Julian Richings

Julian Richings is a British actor who played Levon Hanley on the CBC series Heartland.

Biography
Julian Richings was born in Oxford, England, and has become a familiar figure to Canadian cinema and television audiences, appearing in over 50 films and 20 separate television series.

After training in drama at the University of Exeter and touring North America with a British stage production, Mr. Richings moved to Toronto, Canada in 1984. Within five years, he had become a regular on the second season of the Canadian War of the Worlds (1988) TV series. Other roles followed, and he gained critical acclaim as the bitter, aging punk rock legend Bucky Haight in Bruce McDonald's mock-documentary Hard Core Logo (1996). His appearance in Vincenzo Natali's Cube (1997) was brief, but definitely memorable. In 2000, Mr. Richings appeared as Francis Bellanger, an itinerant railroad worker who falls in love with a prostitute (played by Shirley Henderson), in The Claim (2000), and the role earned him a Genie Award nomination for best supporting actor. His performance as the nearly-blind security guard Otto in Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital (2004) was considered especially impressive by many critics. A busy stage actor as well, Mr. Richings was presented with two Dora Awards in the late 1980s and continues to perform professionally in the Toronto area. He tends to appear in small, experimental theaters and has been known to work for free if he thinks the material is interesting enough. In addition to acting, Mr. Richings has taught seminars and classes on acting and on movement for actors in the Toronto area for nearly twenty years. Mr. Richings is married and has two children. He resides with his family in Toronto.

