Julian is an actor based in New York City. Born in the Santa Cruz mountains to a Dutch abstract photographer and a dancer-turned-veterinarian from Louisiana, culture and contradictions stoked his curiosity about the worlds both inside and around him. An amalgam of these and other distinct places he’s lived in, Julian is interested in exploring the complexities of identity, extremity, and the deepest needs of the human heart – as well as how an increasingly interconnected world is shaping how we contact each other.

Julian first stepped on the professional stage as a boy soprano soloist and chorister, performing with the San Francisco and Berkeley Symphonies, as well as international radio and television broadcasts, including NPR’s From The Top.

With storytelling always at the root of his work, Julian firmly planted himself in the theater after the inevitable voice change, first studying with Dutch actor and director Arnica Elsendoorn at the Universiteit van Amsterdam while finishing high school on his own in the Netherlands. Further professional study has included the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London, the Atlantic Acting School in New York, and masterclasses with Olympia Dukakis, Lucas Caleb Rooney, and Bob Krakower. He received his MFA in Acting in 2022 at Columbia University School of the Arts, under the guidance of James Calleri, Peter Jay Fernandez and Ron Van Lieu.

Since graduating, Julian has appeared as Toby Darling in THE INHERITANCE at the Geffen Playhouse, directed by Mike Donahue — as well as workshops of new plays with the Vineyard Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Ensemble Studio Theatre, among others. He has also returned to Columbia as a part- time Adjunct Professor in the MFA Acting Program.

Julian is currently working on his first play as a writer entitled ASCENSION, with it’s first reading scheduled for June ‘25 in Los Angeles.