
Julian Sands
Actor · Died January 13, 2023, aged 65 · Otley, Yorkshire, England, UK
Julian Richard Morley Sands (4 January 1958 — c. 13 January 2023) was an English actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, gaining recognition for his roles in various British films throughout the 1980s. Sands' breakthrough came with his captivating performance in the 1985 romance film A Room with a View, directed by James Ivory. This period drama not only showcased his acting skills but also earned him widespread acclaim. Following this success, Sands continued to establish himself in the industry by taking on diverse roles in a variety of films like The Killing Fields (1984), Warlock (1989), and Arachnophobia (1990). Known for his striking presence and ability to portray a wide range of characters, Sands made a lasting impact on both the stage and screen. He collaborated with renowned directors and participated in classic and contemporary theatrical productions. In addition to his work in film and stage, Sands also embraced various genres, showcasing his versatility in both dramatic and genre work. His dedication to his craft and his ability to bring complex characters to life earned him a respected place in the entertainment industry. Sands was also recognised for his philanthropic efforts and involvement in social causes. Tragically, on 13 January 2023, Sands went missing while hiking in the San Gabriel Mountains northeast of Los Angeles. His remains were discovered in June of that year in the area he had been visiting.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 4, 1958
- January 13, 2023 (aged 65)
- Otley, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Actor
- 95 on MovieCove · 144 credits in all
What are Julian Sands' films like?
Across their 65 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 4 · Wry 3 · Earnest 56
Light 18 · Serious 23 · Dark 22
Grounded 21 · Stylized 25 · Heightened 17
Gentle 18 · Charged 27 · Intense 17
A split, not a type: Steady 31 · Shifting 26 · Whiplash 5
Straight-faced 43 · Some laughs 18 · Funny 2
Slow burn 35 · Even-paced 25 · Relentless 3
Casual 19 · Engaged 35 · Full focus 9
Easy watch 23 · Affecting 29 · Heavy 11
A split, not a type: Resolved 32 · Open-ended 15 · Ambiguous 16
Roles they play
Usually the Shadow: 14 of 41 analyzed roles.
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- Threshold guardianas Colin in Oxford Blues (1984)
- Heroas Dr. Murray in The Doctor and the Devils (1985)
- Tricksteras Shelley in Gothic (1986)
- Heraldas George Emerson in A Room with a View (1986)
- Allyas Kit in Siesta (1987)
- Mentoras Père Daniel Mahoney in Manika, une vie plus tard (1989)
- Allyas Père Daniel Mahoney in Manika, une vie plus tard (1989)
- Allyas Maj. Stepan Gregorivitj Kirilenko in Murder by Moonlight (1989)
- Shadowas Warlock in Warlock (1989)
- Heroas Sergio Giuramondo in Night Sun (1990)
- Mentoras Dr. James Atherton in Arachnophobia (1990)
- Heroas Stefan in Husbands and Lovers (1991)
- Heraldas Mr. Cooper in The Turn of the Screw (1992)
- Shadowas Alex in Tale of a Vampire (1992)
- Shadowas Warlock in Warlock: The Armageddon (1993)
- Heroas Dr. Nick Cavanaugh in Boxing Helena (1993)
- Mentoras Clive Potter in The Great Elephant Escape (1995)
- Shadowas Yuri in Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
- Heroas The Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera (1998)
- Heroas Adult Nic in The Loss of Sexual Innocence (1998)
- Shadowas Valmont in Jackie Chan Adventures (2000)
- Heroas Packard Schmidt in Easy Six (2003)
- Shadowas Snakehead in The Medallion (2003)
- Shadowas Manuel Romasanta in Romasanta (2004)
- Shadowas Hagen in Ring of the Nibelungs (2004)
- Mentoras Malcolm in Beyond Sherwood Forest (2009)
- Shadowas Franklin McVeigh in Blood and Bone (2009)
- Mentoras Peter McNaughton in Golf in the Kingdom (2010)
- Shadowas Griffin in Hirokin: The Last Samurai (2012)
- Heraldas Narrator (segment: The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar) in Extraordinary Tales (2013)
- Shadowas Evgeny in The Persian Connection (2016)
- Tricksteras Tony 'Sweet Cheeks' Smith in Walk Like a Panther (2018)
- Heraldas Officer Jonta in Toy Gun (2018)
- Mentoras Saul Aaron in Yeh Ballet (2020)
- Shadowas Count Holliday in Death Rider in the House of Vampires (2021)
- Mentoras Lionel Foyster in The Ghosts of Borley Rectory (2021)
- Mentoras Bruce in The Ghosts of Monday (2022)
- Shadowas Gustafson in The Piper (2023)
- Shadowas Kurt in Body Odyssey (2023)
- Mentoras Kurt in Body Odyssey (2023)
- Mentoras Levi in The Last Breath (2024)
Moods and endings
- Happy11
- Bittersweet29
- Tragic6
- Ambiguous19
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Julian Sands' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 65 of their 95 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (33).
- The Killing Fields (1984) · actor · free
- Leaving Las Vegas (1995) · actor · free
- The Keeper (2018) · actor · free
- A Room with a View (1986) · actor · free
- Man in an Orange Shirt (2017) · actor · free
- Stargate: The Ark of Truth (2008) · actor · free
- The Village (2013) · actor · free
- Jackie Chan Adventures (2000) · actor · free
- Blood and Bone (2009) · actor · free
- Impromptu (1991) · actor · free
- Arachnophobia (1990) · actor · free
- Crooked House (2017) · actor · free
- All their movies on Tubi
- Dexter (2006) · actor · free
- Person of Interest (2011) · actor
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) · actor
- Man in an Orange Shirt (2017) · actor
- Elementary (2012) · actor
- Arachnophobia (1990) · actor
- Crooked House (2017) · actor
- Romance on the Orient Express (1985) · actor
- Ghost Whisperer (2005) · actor
- Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (2014) · actor
- The Million Dollar Hotel (2000) · actor
- The Great Elephant Escape (1995) · actor
- +6 more
- The Killing Fields (1984) · actor · free
- Stargate SG-1 (1997) · actor · free
- Castle (2009) · actor · free
- Leaving Las Vegas (1995) · actor · free
- The Keeper (2018) · actor · free
- Man in an Orange Shirt (2017) · actor · free
- Elementary (2012) · actor · free
- The Village (2013) · actor · free
- Jackie Chan Adventures (2000) · actor · free
- Ring of the Nibelungs (2004) · actor · free
- Ghost Whisperer (2005) · actor · free
- The Million Dollar Hotel (2000) · actor · free
- +4 more
- Stargate SG-1 (1997) · actor · free
- Leaving Las Vegas (1995) · actor · free
- Stargate: The Ark of Truth (2008) · actor · free
- The L Word (2004) · actor · free
- Impromptu (1991) · actor · free
- Ghost Whisperer (2005) · actor · free
- Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (2014) · actor · free
- Gothic (1986) · actor · free
- The Million Dollar Hotel (2000) · actor · free
- The Persian Connection (2016) · actor · free
- The Phantom of the Opera (1998) · actor · free
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- Cinemax, show their 2 titles on Cinemax
- Dove Channel, show their 2 titles on Dove Channel
- IndiePix Unlimited, show their 2 titles on IndiePix Unlimited
- PBS Masterpiece, show their 2 titles on PBS Masterpiece
- ViX, show their 2 titles on ViX
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Subscription and free streaming for Julian Sands' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
144 credits, 95 with a MovieCove page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