Filmography

 * Adderly (1987)
 * Nemesis
 * Love at Stake (1987) - Town Crier
 * The Top of His Head (1989) - Robert (Henchman)
 * War of the Worlds (1989 - 1990) - Ardix/Alien Scientist/Man with Hat
 * Counterstrike (1990) - Rettie
 * Art for Art's Sake
 * Clarence (1990) - Reynolds
 * Maniac Mansion (1991) - Tax Man
 * Turner: The Boss
 * Heritage Minutes (1991) - King Henry VII/A.A. Milne
 * Naked Lunch (1991) - Exterminator 4
 * Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop (1991)
 * What the Doctor Ordered
 * The Valour and the Horror (1992) - John Crocker
 * In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944
 * Giant Steps (1992) - Danceband Teacher
 * Half Nelson (1992) - Father
 * Street Legal (1993) - Harold Cooper-Haye/Rolan Atkinson
 * Conduct Unbecoming - Rolan Atkinson
 * The Cost of Love - Harold Cooper-Haye
 * RoboCop (1994) - Dr. Proctor
 * Faces of Eve
 * Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994) - Sir George's Servant
 * The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon (1994) - Alien
 * Dudley Meets the Alien
 * Ready or Not (1993 - 1994) - Mr. Boyle
 * The Shamrock Conspiracy (1995) - Reader
 * Forever Knight (1995) - Dr. Paul Dana
 * A More Permanent Hell
 * Moonlight and Valentino (1995) - Hair Stylist
 * Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years (1995) - Logan's Henchman
 * The Alliance
 * The Song Spinner (1995) - Callo
 * Strauss: The King of 3/4 Time (1995) - Bono
 * Due South (1996) - Miles Emery
 * The Promise
 * Hard Core Logo (1996) - Bucky Haight
 * They Boys Club (1996) - Officer Cole
 * Love Child (1996) - Tom Sr.
 * PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1997) - Earl Cornell
 * The 13th Floor/The Believer
 * Mimic (1997) - Workman
 * Pale Saints (1997) - Einstein
 * Cube (1997) - Alderson
 * Ms. Scrooge (1997) - Christmas Yet to Come
 * Artemisia (1997) - A Painter
 * The Cellar (1997) - Woolsey
 * Once a Thief: Brother Against Brother (1997) - Camier
 * Once a Thief (1997 - 1998) - Camier
 * The Red Violin (1998) - Nicolas Olsberg
 * Urban Legend (1998) - Weird Janitor
 * Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms (1998) - Bix
 * The Adventures of Shirley Holmes (1998) - Doctor Saul Sprockett
 * The Case of the Film Flam Farm
 * Motel (1998) - Tenant
 * Highlander: The Raven (1998) - Basil Morgan
 * Reborn
 * Birthright
 * Once a Thief: Family Business (1998) - Camier
 * La Femme Nikita (1997 - 1999) - Errol Sparks
 * Simone (1997)
 * I Remember Paris (1999)
 * Detroit Rock City (1999) - Ticket Taker
 * Thrill Seekers (1999) - Murray Trevor
 * My Best Friend Is an Alien (1999) - Meenom
 * The Crossing (2000) - McKenzie
 * Rats (2000) - Orderly
 * Hustle (2000) - Detective Walsh
 * Washed Up (2000) - Reginald
 * Amazon (1999 - 2000) - Elder Malakai
 * Two Thousand and None (2000) - Curator
 * The Zack Files (2000) - The Mad Hatter
 * Library of No Return
 * The Claim (2000) - Bellanger
 * MythQuest (2001) - Loki
 * Hammer of the Gods
 * Century Hotel (2001) - Waiter
 * On Their Knees (200) - Pappy
 * Treed Murray (2001) - Homeless Man
 * I Shout Love (2001) - Cab Driver
 * Prince Charming (2001) - Wacktazar
 * The Pretender: Island of the Haunted (2001) - Brother Clote, a monk
 * Tracker (2002) - Max
 * To Catch a Desserian
 * A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2002) - Alger Kates/Poet/Peter Jay/Jerome Aland
 * Between Strangers (2002) - Nigel
 * Salem Witch Trials (2002) - Jonathan Walcott
 * My Life Without Me (2003) - Dr. Thompson
 * The Truth About the Head (2003) - Lobster
 * Wrong Turn (2003) - Three Finger
 * Mad Shadows (2003) - Dr.
 * Open Range (2003) - Wylie
 * Todd and the Book of Pure Evil (2003) - Satan
 * Slings and Arrows (2003) - Reg Mortimer
 * Geoffrey Returns
 * The Wonderful World of Disney (2003) - Patrice
 * Eloise at the Plaza
 * Eloise at Christmastime
 * Bar Life (2003) - Ed
 * The Last Casino (2004) - Orr
 * Kingdom Hospital (2004) - Otto
 * Safe (2004) - Jimmy
 * Being Julia (2004) - Mr. Turnbull
 * Re-Generation (2004) - Contact
 * Mr. Jones: Drive (2004) - Mr. Jones
 * Some Things That Stay (2004) - Minister
 * Sisters in the Wilderness: The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catherine Parr Traill (2004) - William Cattermole
 * Missing (2005) - Doc
 * Anything for the Baby: Part 1
 * Anything for the Baby: Part 2
 * Black Widow (2005) - Dr. Deadman
 * 22 Hands (2006) - Albert
 * Puppets Who Kill (2004 - 2006) - Mr. Portnoy/French Painter
 * At the Hotel (2006) - Baby Man
 * That's How You Wave a Towel
 * Drive Time Murders (2006) - 'The Doc'
 * X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) - Mutant Theatre Organizer
 * Skinwalkers (2006) - Sad Looking Man
 * The Shakespeare Comedy Show (2006) - Ranting Brad
 * Screening (2006) - News Anchor 2
 * A Lobster Tale (2006) - Hank Perkins
 * The Last Sect (2006) - Karpov
 * The Tracey Fragments (2007) - Dr. Heker
 * The Third Eye (2007) - Charlie Rabbit
 * Dead Silence (2007) - Bos
 * Grossology (2007) - Darko Crevasse
 * Lights Out
 * Shoot 'Em Up (2007) - Hartz's Driver
 * The Canadian Shield (2007) - Trapper Ray
