Julian Sands


Julian Richard Morley Sands is an English actor known for his roles in films such as The Killing Fields, A Room with a View, Warlock, Arachnophobia, and Vatel. On television, he is known for playing Vladimir Bierko in 24, Jor-El in Smallville, and as Yulish Rabitov in Banshee.

Career

Julian Sands began his film career appearing in supporting roles in films, including Oxford Blues and The Killing Fields. He also had a cameo as a Greek soldier in the BBC adaptation of The Box of Delights in 1984. He was cast as the romantic lead in the 1985 film A Room with a View. In 1985, following the success of A Room with a View and Ken Russell's Gothic Sands decided to move to Hollywood and pursue a career in American films. He appeared in several of them—both lower-tier and higher-budget.
He played the title role in the horror film Warlock and its sequel, ', the role of Franz Liszt in Impromptu, the role of Yves Cloquet in Naked Lunch, and prominent roles in Arachnophobia, Boxing Helena and Leaving Las Vegas. He played "Erik, aka the Phantom" in the 1998 horror-film version of The Phantom of the Opera. He starred opposite Jackie Chan in the action-comedy film The Medallion. And he played Lord Olivier in BBC Four's In Praise of Hardcore, a drama about the critic and impresario Kenneth Tynan.
In television work, he was the voice of Valmont in the Jackie Chan Adventures cartoon . He played the Doci of the Ori in two episodes of Stargate SG-1—in its ninth and tenth seasons. He played a college professor in a Season One episode of The L Word. In 2001, he starred in Stephen King's Rose Red. Sands portrayed Austrian ambassador Klemens von Metternich in the 2002 miniseries Napoléon. In the 2006 season of 24, he played terrorist Vladimir Bierko.
Sands played Jor-El, Superman's biological father on Smallville, and reprised the role in the series' final season. In 2009, he played Reg Hunt in Bollywood Hero. In 2012, he played Alistair Wesley in the seventh episode of the second season of Person of Interest.
In August 2011, he appeared onstage at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in A Celebration of Harold Pinter, directed by John Malkovich at the Pleasance Courtyard. His performance in A Celebration of Harold Pinter was well-received; one theatre, the Irish Repertory Theatre, added an extra three weeks to the show's run.
Sands was nominated for "Outstanding Solo Performance" for the 58th Annual Drama Desk Awards.
In 2011, Sands appeared in the mystery thriller film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, an English-language remake of the original version, as the younger version of Henrik Vanger.
In 2012, Sands voiced the character of DeFalco in '. On 26 April 2013, it was announced that Sands would appear as Miles Castner, a wealthy international businessman during the eighth season of Dexter.

Personal life

Sands was born in Otley, Yorkshire and educated at
Lord Wandsworth College, Long Sutton, Hampshire. He has a sister and four brothers, one of whom, Quentin, was selected by She magazine as "Britain's Sexiest Man" of 1998.
Sands' first marriage was to Sarah Harvey, a British journalist. They have one child, Henry Morley Sands ; the couple divorced in 1987. In 1990, he wed Evgenia Citkowitz, a journalist and the daughter of the Anglo-Irish novelist and socialite Lady Caroline Blackwood and American composer-pianist Israel Citkowitz. Sands and Citkowitz have two daughters Natalya and Imogen.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1982Privates on ParadeSailor
1984Oxford BluesColin Gilchrist Fisher
1984'Jon Swain
1985After DarknessLaurence Hunningford
1985The Doctor and the DevilsDr. Murray
1985A Room With A ViewGeorge Emerson
1986GothicPercy Bysshe Shelley
1986Harem - the loss of innocenceForest
1987SiestaKit
1988VibesDr. Harrison Steele
1988'Julian Castor
1989WarlockWarlock
1989Murder on the MoonKirilenko
1989Tennessee NightsWolfgang Leighton
1989ManikaDaniel
1990The Sun Also Shines at NightSergio Giuramondo
1990ArachnophobiaDr. James Atherton
1991ImpromptuFranz Liszt
1991The WickedGustav
1991Husband and LoversStefan
1991Naked LunchYves Cloquet
1992Tale of a VampireAlex
1992Crazy in LoveMark Constable
1993'Warlock
1993Boxing HelenaDr. Nick Cavanaugh
1994The Browning VersionTom Gilbert
1994The Turn of the ScrewMr. Cooper
1994Mario and the MagicianProfessor Fuhrmann
1994Witch HuntFinn Macha
1995Leaving Las VegasYuri Butso
1995The Great Elephant EscapeClive Potter
1996The Tomorrow ManKen
1997One Night StandCharlie's Nurse
1997End of SummerRev. Basil March
1998The Phantom of the OperaErik, The Phantom of the Opera
1998Long Time SinceMichael James
1999The Loss of Sexual InnocenceAdult Nic
2000MercyDr. Dominick Broussard
2000TimecodeQuentin
2000VatelLouis XIV
2000The Million Dollar HotelTerence Scopey
2002The Scoundrel's WifeDoctor Lenz
2003The MedallionSnakehead
2004RomasantaManuel Blanco Romasanta
2004Curse of the RingHagen
2005Her name is CarlaBill
2005Easy SixPackard Schmidt
2006La pisteGary
2006The Haunted AirmanDr. Hal Burns
2007Ocean's ThirteenGreco Montgomery
2008'Doci
2008Cat CityNick Compton
2008Heidi 4 PawsPeter the Goatherder
2009Blood and BoneFranklin McVeigh
2010Golf in the KingdomPeter McNaughton
2011The Girl with the Dragon TattooYoung Henrik Vanger
2012HirokinViceroy Griffin
2012Suspension of DisbeliefDCI Hackett
2013All Things to All MenCutter
2013The Last ImpresarioHimself - Interviewee
2014Cesar ChavezVictore Representative
2014JettySkylar Nielsen
2014Six Dance Lessons in Six WeeksWinslow Cunard
2014MeSam Citkowitz
2015Extraordinary TalesNarrator
2018Walk Like a PantherTony ‘Sweet Cheeks’ Smith
2019The Garden of Evening MistsFrederik Gemmell
2020Yeh BalletSaul Aaron

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1984The Box of DelightsGreek soldierEpisode: Beware of Yesterday
1986HaremCharles ForestEpisodes 1 and 2
2000–2002Jackie Chan AdventuresValmont26 episodes, voice
2001Rose RedNick HardawayTV mini-series, 3 episodes
2002NapoleonKlemens von MetternichTV mini-series
2002Ozzy and DrixPenicillin GEpisode: Strep-Finger, voice
2004'HagenTV
2005'Barclay PallisterEpisode: Design
2005Stargate SG-1DociEpisodes: Origin, The Fourth Horseman Part 1
2006'Paul ReinhardtEpisode: Dramma Giocoso
200624Vladimir BierkoTV - recurring, 11 episodes
2007Agatha Christie's MarpleThomas RoydeEpisode: Towards Zero
2007Blood TiesJavier MendozaSeason 1 Episodes 8 & 12
2007Ghost WhispererEthan Clark2 episodes
2009–2010SmallvilleJor-ElEpisodes: Kandor, Abandoned
2009Beyond Sherwood ForestMalcolmTV movie
2010CastleTeddy FarrowEpisode: Inventing the Girl
2012Person of InterestAlistair WesleyEpisode: Critical
2013DexterMiles CastnerTV - recurring
2014BansheePriest3 episodes
2014CrossbonesWilliam JaggerTV - recurring, 8 episodes
2015GothamDr. Gerald Crane/"Todd"2 episodes
2015We're Doomed! The Dad's Army StoryJohn Le Mesurier
2018'Piero di Cosimo de' Medici
2018The BlacklistSutton RossSeason 5, Episode 22: Sutton Ross
2018ElementaryJasper WellsSeason 6, Episode 10: The Adventure of the Ersatz Sobekneferu
2019What/IfLiam StromRecurring
2019A Nasty Piece of WorkStevenEpisode: A Nasty Piece of Work

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