Julian Horton
Biography
Julian Horton can be seen in the STX feature film National Champions, alongside J.K. Simmons, Timothy Olyphant, Uzo Aduba, and Lil Rel Howery. Alongside Neal McDonough and breakout star J. Alphonse Nicholson, Horton stars in another major sports film, Black Spartans. Horton plays a lead role portraying Gene Washington, a wide receiver from LaPorte, Texas that gets recruited to play football for Michigan State in the mid 1960's. The movie tells the groundbreaking story of Duffy Daugherty and his involvement in making the Michigan State Spartans the first team to ever be fully integrated in college football. Horton also appears in the feature The Re-Education of Molly Singer. He can also be seen in the Amazon distributed feature The House Invictus and countless other films. On the television side, Julian's first network appearance was on The CW's Legacies. Starring alongside Keri Hilson, Annie Ilonzeh, and Chris Warren, Horton stars in the thriller movie, Ruined. He has completed a two-episode arc on Tyler Perry/BET's Bruh, is a series regular on CleoTV's Tough Love Atlanta, and has appeared in numerous national commercials. Before transitioning into the world of acting, Horton played football for the Arkansas Razorbacks and Tennessee Titans in the early 2010's. Besides sports and acting, Horton is also a music producer, creating music for the Rap, R&B, and Pop genres.
Known For & Full Filmography9 Titles
Drama Series - 2024, 16 episodes • as Roy
A stripper's fate takes a turn when she crosses paths with the wealthy, dysfunctional family behind a cosmetics dynasty and a devious trafficking scheme.
Drama Series - 2020, 16 episodes • as Daniel
Welcome to North Hollywood. A place where dreams are made, at any cost. Six individuals go on a journey to find their way in Hollywood but struggle with doing what it takes to make it in the industry.
Drama Series - 2020, 16 episodes • as Daniel Anderson
Welcome to North Hollywood. A place where dreams are made, at any cost. Six individuals go on a journey to find their way in Hollywood but struggle with doing what it takes to make it in the industry.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Jayce
When a woman seeks counseling to save her marriage, she has no idea that her therapist shares a secret past with her husband and is out for revenge. In this psychological thriller, no one can trust anyone, and one of them may not survive.
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as Orlando Bishop
A star quarterback ignites a players’ strike hours before the biggest game of the year in order to fight for fair compensation, equality, and respect for the athletes who put their bodies and health on the line for their schools.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Gene Washington
The social upheaval of the mid-1960s converged with football at Michigan State University. This is the story of the first fully integrated college football national title team that forever changed the face of the country and the sport.
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as Scooter
Shantel takes on the HBCU lifestyle and learns it is completely different than the Ivy League world.
Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • as TJ
An up-and-coming app developer with a troubled past struggles to break free from childhood trauma as he attempts to balance work, family, and a chaotic love life.
Movie - 2020, 2h 15m • as Barry
A selected group of ambitious young black men are invited into an upstanding Fraternal Society House with great promise. What they come to learn and find out about the place, and themselves will perpetually haunt them for the rest of their lives.