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Julian Richings (born 30 August 1956) Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.; at Ancestry.com is a British-Canadian character actor, having appeared in over 225 films and television series. He is best known for his appearances in a variety of horror films, including Cube, Wrong Turn, The Witch, Beau is Afraid, Ejecta, and Anything for Jackson, as well as for portraying Death in the dark fantasy series Supernatural.
In 2000, he appeared as Bellanger in The Claim, and earned a Genie Award nomination for best supporting actor. He was a member of the repertory cast of the A&E TV original series A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001–02).
Richings performed in heavy makeup as cannibal-killer Three Finger in Wrong Turn (2003), and was a series regulars as the nearly-blind security guard Otto in Stephen King's 2004 miniseries Kingdom Hospital. Dramatic roles include stagehand Mr. Turnbull in the 2004 film Being Julia. He appeared as Orr, a cruel loan shark in the 2004 Canadian film The Last Casino. In 2006, he appeared in a brief speaking role as the Mutant Theatre Organiser in , and played a vampire killer alongside in the direct-to-DVD horror film The Last Sect.
In 2007, Richings played a driver in the film Shoot 'Em Up, a dissipated and aging punk rocker in The Third Eye, transvestite psychologist Dr. Heker in The Tracey Fragments, and a number of small roles in other films, including Skinwalkers and Saw IV.
He appeared in the 2008 film The Timekeeper. That year, Richings was nominated for another Dora Award for his performance in The Palace of the End.
Richings made an appearance in the 2010 fantasy film adaption as Charon, the ferryman of Greek underworld. That year, he began a recurring villain role on the horror comedy series Todd and the Book of Pure Evil. From 2010 to 2015, he portrayed Death in the hit dark fantasy series Supernatural. He was also Death in the short film Dave v. Death (2011). Bravofact.com
He appeared in Zack Snyder's 2013 Superman film Man of Steel as Lor-Em, spokesman for the Kryptonian. The same year, Richings played the mysterious, stringy-haired Phil Prosser in Septic Man.
In 2014, he starred in the science fiction film Ejecta. The role earned him a Best Actor win at the Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival. In 2015, he appeared in Robert Eggers' horror film The Witch and the drama film Reign.
In 2019, Richings played Nazism scientist Heinrich Von Fuchs on DC Universe's Doom Patrol.
His portrayal of Henry Walsh in Justin G. Dyck's 2020 supernatural horror film Anything for Jackson, earned him his second Best Actor win at the Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival.
In 2022, Richings appeared in the television shows The Umbrella Academy, Reginald the Vampire, and Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities. In 2023, he had a role in Ari Aster's tragicomedy horror film Beau is Afraid.
In 2024, Richings appeared as Procrustes, the half-giant and half-brother of the Percy Jackson, in the Disney+ fantasy show Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
Personal life
Richings resides in Toronto with his wife and two children.
