Julian Richard Morley Sands''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916-2005''
Retrieved 4 May 2014. (born 4 January 1958) is an English actor based in the United States. He is known for his roles in films such as '' The Killing Fields'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Boxing Helena'' and ''

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''. On television, he is known for playing

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in '' 24'',

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in ''

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,'' and as Yulish Rabitov in ''

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''.

Life

Sands was born the third of five boys on 4 January 1958, in

Otley Otley is a market town and civil parish at a bridging point on the River Wharfe, in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the population was 13,668 at the 2011 c ...

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, to mother Brenda, who raised her boys alone after her divorce. Sands was educated at Lord Wandsworth College, Long Sutton, Hampshire. His youngest brother, Quentin, was selected by ''She'' magazine as "Britain's Sexiest Man" of 1998. From 1984 to 1987, Sands was married to

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, a British journalist. They have one son. In 1990, he married 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 Israel Citkowitz (6 February 1909 – 4 May 1974) was a composer and piano teacher. Citkowitz was born in Skierniewice, Poland. He was the second husband of Caroline Blackwood and died in Westminster, London, in 1974 at the age of 65. Citkowitz ...

. Sands and Citkowitz have two daughters. As of 2020, he lives in Los Angeles.

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. He was cast as the romantic lead in the 1985 film ''

''. In 1985, following the success of ''A Room with a View'' and

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's ''

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'' (1986) Sands decided to move to

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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

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'' (1989) and its sequel, '' Warlock: The Armageddon'' (1993), the role of

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in ''Impromptu'' (1991), the role of Yves Cloquet in ''

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'' (1991), and prominent roles in ''

'' (1990), '' Boxing Helena'' (1993) and ''

'' (1995). He played "Erik, aka the Phantom" in the 1998 horror-film version of ''

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''. He starred opposite

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in the action-comedy film ''

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'' (2003). And he played

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in BBC Four's ''In Praise of Hardcore'' (2005), a drama about the critic and impresario

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In television work, he was the voice of Valmont in the ''

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'' cartoon (Seasons 1 and 2) (succeeded by the British actors Andrew Ableson and Greg Ellis in the remaining seasons). He played the

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of the

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in two episodes of ''

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''—in its

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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 ''

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''. In 2002, he starred in

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's '' Rose Red''. Sands portrayed Austrian ambassador

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in the 2002 miniseries

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. In the 2006 season of '' 24'', he played terrorist

. Sands played

, Superman's biological father on ''

'', and reprised the role in the series' final (tenth) 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 ''

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''. In August 2011, he appeared onstage at the

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in ''A Celebration of

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'', directed by

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at the

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. His performance in ''A Celebration of

'' 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

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(2013). In 2011, Sands appeared in the mystery thriller film ''

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'', an English-language 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 ''

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''."Julian Sands to appear in ''Dexter''"
''TV Guide''. Retrieved 22 April 2014.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

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19 August 2000. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sands, Julian 1958 births Living people Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama English expatriates in the United States English male film actors English male television actors English male video game actors English male voice actors Male actors from Leeds Male actors from Yorkshire People educated at Lord Wandsworth College People from Otley 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors