--- name: "Julian Sands" canonical: "https://film.one/person/julian-sands" fi1m_id: "julian-sands" imdb_id: "nm0001696" tmdb_id: 6104 wikidata_id: "Q363518" roles: ["Actor"] born: "4 January 1958" died: "13 January 2023" reviewed_on_fi1m: 8 average_fi1m_score: 77 average_as: "actor" average_over: 8 updated: "2026-10-07T16:33:04.397215+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Julian Sands ## Identity Julian Sands - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/julian-sands - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** julian-sands - **IMDb ID:** nm0001696 - **TMDB ID:** 6104 - **Wikidata ID:** Q363518 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Sands, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q363518, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001696/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6104 Actor. Born 4 January 1958 in Otley, Yorkshire, England, UK. Died 13 January 2023. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 4 January 1958, Otley, Yorkshire, England, UK - **Died:** 13 January 2023 - **Active:** 1984–2013 - **Also known as:** Джуліан Сендс, جولیان سندز, Julian Richard Morley Sands - **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as actor, over 8 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 83 (2), 1990s 80 (2), 2000s 63 (1), 2010s 75 (3) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 71 across 7 titles - **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 1 of 4 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 6, Crime 4, Romance 2, Thriller 2, History 1, Mystery 1 - **Screen time:** 13 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $652m across 6 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Sands, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q363518, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001696/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6104 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*A Room with a View*](https://film.one/film/a-room-with-a-view.md) (84) - **Pluto TV:** [*Leaving Las Vegas*](https://film.one/film/leaving-las-vegas.md) (82) - **The Roku Channel:** [*The Killing Fields*](https://film.one/film/the-killing-fields.md) (82) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Julian Sands > Julian Sands spoke slowly and musically, with a faint constriction that could make him sound otherworldly. We value that strangeness in his romantic leads and villains, though so distinctive a manner needs the right part. A line delivered by Julian Sands tends to arrive slowly, in a musical voice with a faint constriction. He sounds a little removed from ordinary conversation. That suits the elegant, sinister characters he was often asked to play, but it also gives his romantic presence an eccentricity of its own. We enjoy that oddness, though he needs a part that can accommodate so noticeable a manner. The small early parts in *Oxford Blues* (1984) and *The Killing Fields* (1984) gave way to George Emerson in *A Room with a View* (1985), the romantic lead that established him. His subsequent move to Hollywood did not produce a settled run of similar leading men. *Warlock* (1989) put him at the centre of a horror film as its charismatic villain; David Cronenberg’s *Naked Lunch* (1991) used him in support as Yves Cloquet. These were sensible uses of an actor who could look elegant and still seem peculiar. *Leaving Las Vegas* (1995) uses that capacity for menace in Yuri, a pimp, though the film belongs to Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue. We were moved by the humour and tenderness they find between two lonely people, because their performances make the pain so convincing. Sands is part of a film we recommend strongly, with a reservation about director Mike Figgis’s tendency to make despair look desirable. The eight films he made with Figgis are also a reason to look beyond the romantic lead and the horror villain when considering his work. Later work included television guest appearances and the young Henrik Vanger in *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo* (2011). We would be wary of calling that decline merely because the parts were smaller. There is no artistic obligation to remain a leading man. Begin with *A Room with a View* for the romance, then try *Warlock* for a less reassuring use of his charm. ## Biography Julian Sands was an English actor. Born on 4 January 1958 in Otley, Yorkshire, he trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. He began his screen career with supporting roles in *Oxford Blues* (1984) and *The Killing Fields* (1984). Sands gained recognition for his role as George Emerson in *A Room with a View* (1985). He appeared in *Warlock* (1989), *Arachnophobia* (1990), *Naked Lunch* (1991) as Yves Cloquet, and *Leaving Las Vegas* (1995) as Yuri. Later credits include *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo* (2011), *Ocean's Thirteen* (2007), and television roles such as Jor-El in *Smallville* (2009–2010) and Vladimir Bierko in *24* (2006). Sands went missing while hiking in the San Gabriel Mountains in January 2023; his remains were discovered in June of that year. