Julian Sands
| Julian Sands | |
|---|---|
 Sands in June 2011. | |
| Born |
Julian Richard Morley Sands 4 January 1958 Otley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1982–present |
Julian Richard Morley Sands[1] (born 4 January 1958) 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, and Jor-El in Smallville.
Career
Julian Sands began his film career appearing in supporting roles in films, including Oxford Blues (1984) and The Killing Fields (1984). He also had a cameo as a Greek soldier in the BBC adaptation of The Box of Delights in 1984.[2] 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 (1986) 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 (1989) and its sequel, Warlock: The Armageddon (1993), the role of Franz Liszt in Impromptu (1991), the role of Yves Cloquet in Naked Lunch (1991), and prominent roles in Arachnophobia (1990), Boxing Helena (1993) and Leaving Las Vegas (1995). 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 (2003). And he played Lord Olivier in BBC Four's In Praise of Hardcore (2005), a drama about the critic and impresario Kenneth Tynan.[3]
In television work, he was the voice of Valmont in the Jackie Chan Adventures cartoon (Seasons 1 and 2) (succeeded by the British actors Andrew Ableson and Greg Ellis in the remaining seasons). He played the Doci of the Ori in two episodes of Stargate SG-1—in its ninth and tenth seasons (a role he reprised in the film, Stargate: the Ark of Truth). 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.[4]
Sands played Jor-El, Superman's biological father on Smallville, and reprised the role in the series' final (tenth) season. In 2009, he played Reg Hunt in Bollywood Hero.[5] In 2012, he played Alistair Wesley in the seventh episode of the second season of Person of Interest.[4]
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.[6][7] 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.[8]
Sands was nominated for "Outstanding Solo Performance" for the 58th Annual Drama Desk Awards (2013).[9]
In 2011, Sands appeared in the mystery thriller film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, an American remake of the original version, as the younger version of Henrik Vanger. In 2012, Sands voiced the character of DeFalco in Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. On 26 April 2013, it was announced that Sands would appear as Miles Castner, a wealthy international businessman during the eighth season of Dexter.[10]
Personal life
Sands was born in Otley, Yorkshire and educated at Lord Wandsworth College, Long Sutton, Hampshire. He has four brothers, one of whom, Quentin, was selected by She magazine as "Britain's Sexiest Man" of 1998.[11]
Marriages
Sands' first marriage was to Sarah Harvey, a British journalist. They have one child, Henry Morley Sands (born 20 September 1985); the couple divorced in 1987.[12] In 1990, he wed Evgenia Citkowitz (born 1964), 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 (14 August 1996) and Imogen (31 December 1999).
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Privates on Parade | Sailor | |
| 1984 | Oxford Blues | Colin Gilchrist Fisher | |
| Killing Fields, TheThe Killing Fields | Jon Swain | ||
| 1985 | After Darkness | Laurence Hunningford | |
| The Doctor and the Devils | Dr. Murray | ||
| A Room With A View | George Emerson | ||
| 1986 | Gothic | Percy Bysshe Shelley | |
| 1987 | Siesta | Kit | |
| 1988 | Vibes | Dr. Harrison Steele | |
| Wherever You Are... | Julian Castor | ||
| 1989 | Warlock | Warlock | |
| 1990 | The Sun Also Shines at Night | Sergio Giuramondo | |
| Arachnophobia | Dr. James Atherton | ||
| 1991 | Impromptu | Franz Liszt | |
| The Wicked | Gustav | ||
| Husband and Lovers | Stefan | ||
| Naked Lunch | Yves Cloquet | ||
| 1992 | Tale of a Vampire | Alex | |
| 1993 | Warlock: The Armageddon | Warlock | |
| Boxing Helena | Dr. Nick Cavanaugh | ||
| 1994 | The Browning Version | Tom Gilbert | |
| The Turn of the Screw | Mr. Cooper | ||
| Mario and the Magician | Professor Fuhrmann | ||
| Witch Hunt | Finn Macha | ||
| 1995 | Leaving Las Vegas | Yuri Butso | |
| 1997 | One Night Stand | Charlie's Nurse | |
| 1998 | The Phantom of the Opera | Erik, The Phantom of the Opera | |
| 1999 | The Loss of Sexual Innocence | Adult Nic | |
| 2000 | Mercy | Dr. Dominick Broussard | |
| Timecode | Quentin | ||
| Vatel | Louis XIV | ||
| 2003 | The Medallion | Snakehead | |
| 2007 | Ocean's Thirteen | Greco Montgomery | |
| 2008 | Stargate: The Ark of Truth | Doci | |
| 2009 | Blood and Bone | Franklin McVeigh | |
| 2011 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Young Henrik Vanger | |
| 2014 | Cesar Chavez | Victore Representative | |
| Jetty | Skylar Nielsen | ||
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | The Box of Delights | Greek soldier | Episode: Beware of Yesterday |
| 2000 - 02 | Jackie Chan Adventures | Valmont | 26 episodes, voice |
| 2001 | Rose Red | Nick Hardaway | TV mini-series, 3 episodes |
| 2002 | Ozzy and Drix | Penicillin G | Episode: Strep-Finger, voice |
| 2004 | Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King | Hagen | TV |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Barclay Pallister | Episode: Design |
| 2006 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Paul Reinhardt | Episode: Dramma Giocoso |
| 2006 | 24 | Vladimir Bierko | TV - recurring, 11 episodes |
| 2009 | Beyond Sherwood Forest | Malcolm | TV movie |
| 2010 | Castle | Teddy Farrow | Episode: Inventing the Girl |
| 2012 | Person of Interest | Alistair Wesley | Episode: Critical |
| 2013 | Dexter | Miles Castner | TV - recurring |
| 2014 | Banshee | Priest | 3 episodes |
| Crossbones | William Jagger | TV - recurring, 8 episodes | |
| 2015 | Gotham | Dr. Gerald Crane/"Todd" | 2 episodes |
References
- ↑ Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916-2005; accessed 4 May 2014.
- ↑ "Classic TV The Box of Delights". bbc.co.uk. BBC Cult. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ↑ BBC Four profile, bbc.co.uk; accessed 4 May 2014.
- 1 2 Julian Sands at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Bollywood Hero, bostonherald.com; accessed 4 May 2014.
- ↑ Brown, Jonathan (10 June 2011). "Malkovich and Pinter: an unlikely alliance". London: The Independent. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
- ↑ "Julian Sands in a Celebration of Harold Pinter". The List. August 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
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- ↑ "Julian Sands to appear in Dexter", tvguide.com; accessed 22 April 2014.
- ↑ Quentin Sands chosen "Britain's Sexiest Man" (of 1998), 12 September 1998, thetelegraphandargus.co.uk; accessed 22 April 2014.
- ↑ Day, Julia (8 March 2006). "Sinking Sands". The Guardian (London, UK).
External links
- Julian Sands at the Internet Movie Database
- The Guardian interview, 19 August 2000.
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