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.