Filmography
Film
1987 Love at Stake Town Crier 1989 The Top of His Head Robert 1991 Naked Lunch Exterminator 1992 Giant Steps Danceband Teacher 1994 Sir George's Servant 1995 Moonlight and Valentino Hair Stylist 1996 Hard Core Logo Haight Love Child Tom Sr. Short film The Boys Club Officer Cole 1997 The Cellar Woolsey Short film Mimic Workman Cube Alderson Pale Saints Einstein 1998 Urban Legend Weird Janitor Motel Tenant Red Violin Nicolas Olsberg 1999 Detroit Rock City Ticket Taker Thrill Seekers Murray Trevor 2000 The Crossing McKenzie Washed Up Reginald Rats Orderly Two Thousand and None Curator The Claim Bellanger 2001 Century Hotel Waiter I Shout Love Cab driver Short film On Their Knees Pappy Treed Murray Homeless Man Brother Clote 2002 Between Strangers Nigel 2003 Open Range Wylie My Life Without Me Dr. Thompson Wrong Turn Three Finger The Truth About the Head Lobster Short film Todd and the Book of Pure Evil Satan Mad Shadows Doctor Bar Life Ed 2004 Being Julia Mr. Turnbull Sisters in the Wilderness: The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill William Cattermole Run Away Home Minister Mr. Jones: Drive Mr. Jones Short film Safe Jimmy Short film Re-Generation Contact The Last Casino The Usurer 2005 Black Widow Dr. Deadman 2006 Skinwalkers Sad-Looking Man The Last Sect Karpov A Lobster Tale Hank Perkins Screening News Anchor # 2 Short film Mutant Organiser 2007 Shoot 'Em Up Hertz's Driver Dead Silence Bos Uncredited Saw IV Vagrant The Canadian Shield Trapper Ray Short film The Third Eye Charlie Rabbit The Tracey Fragments Dr. Heker 2008 Heartland Mr. Hanley Jack and Jill vs. the World Mr. Smith Toronto Stories Leather Jacket The Facts in the Case of Mister Hollow Kneeling Man Short film Elegy Actor in Play 2009 Curious Stories, Crooked Symbols Sinister Kneeling Man Short film The Timekeeper Grease You Might as Well Live Dr. Pooseby Survival of the Dead James O'Flynn 2010 Charon Hard Core Logo 2 Bucky Haight Trigger Bucky 2011 Collaborator Maurice LeFont Animal Control Larry Short film Furstenau Mysteries Jameson Up in Cottage Country The Officer Patch Town Child Catcher 2012 The Conspiracy Green Man The Architecture of the Moon Jonas Short film Rainbow Connection Landlord Short film The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh Bill Phillips / Neither Man Nor Woman / Rahn Brothers Artist: Unknown Fred Varley Short film The Tape Jack Short film 2013 Man of Steel Lor-Em The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet Ricky The Colony Leyland Septic Man Phil Prosser Victims Gatling We Are Not Here Monday Short film 2014 The Last Halloween Chatterbox Short film Bastards Jack Cage Short film Ejecta William Cassidy Patch Town Yuri Hellmouth Smiley 2015 A Christmas Horror Story Gerhardt The Rainbow Kid Elvis Grimes The Witch Governor Regression Tom Reign Mr. Ian She Stoops to Conquer Short film All Hallows' Eve 2 Chatterrbox Segment: "The Last Halloween" Business Ethics Martin Abacus Short film Friends Like Us Ermanno Ca$$H 2016 Blood Hunters Father Stewart Prisoner X Jefferson The Big Push Billy Short film The Space Between Stash 2017 Todd and the Book of Pure Evil: The End of the End Hooded Leader / Malian Trader Tomato Red: Blood Money Tim Lake 2019 Polar Lomas True Fiction Lenny Rupert Business Ethics Martin Abacus 2020 Stardust Tony DeFries Spare Parts The Emperor Road Kill Renegade Hillbilly Short film Anything for Jackson Henry Walsh Hall Julian Vicious Fun Fritz 2021 Chaos Walking Gault Charlotte Dr. Kurt Singer/Policeman #1/SS Soldier #2 Voice Stanleyville Homunculus 2022 Time Traveling Through Time Narrator Short film Wickensburg Mr. Hexenmeister Salvation John Relax, I'm from the Future Percy 2023 Beau Is Afraid Strange Man 2024 Scared Shitless Professor Cummings A Thousand Cuts Webster "Mongrel Media acquires Jake Horowitz’s A Thousand Cuts" by Jamie Casemore at playbackonline.ca 2025 Honey Bunch 2025 It Feeds Dr. Ronald Whittaker
