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- Birth nameJulian Richard Morley Sands
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Julian Sands was born in Otley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, to Brenda and William Sands. He came to the attention of NBC when the network cast him in the TV miniseries The Sun Also Rises (1984) and then with Anthony Hopkins in the television movie A Married Man (1983). He drew attention in small roles in Privates on Parade (1983) and The Killing Fields (1984), but it was not until his funny and romantic role opposite Helena Bonham Carter in A Room with a View (1986), followed by his unusual role in Gothic (1986), that he began to garner audience acclaim.
Sands continued work on screen in Vibes (1988), Impromptu (1991) and Steven Spielberg's Arachnophobia (1990), until his most remembered role as Warlock (1989), directed by Steve Miner. The movie was a major success and he returned for the sequel, Warlock: The Armageddon (1993). His other credits included Naked Lunch (1991), Tale of a Vampire (1992) and the title role in Dario Argento's The Phantom of the Opera (1998). Sands was more recently seen in Stephen King's Rose Red (2002), and had occasionally acted on the English stage.
Sands disappeared on January 13, 2023 after going for a hike near the Mount Baldy area of California's San Bernardino Mountains. Local authorities and search and rescue teams conducted over six weeks of multiple ground and aerial searches, which were unsuccessful. On June 24, 2023, hikers near Mount Baldy discovered human remains. On June 27, 2023, local authorities confirmed the remains to be those of Sands. He was 65 years old.
- IMDb mini biography by: Blythe379@cs.com
- SpousesEvgenia Citkowitz(1990 - January 2023) (his death, 2 children)Sarah Sands(1984 - 1987) (divorced, 1 child)
- ParentsWilliam SandsBrenda Sands
- Frequently cast by Mike Figgis
- Was novelist Anne Rice's choice to play Lestat in Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994). More marquee value was needed for the role and the part ultimately went to Tom Cruise.
- An avid runner and mountain climber/hiker who often took off on solo adventures, Sands disappeared on January 13, 2023, after he went for a hike near the Mouny Baldy area of California's San Bernardino Mountains. Local authorities and search and rescue teams conducted over six weeks of multiple ground and aerial searches, which were unsuccessful. On June 24, 2023, hikers near Mount Baldy discovered human remains. On June 27, 2023, local authorities confirmed the remains to be those of Julian Sands.
- Studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, where he met a journalist named Sarah Harvey (now Sarah Sands), who became his first wife.
- Was introduced to his wife, Evgenia, by John Malkovich.
- Was married to Guinness heiress Evgenia Citkowitz. Evgenia is the granddaughter of the late Maureen [Guinness], Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava, one of a glamorous trio of sisters.
- I just love doing broader work - I always get asked to do fairly heavy-duty, intense dramas and interesting, psychologically intense characters. But you know, it's nice to make people laugh sometimes.
- Actors have a magic gene within them - I think they're the finest descendants of rogues and vagabonds - and it's all too easily forgotten what the acting legacy is.
- Acting has been gentrified. It's become part of the bourgeoisie. But there was a time when it would be a great scandal if you announced you were going to be an actor.
- There was a time when it would be a great scandal if you announced you were going to be an actor.
- The thing about Mumbai is you go five yards and all of human existence is revealed. It's an incredible cavalcade of life, and I love that.
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