Julian Richings was born in Oxford, England, and trained in drama at the University of Exeter. He worked as an actor for several years in the United Kingdom, and moved to Toronto, Canada in 1984. He is married to a theatre producer and lives in Toronto with his family. Since the eighties, Mr. Richings has been appearing regularly on television. He often appears as a guest star, but has been a regu ...  show all 

Julian Richings was born in Oxford, England, and trained in drama at the University of Exeter. He worked as an actor for several years in the United Kingdom, and moved to Toronto, Canada in 1984. He is married to a theatre producer and lives in Toronto with his family. Since the eighties, Mr. Richings has been appearing regularly on television. He often appears as a guest star, but has been a regular on several shows. Most recently, he appeared as "Otto," the nearly-blind German security guard in "Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital." He also provided the voice for Blondi, Otto's dog. Richings has done a great deal of independent film work, in addition to appearing in many larger budget movies. The most easily accessible short pieces are two films directed by Patrick Sisam: a brief film for BMW called "Drive" (available on the BMW-Canada website) and a longer film called "Love Child" (available on the Atom Films website). His appearance in "The Claim," with Sarah Polley and Wes Bentley, earned him a Genie Award nomination. His most well-known role may be the bitter, aging punk rock star Bucky Haight in Bruce McDonald's "Hard Core Logo." He is a member of at least two professional theatre groups and continues to perform professionally in the Toronto area. In 1988, he was presented with a Dora Mavor Moore Award for theatre performance, and received another "Dora" in 1989 for a different play. In addition to acting, he enjoys teaching, and has been conducting workshops for professionals, high school students, and university students for over twenty years.
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