Television
1986 Dave Thomas: The Incredible Time Travels of Henry Osgood TV film 1987 Adderly Episode: "Nemsis" 1989–1990 War of the Worlds Ardix
Alien Scientist
Man with Hat15 episodes 1990 Counterstrike Rettie Episode: "Art for Art's Sake" Clarence Reynolds TV film 1991 Maniac Mansion Tax Man Episode: "Turner: The Boss" Episode: "What the Doctor Ordered" 1991-1995 Heritage Minutes A.A. Milne / King Henry VII 2 episodes 1992 The Valour and the Horror John Crocker Episode: "In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944" 1993 Street Legal Harold Cooper-Haye
Rolan Atkinson1 episode
1 episode1993–1994 Ready or Not Mr. Boyle 4 episodes 1994 RoboCop Dr. Proctor Episode: "Faces of Eve" The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon Alien Episode: "Dudley Meets the Alien" 1995 Logan's Henchman Miniseries; Episode: "The Alliance" Forever Knight Dr. Paul Dana Episode: "A More Permanent Hell" The Shamrock Conspiracy Reader TV film The Song Spinner Callo Strauss: The King of 3/4 Time Bono 1996 Due South Miles Emery Episode: "The Promise" 1997 Earl Cornell Episode: "The 13th Floor / The Believer" Ms. Scrooge Christmas Yet to Come TV film Artemisia Painter Cam 1997–1998 Once a Thief 11 episodes 1997–1999 La Femme Nikita Errol Sparks 2 episodes 1998 Bix TV film Basil Morgan 2 episodes The Adventures of Shirley Holmes Doctor Saul Sprockett Episode: "The Case of the Film Flam Farm" Once a Thief: Family Business Camier TV film 1999 I Was a Sixth Grade Alien Meenom 22 episodes Amazon Elder Malakai 10 episodes Thrill Seekers Murray Trevor TV film 2000 Hustle Detective Walsh The Crossing McKenzie The Zack Files The Mad Hatter Episode: "Library of No Return" 2001 MythQuest Loki Episode: "Hammer of the Gods" Prince Charming Wacktazar TV film Brother Clote TV film 2002 A Nero Wolfe Mystery Poet / Jerome Åland /
Peter Jay / Alger Kates 6 episodes Tracker Max Episode: "To Catch a Desserian" Salem Witch Trials Jonathan Walcott TV film 2003 Eloise at the Plaza Patrice TV film Slings and Arrows Reg Mortimer Episode: "Geoffrey Returns" The Wonderful World of Disney Patrice 2 episodes 2004 Kingdom Hospital Otto 13 episodes The Last Casino Orr TV film 2004 - 2006 Puppets Who Kill French Painter / Mr. Portnoy 2 episodes 2005 1-800-Missing Doc 2 episodes 2006 At the Hotel Baby Man Episode: "That's How You Wave a Towel" The Shakespeare Comedy Show Ranting Bard 3 episodes Drive Time Murders 'The Doc' TV film 2007 Grossology Darko Crevasse Voice role; Episode: "Lights Out" Nature of the Beast Dr. Chamberlain TV film Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost Mr. Tibers 2008 Roxy Hunter and the Secret of the Shaman Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid XIII Mr. Cody 2 episodes The Trojan Horse Barrie Miniseries; Episode: "Part One" 2009 The Boarder Professor Adrian Maguire Episode: "Dying Art" Sea Wolf Mugridge Episode: "#1.2" 2009–2010 Heartland Levon Hanley 2 episodes 2010 Wingin' It William Shakespeare 1 Episode Lost Girl Arval Episode: "Food for Thought" 2010–2012 Todd and the Book of Pure Evil Hooded Leader / Atticus Murphy Sr. 15 episodes 2010–2015 Supernatural Death 5 episodes 2011 Dave vs Death Death TV short Three Inches Ethan TV film Bag of Bones Elmer Durgin Episode: "Part 1" 2012 Republic of Doyle Lionel Harris Episode: "3x11" Edouard Orlande / The