Julian M. Richings (born 31 August 1956 in Oxford, England) is an English-born Canadian actor with over two hundred credits to his name in film, television, and stage theatre.
He's usually cast as creepy, gothic, and villainous/dark characters, as seen in many of his more memorable appearances, such as Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Supernatural, and Todd and the Book of Pure Evil, although he also showed up in Man of Steel.
Roles:
Film
- Robert in The Top Of His Head (1989)
- An Exterminator in Naked Lunch (1991)
- Constable Callo in The Song Spinner (1995)
- Bucky Haight in Hard Core Logo (1996)
- Officer Cole in The Boys Club (1996)
- A Workman in Mimic (1997)
- Einstein in Pale Saints (1997)
- Alderson in Cube (1997)
- Weird Janitor in Urban Legend (1998)
- Bix in Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms (1998)
- Ticket Taker in Detroit Rock City (1999)
- Orderly in Rats (2000)
- Reginald in Washed Up (2000)
- A Curator in Two Thousand And None (2000)
- Bellanger in The Claim (2000)
- A Waiter in Century Hotel (2001)
- Pappy in On Their Knees (2001)
- A Homeless Man in Treed Murray (2001)
- Nigel in Between Strangers (2002)
- Chef Patrice in Eloise at the Plaza (2003)
- Chef Patrice in Eloise At Christmastime (2003)
- Dr. Thompson in My Life Without Me (2003)
- Three Finger in Wrong Turn (2003)
- Wylie in Open Range (2003)
- Mr. Turnbull in Being Julia (2004)
- A Minister in Run Away Home (2004)
- Albert in Twenty Two Hands (2006)
- Mutant Theatre Organizer in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
- A Sad-Looking Man in Skinwalkers (2006)
- Hank Perkins in A Lobster Tale (2006)
- Karpov in The Last Sect (2006)
- Dr. Heker in The Tracey Fragments (2007)
- Charlie Rabbit in The Third Eye (2007)
- Hertz's Driver in Shoot 'Em Up (2007)
- A Vagrant in Saw IV (2007)
- Mr. Smith in Jack And Jill Vs The World (2008)
- Leather Jacket in Toronto Stories (2008)
- Dr. Pooseby in You Might As Well Live (2009)
- Grase in The Timekeeper (2009)
- James in Survival of the Dead (2009)
- Charon in Percy Jackson and the Olympians (2010)
- Bucky Haight in Hard Core Logo 2 (2010)
- Maurice LeFont in Collaborator (2011)
- Green Man in The Conspiracy (2012)
- Gatling in Victims (2013)
- Leland in The Colony (2013)
- High Eminence Lor-Em in Man of Steel (2013)
- Phil Prosser in Septic Man (2013)
- Yuri in Patch Town (2014)
- William Cassidy in Ejecta (2014)
- Freddy T. Neville in Hellmouth (2014)
- Governor in The VVitch (2015)
- Mr. Ian in Reign (2015)
- Gerhardt in A Christmas Horror Story (2015)
- Elvis Grimes in The Rainbow Kid (2015)
- Tom in Regression (2015)
- Chatterbox in All Hallows' Eve 2 (2015)
- Jefferson in Prisoner X (2016)
- Father Stewart in Blood Hunters (2016)
- Stash in The Space Between (2017)
- Lomas in Polar (2019)
- Lenny Rupert in True Fiction (2019)
- Martin Abacus in Business Ethics (2019)
- Henry in Anything For Jackson (2020)
- The Emperor in Spare Parts (2020)
- Julian in Hall (2020)
- Fritz in Vicious Fun (2020)
- Tony Defries in Stardust (2020)
- Gault in Chaos Walking (2021)
- Homunculus in Stanleyville (2021)
- Dr. Kurt Singer/Policeman #1/SS Soldier #2 in Charlotte (2021)
Television
- Ardix in War of the Worlds (1988) (1989)
- Harold Cooper-Haye and Rolan Atkinson in Street Legal (1993)
- Mr. Boyle in Ready or Not (1993)
- Dr. Proctor in RoboCop: The Series (1994)
- Dr. Paul Dana in Forever Knight (1995)
- Miles Emery in Due South (1996)
- Earl Cornell in PSI Factor (1997)
- Camier in Once a Thief (1997)
- Errol Sparks in La Femme Nikita (1997)
- Doctor Saul Sprockett in The Adventures of Shirley Holmes (1998)
- Basil Morgan in Highlander: The Raven (1998)
- Meenom in My Best Friend Is An Alien (1999)
- Elder Malakai in Amazon (1999)
- The Mad Hatter in The Zack Files (2000)
- Loki in MythQuest (2001)
- Max in Tracker (2001) (2002)
- Alger Kates in A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2002)
- Reg Mortimer in Slings & Arrows (2003)
- Otto in Kingdom Hospital (2004)
- Doc in 1-800-Missing (2005)
- Mr. Portnoy in Puppets Who Kill (2006)
- Baby Man in At The Hotel (2006)
- Darko Crevasse in Grossology (2007)
- Mr. Cody in XIII: The Conspiracy (2008)
- Professor Adrian Maguire in The Border (2009)
- Levon Hanley in Heartland (2009)
- Atticus Murphy Sr. in Todd and the Book of Pure Evil (2010)
- Death in Supernatural (2010)
- William Shakespeare in Wingin' It (2010)
- Arval in Lost Girl (2010)
- Philip Uxbridge in Murdoch Mysteries (2012)
- Lionel Harris in Republic of Doyle (2012)
- Edouard Orlande in The Transporter (2012)
- Swiss Doctor in Hemlock Grove (2014)
- Cedric in Rookie Blue (2013)
- Benjamin Kertland in Orphan Black (2014)
- Miles Mellini in The Listener (2014)
- SLC Records Clerk in Hell on Wheels (2014)
- Peter Ichabod in Patriot (2015)
- Aloysius Finkle in Whatever Hilda (2015)
- A Caged Man in Hannibal (2015)
- Vargas in The Expanse (2015)
- Ancient Scarback in Killjoys (2016)
- Shifty in Fare Trade (2017)
- Asteroth in The Magicians (2018)
- Zephaniah in Creeped Out (2018)
- The Gardener in Channel Zero (2018)
- The Adviser to the Witness in 12 Monkeys (2018)
- Mr. Pickersgill in Frontier (2018)
- Heinrich Von Fuchs in Doom Patrol (2019)
- Iktomi in American Gods (2019)
- Alessandro in Blood & Treasure (2019)
- Jonathan Joy in Perpetual Grace LTD (2019)
- Ray Understone in Carter (2019)
- Phillip Boone in Chapelwaite (2021)
- Chet Rodo in The Umbrella Academy (2022)
- Dooley in Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (2022)
Video Games
- Charles Darwin in Assassin's Creed Syndicate (2015)
- Grax in Starlink: Battle for Atlas (2018)
