Julian Sands is a versatile British actor, playing a wide range of roles with charm and daring. Originally from Yorkshire, England, one of Sands’ first roles was in the television mini series, "A Married Man" alongside Anthony Hopkins. He quickly followed that by landing his first major part in Roland Joffe’s critically acclaimed film The Killing Fields.

Appearing in more than fifty films, some of Sands’ most memorable performances were in The Million Dollar Hotel, starring Mel Gibson; Boxing Helena; Naked Lunch; A Room With A View opposite Judy Dench and Helena Bonham-Carter; and Impromptu with Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson and Bernadette Peters. Sands re-teamed with Joffe in 2000 to star in Vatel. In addition, he has appeared in the revolutionary digital film Timecode, featuring Salma Hayek and Holly Hunter, as well as Leaving Las Vegas, starring Nicholas Cage and Elizabeth Shue; One Night Stand with Robert Downey Jr. and Nastassja Kinski; and The Loss of Sexual Innocence. More recently, Sands starred in the made-for-television movie Stephen King’s Rose Red along with the mini series Napoleon.