Julian Dennison

Known for: Acting

Born: 2002-10-26 (age 23)

From: Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand

Julian Dennison is a film child actor from New Zealand, best known for his roles as Ricky Baker in Hunt for the Wilderpeople, the highest-grossing New Zealand film in history, and as Russell Collins a.k.a. "Firefist" in Deadpool 2.

Filmography (19)

MOVIE
How to Train Your Dragon 2
2027
as Fishlegs
MOVIE★ 7.9
How to Train Your Dragon
2025
as Fishlegs
MOVIE★ 7.0
Soaring to Life: The Making of How to Train Your Dragon
2025
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.1
Y2K
2024
as Danny
MOVIE★ 6.0
Uproar
2023
as Josh Waaka
TV★ 8.2
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
2021
as Deke / Stak (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.5
Godzilla vs. Kong
2021
as Josh Valentine
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
2020
as Belsnickel
TV★ 4.2
The Strange Chores
2019
as Pierce (voice)
TV★ 3.4
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.1
Once Upon a Deadpool
2018
as Firefist
MOVIE★ 7.5
Deadpool 2
2018
as Firefist
MOVIE★ 5.5
Chronesthesia
2016
as Beni
MOVIE★ 7.6
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
2016
as Ricky
MOVIE★ 6.0
Paper Planes
2014
as Kevin
MOVIE
Blazed
2013
TV
Aroha Bridge
2013
as Tapi (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Shopping
2013
as Solomon
MOVIE
Just Picture It
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