Voice 5 episodes 2012; 2023 Murdoch Mysteries Phillip Uxbridge / Carny 2 episodes 2013 Hemlock Grove Swiss Doctor Episode: "Catabasis" Rookie Blue Cedric Episode: "Poison Pill" 2014 Hell on Wheels SLC Records Clerk Episode: "Further West' The Listener Miles Mellini Episode: "Smoke and Mirrors" 2014–2016 Orphan Black Benjamin Kertland 7 episodes 2015 Hannibal Caged Man Episode: "Secondo" The Expanse Vargas 1 episode 2015 - 2018 Patriot Peter Icabod 15 episodes 2016 Killjoys Ancient Scarback Episode: "Full Metal Monk" 2017 Fare Trade Shifty Episode: "In Search of: A Super Miracle" 2018 The Magicians Asteroth Episode: "The Losses of Magic" Channel Zero The Gardener 3 episodes 12 Monkeys The Adviser 5 episodes Frontier Mr. Pickersgill Episode: "All For All and None For One" Creeped Out Zephaniah 2 episodes 2019 Doom Patrol Sturmbannführer Heinrich Von Fuchs 2 episodes The Christmas Temp Luca TV film Carter Ray Understone Episode: "Harley Loses a Finger" Perpetual Grace, LTD Jonathan Joy 4 episodes Blood & Treasure Alessandro 4 episodes Talent Drivers Vince Episode: "Give Him What He Wants" American Gods Iktomi Episode: "Muninn" 2020 Detention Adventure 2 episodes 2021 Chapelwaite Phillip Boone 5 episodes 2022 The Umbrella Academy Chet Rodo Recurring role (season 3) Reginald the Vampire Logan 2 episodes Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities Dooley Episode: "Graveyard Rats" 2024 Percy Jackson and the Olympians Procrustes Episode: "We Find Out the Truth, Sort Of" 2025 The Institute Stackhouse Main cast
Video games
2015 Charles Darwin 2018 Grax 2020
Audio dramas
2020-2022 The Integral Principles of the Structural Dynamics of Flow Julian Richings 7 episodes
On stage
1987 The Elephant Man Joseph Merrick Paul Lampert Persephone Theatre Amadeus Salieri Tibor Fehereghazi The Man Himself Michael Cheryl May Flexible Packaging Plant 1989 Coming Through Slaughter Bellocq Richard Rose Silver Dollar Tavern Necessary Angel Company 1990 Lion in the Streets Bill / Priest / Michael Judith Thompson Tarragon Theatre 1996 Twelfth Night Malvolio Michael Langham Atlantic Theatre Two Weeks with the Queen Maja Ardal Young People's Theatre 1997 Inexpressible Island Browning Richard Rose Canadian Stage Necessary Angel Company 2008 The Palace of the End David Kelly David Storch 2011 I Send You This Cadmium John Berger Daniel Brooks Berkeley St. Theatre 2014 Enwave Theatre 2016 To All a Good Night Narrator Andrew Burashko Harbourfront Centre Theatre Mustard Leslie / Lewis Ashlie Corcoran Tarragon Theatre
Awards and nominations
Film and television
2002 Genie Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role The Claim 2009 Chlotrudis Awards Best Supporting Actor The Tracey Fragments 2013 Hamilton Film Festival Best Actor Animal Control 2014 Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival Best Actor Ejecta 2020 Anything for Jackson Canadian Screen Awards Best Supporting Performance - Web Program or Series Talent Drivers 2021 New Media Film Festival Best TV Detention Adventure Shared with Sarah McVie 2022 The North Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award
Theatre
External links
Categories: Living People, 1956 Births, 20th-century English Male Actors, 21st-century English Male Actors, Alumni Of The University Of Exeter, Canadian Male Film Actors, Canadian Male Television Actors, Canadian Male Voice Actors, Canadian People Of English Descent, Canadian Expatriates In England, Dora Mavor Moore Award Winners, English Expatriates In Canada, English Male Film Actors, English Male Television Actors, Male Actors From Oxford
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