 * Nature of the Beast (2007) - Dr. Chamberlain
 * Saw IV (2007) - Vagrant
 * Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost (2007) - Librarian Tibers
 * Elegy (2008) - Actor in Play 1
 * The Trojan Horse (2008) - Barrie
 * Part One
 * Jack and Jill vs. the World (2008) - Mr. Smith
 * Roxy Hunter and Secret of the Shaman (2008) - Mr. Tibers
 * The Facts in the Case of Mister Hollow (2008) - Kneeling Man
 * Toronto Stories (2008) - Leather Jacket
 * XIII: The Conspiracy (2008) - Mr. Cody
 * Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween (2008) - Mr. Tibers
 * Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid (2008) - Mr. Tibers
 * You Might as Well Live (2009) - Dr. Pooseby
 * The Timekeeper (2009) - Grease
 * Curious Stories, Crooked Symbols (2009) - Sinister Kneeling Man
 * Survival of the Dead (2009) - James
 * Sea Wolf (2009) - Mugridge
 * Episode 1.2
 * 7 Diamonds (2009) - Mr. McGunn
 * The Border (2009) - Professor Adrian Maguire
 * Dying Art
 * Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief (2010) - Ferryman
 * Heartland (2009 - 2010) - Levon Hanley
 * The Haunting of Hanley Barn
 * Second Chances
 * Wingin' It (2010) - William Shakespeare
 * Dramarama
 * Trigger (2010) - Bucky
 * Lost Girl (2010) - Arval
 * Food for Thought
 * Hard Core Logo 2 (2010) - Bucky Haight
 * Animal Control (2011) - Larry
 * Collaborator (2011) - Maurice LeFont
 * Dave vs Death (2011) - Death
 * Patch Town (2011) - Child Catcher
 * Bag of Bones (2011) - Elmer Durgin
 * Part 1
 * Three Inches (2011) - Ethan
 * Up in Cottage Country (2011) - The Officer
 * Furstenau Mysteries (2011) - Jameson
 * Todd and the Book of Pure Evil (2010 - 2012) - Hooded Leader/Atticus Murphy Sr.
 * Murdoch Mysteries (2012) - Phillip Uxbridge
 * Evil Eye of Egypt
 * Republic of Doyle (2012) - Lionel Harris
 * Live Wire
 * The Architecture of the Moon (2012) - Jonas
 * Rainbow Connection (2012) - Landlord
 * The Conspiracy (2012) - Green Man
 * The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh (2012) - Rahn Brothers/Neither Man Nor Woman/Bill Phillips
 * Transporter: The Series (2012) - The Voice/Edouard Orlande/Pilot
 * The Tape (2012) - Jack
 * Artist: Unknown (2012) - Fred Varley
 * Victims (2013) - Gatling
 * Hemlock Grove (2013) - Swiss Doctor
 * Catabasis
 * The Colony (2013) - Leland
 * Man of Steel (2013) - Lor-Em
 * Rookie Blue (2013) - Cedric
 * Poison Pill
 * Septic Man (2013) - Phil Prosser
 * The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2013) - Ricky
 * We Are Not Here (2013) - Monday
 * Patch Town (2014) - Yuri
 * Bastards (2014) - Jack Cage
 * The Last Halloween (2014) - Chatterbox
 * The Listener (2014) - Miles Mellini
 * Smoke and Mirrors
 * Ejecta (2014) - William Cassidy
 * Hellmouth (2014) - Freddy T Neville
 * Hell on Wheels (2014) - SLC Records Clerk
 * Further West
 * The Witch (2015) - Govenor
 * Whatever, Linda (2015) - Aloysius Finkle
 * Supernatural (2010 - 2015) - Death
 * Reign (2015) - Mr. Ian
 * Hannibal (2015) - Caged Man
 * Secondo
 * A Christmas Horror Story (2015) - Gerhardt
 * The Rainbow Kid (2015) - Elvis Grimes
 * She Stoops to Conquer (2015)
 * Regression (2015) - Tom
 * Assassin's Creed: Syndicate (2015) - Charles Darwin (Voice)
 * The Expanse (2015) - Vargas
 * Dulcinea
 * Friends Like Us (2015) - Ermanno Ca$$H
 * Business Ethics (2015) - Martin Abacus
 * Black Tea in Bardo (2015)
 * Prisoner X (2016) - Jefferson
 * Orphan Black (2014 - 2016) - Benjamin Kertland
 * One Drop (2016) - Father Stewart
 * Killjoys (2016) - Ancient Scarback
 * Full Metal Monk
 * Seraphim (2016)
 * Episode 1.1
 * The Big Push (2016) - Billy
 * The Space Between (2017) - Stash
 * Todd and the Book of Pure Evil: The End of the End (2017) - Hooded Leader/Malian Trader (Voice)
 * Midnight Confession (2017) - Grass (Voice)
 * Fare Trade (2017) - Shifty
 * In Search of: A Super Miracle
 * The Listener (2017) - Felix Barclay
 * The Magicians (2018) - Asteroth
 * The Losses of Magic
 * Creeped Out (2018) - Zephaniah
 * Side Show: Part 1
 * Side Show: Part 2
 * Channel Zero (2018) - The Gardener
 * 12 Monkeys (2018) - Advisor to the Witness
 * Starlink: Battle for Atlas (2018) - Grax (Voice)
 * Patriot (2015 - 2018) - Peter Icabod
 * Frontier (2018) - Mr. Pickersgill
 * All for All and None for One
 * Polar (2019) - Lomas
 * Talent Drivers (2019) - Vince
 * Give Him What He Wants
 * Doom Patrol (2019) - Heinrich Von Fuchs
 * Pilot
 * Puppet Patrol
 * American Gods (2019) - Iktomi
 * Muninn
 * True Fiction (2019) - Lenny Rupert
 * Blood & Treasure (2019) - Alessandro
 * Perpetual Grace, LTD (2019) - Jonathan Joy
 * Business Ethics (2019) - Martin Abacus
 * Sailor (2019) - The Magistrate
 * Carter (2019) - Ray Understone
 * Harley Loses a Finger
 * The Christmas Temp (2019) - Luca
 * Road Kill Renegade (2020) - Hillbilly
 * Anything for Jackson (2020) - Henry
 * Spare Parts (2020) - The Emperor
 * Detention Adventure (2020)
 * Old Friends
 * The Past is Present
 * Hall (2020) - Julian
 * Vicious Fun (2020) - Fritz
 * Stardust (2020) - Tony Defries
 * Watch Dogs: Legion (2020) - Voice
 * Melanie - Werner