The Last Breath(2024)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Body Odyssey(2023)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
The Piper(2023)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Double Soul (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

Seneca(2023)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
The Ghosts of Monday(2022)
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
Benediction(2021)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
The Survivalist(2021)
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Bobbleheads: The Movie(2020)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Yeh Ballet(2020)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
A Nasty Piece of Work (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

The Garden of Evening Mists (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

The Painted Bird(2019)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
What/If(2019)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows
The Keeper(2018)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Walk Like a Panther(2018)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Toy Gun(2018)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Crooked House(2017)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Man in an Orange Shirt(2017)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Will(2017)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
Borley Rectory(2017)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
The Escape (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

The Chosen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

The Persian Connection(2016)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Extraordinary Tales(2013)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Me(2014)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
GHB: To Be or Not to Be (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

Gotham(2014)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
Crossbones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

Unknown Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

Cesar Chavez(2014)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
The Blacklist(2013)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
All Things to All Men(2013)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
The Village(2013)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Banshee(2013)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
The Nightshift Belongs to the Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

Suspension of Disbelief (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

Elementary(2012)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Person of Interest(2011)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Golf in the Kingdom(2010)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
The Maiden and the Princess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

The Good Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

Greenberg(2010)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Beyond Sherwood Forest(2009)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Bollywood Hero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

Castle(2009)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Blood and Bone(2009)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Above Suspicion(2009)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
Heidi 4 Paws (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

Cat City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Lipstick Jungle(2008)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows
Ocean's Thirteen(2007)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Blood Ties (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

The Haunted Airman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

Dexter(2006)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
The Trail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

Her Name Is Carla (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

Ghost Whisperer(2005)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
Kenneth Tynan: In Praise of Hardcore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

Agatha Christie's Marple(2004)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Ring of the Nibelungs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

Ring of the Nibelungs(2004)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Romasanta(2004)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
The L Word(2004)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Easy Six(2003)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
The Medallion(2003)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Napoleon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

