Orr
Movie
Mar 2004
Kingdom Hospital
Otto
TV Show
Mar 2004
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
Otto
Movie
Feb 2004
Sisters in the Wilderness: The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill
William Cattermole
Movie
Jan 2004
Fresh Meat: The Wounds of 'Wrong Turn'
Self
Movie
Nov 2003
Eloise at Christmastime
Patrice the Chef
TV Show
Nov 2003
Slings & Arrows
Reg Mortimer
Movie
Aug 2003
Todd And The Book Of Pure Evil
Satan
Movie
Aug 2003
Open Range
Wylie
TV Show
Aug 2003
Missing
Doc
Movie
May 2003
Wrong Turn
Three Finger
Movie
Apr 2003
Eloise at the Plaza
Patrice the Chef
Movie
Mar 2003
My Life Without Me
Dr. Thompson
Movie
Dec 2002
Salem Witch Trials
Jonathan Walcott
TV Show
Oct 2002
Puppets Who Kill
French Painter
TV Show
Oct 2002
Puppets Who Kill
Mr. Portnoy
Movie
Aug 2002
Between Strangers
Nigel
Movie
Feb 2002
I Shout Love
Cab Driver
Movie
Dec 2001
The Pretender: Island of the Haunted
Brother Clote
Movie
Oct 2001
On Their Knees
Pappy
TV Show
Oct 2001
Tracker
Max
Movie
Sep 2001
Treed Murray
Homeless Man
Movie
Sep 2001
Century Hotel
Waiter
TV Show
Aug 2001
MythQuest
Loki
Movie
Jul 2001
Prince Charming
Wacktazar
TV Show
Apr 2001
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Jerome Aland
TV Show
Apr 2001
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Peter Jay
TV Show
Apr 2001
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Alger Kates
TV Show
Apr 2001
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Poet
Movie
Dec 2000
The Claim
Francis Bellanger
Movie
Dec 2000
The Claim
Bellanger
TV Show
Sep 2000
The Zack Files
The Mad Hatter
Movie
Jul 2000
Two Thousand and None
Curator
Movie
Apr 2000
The Hustle
Detective Walsh
Movie
Jan 2000
The Crossing
McKenzie
Movie
Oct 1999
The Time Shifters
Murray Trevor, Time-Traveling Tourist
TV Show
Sep 1999
Amazon
Elder Malakai
Movie
Aug 1999
Detroit Rock City
Ticket Taker
TV Show
Jul 1999
I Was a Sixth Grade Alien
Meenom
Movie
Nov 1998
The Red Violin
Nicolas Olsberg (Montréal)
Movie
Oct 1998
Motel
Tenant
Movie
Sep 1998
Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms
Bix
TV Show
Sep 1998
Highlander: The Raven
Basil Morgan
Movie
Sep 1998
Urban Legend
Weird Janitor
Movie
Jul 1998
Cube
Alderson
Movie
Jan 1998
Once a Thief: Family Business
Camier
Movie
Jan 1998
The Show: Stories Within a Film
The Lead Actor
Movie
Dec 1997
Ms. Scrooge
Christmas Yet to Come
Movie
Sep 1997
Pale Saints
Einstein
Movie
Aug 1997
Mimic
Workman
Movie
Jul 1997
Once a Thief: Brother Against Brother
Camier
TV Show
May 1997
The Adventures of Shirley Holmes
Doctor Saul Sprockett
TV Show
Jan 1997
La Femme Nikita
Errol Sparks
Movie
Jan 1997
Heritage Minutes: Winnie
A.A. Milne
Movie
Oct 1996
Hard Core Logo
Buck Haight
TV Show
Sep 1996
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
Earl Cornell
Movie
Sep 1996
The Boys Club
Officer Cole
Movie
Dec 1995
The Shamrock Conspiracy
Reader
Movie
Nov 1995
The Song Spinner
Callo
Movie
Sep 1995
Moonlight and Valentino
Hair Stylist
TV Show
Sep 1995
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
Logan’s Henchman
Movie
Jan 1995
Strauss: The King of Three-Quarter Time
Bono
Movie
Jan 1995
Love Child
Tom Sr.
Movie
Oct 1994
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
Sir George's Servant
TV Show
Sep 1994
Due South
Miles Emery
Movie
Sep 1992
Giant Steps
Danceband Teacher
TV Show
May 1992
Forever Knight
Dr. Paul Dana
TV Show
Jan 1992
The Valour and the Horror
John Crocker
Movie
Dec 1991
Naked Lunch
Exterminator #4
Movie
Mar 1991
Heritage Minutes: John Cabot
King Henry VII
TV Show
Mar 1991
Heritage Minutes
A.A. Milne
TV Show
Mar 1991
Heritage Minutes
King Henry VII
Movie
Nov 1990
Clarence
Reynolds
TV Show
Sep 1990
Maniac Mansion
Tax Man
TV Show
Jul 1990
Counterstrike
Rettie
Movie
Aug 1989
The Top of His Head
Robert (henchman)
TV Show
Oct 1988
War of the Worlds
Man with Hat
TV Show
Oct 1988
War of the Worlds
Ardix
TV Show
Oct 1988
War of the Worlds
Alien Scientist
Movie
Aug 1987
Love at Stake
Town Crier
TV Show
Sep 1986
Adderly
Movie
Mar 1986
The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood
Movie
Keeper of the Cup
Rick
Movie
The Asylum
Dr. Raymond