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (8) - *Banshee* (2013), Fi1m 72, as Priest — [page](https://film.one/tv/banshee.md) - *The Village* (2013), Fi1m 78, as Lord Kilmartin — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-village-2013.md) - *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo* (2011), Fi1m 74, as Young Henrik Vanger — [page](https://film.one/film/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo.md) - *Ocean's Thirteen* (2007), Fi1m 63, as Greco Montgomery — [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-thirteen.md) - *Leaving Las Vegas* (1995), Fi1m 82, as Yuri — [page](https://film.one/film/leaving-las-vegas.md) - *Naked Lunch* (1991), Fi1m 78, as Yves Cloquet — [page](https://film.one/film/naked-lunch.md) - *A Room with a View* (1986), Fi1m 84, as George Emerson — [page](https://film.one/film/a-room-with-a-view.md) - *The Killing Fields* (1984), Fi1m 82, as Jon Swain — [page](https://film.one/film/the-killing-fields.md) ## Complete filmography (144) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Last Breath* (2024), as Levi - *Body Odyssey* (2023), as Kurt - *The Piper* (2023), as Gustafson - *Double Soul* (2023), as Orlandi - *Seneca* (2023), as Rufus - *The Ghosts of Monday* (2022), as Bruce - *Benediction* (2021), as Chief Medical Officer - *The Survivalist* (2021), as Heath - *The Ghosts of Borley Rectory* (2021), as Lionel Foyster - *Death Rider in the House of Vampires* (2021), as Count Holliday - *Bobbleheads: The Movie* (2020), as Purrbles McCat (voice) - *Yeh Ballet* (2020), as Saul Aaron - *A Nasty Piece of Work* (2019), as Steven Essex - *The Garden of Evening Mists* (2019), as 1980s Frederik Gemmell - *The Painted Bird* (2019), as Garbos - *Bongee Bear and the Kingdom of Rhythm* (2019), as King Jason (voice) - *WHAT / IF* (2019), series, as Liam Strom - *The Keeper* (2018), as Tilson, Man City President - *Walk Like a Panther* (2018), as Tony ‘Sweet Cheeks’ Smith - *Toy Gun* (2018), as Officer Jonta - *Crooked House* (2017), as Philip Leonides - *Man in an Orange Shirt* (2017), series, as Caspar Nicholson - *Will* (2017), series, as Barrett Emerson - *Borley Rectory* (2017), as Narrator (voice) - *The Escape* (2017), as Lambert - *The Chosen* (2016), as Kotov - *The Loner* (2016), as Evgeny - *We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story* (2015), as John Le Mesurier - *Extraordinary Tales* (2015), as Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar') - *Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks* (2014), as Winslow Cunard - *Me* (2014), as Sam Citkowitz - *GHB: To Be or Not to Be* (2014), as Le client - *Gotham* (2014), series, as Gerald Crane - *Crossbones* (2014), series, as William Jagger - *Unknown Heart* (2014), as Richard Mellor - *Cesar Chavez* (2014), as Victore Representative - *The Blacklist* (2013), series, as Sutton Ross — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md) - *All Things To All Men* (2013), as Cutter - *The Village* (2013), series, as Lord Kilmartin — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-village-2013.md) - *Banshee* (2013), series, as Priest — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/banshee.md) - *The Nightshift Belongs to the Stars* (2012), as Mark - *Suspension of Disbelief* (2012), as Hackett - *Elementary* (2012), series, as Jasper Wells - *Hirokin: The Last Samurai* (2012), as Griffin - *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo* (2011), as Young Henrik Vanger — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo.md) - *Person of Interest* (2011), series, as Alistair Wesley — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/person-of-interest.md) - *Golf in the Kingdom* (2011), as Peter McNaughton - *The Maiden and the Princess* (2011), as Bernard - *The Good Life* (2010), as Robert - *Greenberg* (2010), Thanks - *Beyond Sherwood Forest* (2009), as Malcolm - *Bollywood Hero* (2009), series, as Reg Hunt - *Castle* (2009), series, as Teddy Farrow — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/castle.md) - *Blood and Bone* (2009), as Franklin McVeigh - *Above Suspicion* (2009), series, as Damian Nolan - *Heidi 4 Paws* (2008), as Peter the Goatherder - *Cat City* (2008), as Nick Compton - *Stargate: The Ark of Truth* (2008), as Doci - *Lipstick Jungle* (2008), series, as Hector Matrick - *Ocean's Thirteen* (2007), as Greco Montgomery — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-thirteen.md) - *Blood Ties* (2007), series, as Javier Mendoza - *The Haunted Airman* (2006), as Dr. Hal Burns - *Dexter* (2006), series, as Miles Castner — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/dexter.md) - *The Trail* (2006), as Gary - *Her Name Is Carla* (2005), as Bill - *Ghost Whisperer* (2005), series, as Ethan Clark - *Kenneth Tynan: In Praise of Hardcore* (2005), as Laurence Olivier - *Agatha Christie's Marple* (2004), series, as Thomas Royde - *Ring of the Nibelungs* (2004), series, as Hagen - *Ring of the Nibelungs* (2004), as Hagen - *Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt* (2004), as Manuel Romasanta - *The L Word* (2004), series, as Nick Barashkov - *Easy Sex* (2003), as Packard Schmidt - *The Medallion* (2003), as Snakehead - *Napoleon* (2002), series, as Klemens von Metternich - *Ozzy & Drix* (2002), series, as Penicillin G (voice) - *The Scoundrel's