Ozzy & Drix (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

The Scoundrel's Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

Rose Red(2002)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows
24(2001)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Smallville(2001)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
Hotel(2001)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Jackie Chan Adventures(2000)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
Vatel(2000)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Timecode(2000)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Love Me(2000)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Mercy(2000)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
The Million Dollar Hotel(2000)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
The Phantom of the Opera(1998)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Long Time Since (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

One Night Stand(1997)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Never Ever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

End of Summer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

Stargate SG-1(1997)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
The Tomorrow Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Strangers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

Leaving Las Vegas(1995)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all filmsAmerica (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

Mario and the Magician(1994)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Witch Hunt(1994)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Chicago Hope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

The Browning Version(1994)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Warlock: The Armageddon(1993)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Boxing Helena(1993)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Tale of a Vampire(1992)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Crazy in Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

The Turn of the Screw(1992)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Naked Lunch(1991)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
The Wicked (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

Husbands and Lovers(1991)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Grand Isle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

The Linguini Incident (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

Impromptu(1991)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Arachnophobia(1990)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Night Sun(1990)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Blood Royal: William the Conqueror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

Tennessee Nights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

Warlock(1989)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Murder by Moonlight(1989)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Wherever You Are... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

Vibes(1988)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Siesta(1987)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Basements (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

Gothic(1986)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
A Room with a View(1986)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Harem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

Harem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
After Darkness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

The Sun Also Rises (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

The Killing Fields(1984)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
The Box of Delights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

Oxford Blues(1984)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
A Married Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

Privates on Parade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

Soft Targets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

Play for Today (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Mother Tongue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 144 titles, 143 of them dated from 1970 to 2024; peak year 1990.

Biggest box office
Arachnophobia (1990)

Highest rated
The Killing Fields (1984)

Most popular right now
Jackie Chan Adventures (2000)
Film career
Peak 1990 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 18 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1984Screen debut· Oxford Blues
- 1989First top-billed film· Warlock
- 1989Breakout· Warlock
- 1989Career best· Warlock
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Julian Sands' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 36th percentile, the median of all 71; across their 63 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 30th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up29
- 50th to 74th12
- 25th to 49th26
- Below 25th28
Shape of the crowd
40 of their 95 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved14
- Universally Panned2
- Divisive2
- Cult Classic5
- Crowd Pleaser28
- Broadly Agreed4
- Mixed40
Reviewers score the acting 60/100 in their films, across 57 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 36. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Julian Sands' work okay for kids?
Across up to 25 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Julian Sands work with?
People who share at least 2 of Julian Sands' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; John Malkovich shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Mike FiggisShared titles: The Loss of Sexual Innocence (1998), Leaving Las Vegas (1995), The Browning Version (1994)See all 3 shared titles with Mike Figgis

- Roland JofféShared titles: Vatel (2000), The Killing Fields (1984)See all 2 shared titles with Roland Joffé

Writers
- Edgar Allan PoeShared titles: Extraordinary Tales (2013), Tale of a Vampire (1992)See all 2 shared titles with Edgar Allan Poe

- Ronald HarwoodShared titles: The Browning Version (1994), The Doctor and the Devils (1985)See all 2 shared titles with Ronald Harwood

- David TwohyShared titles: Warlock: The Armageddon (1993), Warlock (1989)See all 2 shared titles with David Twohy

Actors
- John MalkovichShared titles: Seneca (2023), The Survivalist (2021), Cesar Chavez (2014), The Killing Fields (1984)See all 4 shared titles with John Malkovich

- Gabriel ByrneShared titles: All Things to All Men (2013), Siesta (1987), Gothic (1986)See all 3 shared titles with Gabriel Byrne

- Jonathan Rhys MeyersShared titles: The Survivalist (2021), The Loss of Sexual Innocence (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Jonathan Rhys Meyers

- Dave JohnsShared titles: The Keeper (2018), Walk Like a Panther (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Dave Johns

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Ennio MorriconeShared titles: Vatel (2000), The Phantom of the Opera (1998), Husbands and Lovers (1991)See all 3 shared titles with Ennio Morricone

- Michael EllisShared titles: Walk Like a Panther (2018), Impromptu (1991)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Ellis
- David FinferShared titles: Boxing Helena (1993), Warlock (1989)See all 2 shared titles with David Finfer
- Giuseppe LanciShared titles: Husbands and Lovers (1991), Night Sun (1990)See all 2 shared titles with Giuseppe Lanci

Producers
- Anders ErdénShared titles: The Last Breath (2024), Crooked House (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Anders Erdén

- Steven M. SmithShared titles: The Ghosts of Borley Rectory (2021), Borley Rectory (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Steven M. Smith

- Thomas H. BrodekShared titles: Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (2014), Rose Red (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Thomas H. Brodek
- Brian YuznaShared titles: Romasanta (2004), Warlock (1989)See all 2 shared titles with Brian Yuzna