Wife* (2002), as Doctor Lenz - *Rose Red* (2002), series, as Nick Hardaway - *24* (2001), series, as Vladimir Bierko — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/24.md) - *Smallville* (2001), series, as Jor-El — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md) - *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Philip Reinhardt - *Hotel* (2001), as Tour Guide - *Jackie Chan Adventures* (2000), series, as Valmont (voice), Mayor Valmont (voice) - *Vatel* (2000), as Louis XIV - *Timecode* (2000), as Quentin - *Love Me* (2000), as The sailor - *Mercy* (2000), as Dr. Dominik Broussard - *The Million Dollar Hotel* (2000), as Terence Scopey - *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Barclay Pallister - *The Loss of Sexual Innocence* (1999), as Adult Nic - *The Phantom of the Opera* (1998), as The Phantom - *Long Time Since* (1998), as Michael James - *One Night Stand* (1997), as Nurse Chris - *Never Ever* (1997), as Roderick - *End of Summer* (1997), as Rev. Basil March - *Stargate SG-1* (1997), series, as The Doci - *The Tomorrow Man* (1996), as Ken - *The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest* (1996), series, as Kreed (voice) - *Strangers* (1996), series, as George - *Leaving Las Vegas* (1995), as Yuri — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/leaving-las-vegas.md) - *The Great Elephant Escape* (1995), as Clive Potter - *America* (1995), as Padre Tiziano - *Mario and the Magician* (1994), as Professor Fuhrmann - *Witch Hunt* (1994), as Finn Macha - *Chicago Hope* (1994), series, as Bradford Whittle - *The Browning Version* (1994), as Tom Gilbert - *Warlock: The Armageddon* (1993), as Warlock - *Boxing Helena* (1993), as Dr. Nick Cavanaugh - *Tale of a Vampire* (1993), as Alex - *Crazy in Love* (1992), as Mark Constable - *The Turn of the Screw* (1992), as Mr. Cooper - *Naked Lunch* (1991), as Yves Cloquet — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/naked-lunch.md) - *The Wicked* (1991), as Gustav - *Husbands and Lovers* (1991), as Stefan - *Grand Isle* (1991), as Alcee Arobin - *The Linguini Incident* (1991), Thanks - *Impromptu* (1991), as Franz Liszt - *Arachnophobia* (1990), as Dr. James Atherton - *Night Sun* (1990), as Sergio Giuramondo - *Blood Royal: William the Conqueror* (1990), as Edgar Atheling - *Tennessee Nights* (1989), as Wolfgang Leighton - *Warlock* (1989), as Warlock - *Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice* (1989), as Father Daniel Mahoney - *Murder on the Moon* (1989), as Maj. Stepan Gregorivitj Kirilenko - *Wherever You Are...* (1988), as Julian - *Vibes* (1988), as Dr. Harrison Steele - *Siesta* (1987), as Kit - *Basements* (1987), as Mr. Sands (segment "The Room") - *Gothic* (1987), as Percy Shelley - *A Room with a View* (1986), as George Emerson — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/a-room-with-a-view.md) - *Harem* (1986), as Charles - *Harem* (1986), series, as Forest - *The Doctor and the Devils* (1985), as Dr. Murray - *Romance on the Orient Express* (1985), as Sandy - *After Darkness* (1985), as Laurence Hunningford - *The Sun Also Rises* (1984), series, as Gerald - *The Killing Fields* (1984), as Jon Swain — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-killing-fields.md) - *The Box of Delights* (1984), series, as Greek Soldier - *Oxford Blues* (1984), as Colin Gilchrist Fisher - *A Married Man* (1983), series, as Guy Lough - *Privates on Parade* (1983), as Climbing Sailor - *Soft Targets* (1982), as Groom - *Play for Today* (1970), series, as Groom - *Mother Tongue*, Actor ## Gallery - ![Julian Sands attending the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo in BMO Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.](https://film.one/media/person/79765/gallery-0d5f5793f7c6.jpg) Julian Sands attending the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo in BMO Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. — 5of7, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/JulianSandsJune2011.jpg/1280px-JulianSandsJune2011.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Julian Sands, born 4 January 1958 in Otley, Yorkshire, is an English actor who is known for his roles in the the films The Killing Fields, Warlock, A Room with (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/79765/gallery-a8124da5c3f7.jpg) Julian Sands, born 4 January 1958 in Otley, Yorkshire, is an English actor who is known for his roles in the the films The Killing Fields, Warlock, A Room with (2011) — 5of7, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Julian_Sands.jpg/1280px-Julian_Sands.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Julian Sands](https://film.one/media/person/79765/gallery-ebdf8ff1489c.jpg) Julian Sands — Image via TMDB - ![Julian Sands](https://film.one/media/person/79765/gallery-cfedc7857fe9.jpg) Julian Sands — Image via TMDB - ![Julian Sands](https://film.one/media/person/79765/gallery-79e805bd8b82.jpg) Julian Sands — Image via TMDB - ![Julian Sands](https://film.one/media/person/79765/gallery-fd7086194e41.jpg) Julian Sands — Image via TMDB - ![Julian Sands](https://film.one/media/person/79765/gallery-13345dec28cb.jpg) Julian Sands — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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