Actor profile

Julian Dennison

26th October 2002 Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand Acting

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.

13 Movies 5 TV Shows 1 In Production 20 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

How to Train Your Dragon 6th June 2025 as Fishlegs

Soaring to Life: The Making of How to Train Your Dragon poster

Soaring to Life: The Making of How to Train Your Dragon 6th June 2025 as Self

Y2K 6th December 2024 as Danny

Uproar 5th October 2023 as Josh Waaka

Godzilla vs. Kong 24th March 2021 as Josh Valentine

The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two poster

The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two 18th November 2020 as Belsnickel

Once Upon a Deadpool 11th December 2018 as Firefist

Deadpool 2 15th May 2018 as Firefist

Chronesthesia 29th July 2016 as Beni

Hunt for the Wilderpeople 22nd January 2016 as Ricky

Paper Planes 10th August 2014 as Kevin

Blazed 13th September 2013

Shopping 18th January 2013 as Solomon

Star Wars: The Bad Batch 4th May 2021 as Deke / Stak (voice)

The Strange Chores 31st October 2019 as Pierce (voice)

A Little Late with Lilly Singh 16th September 2019 as Self

Aroha Bridge 23rd May 2013 as Tapi (voice)

Jimmy Kimmel Live! 26th January 2003 as Self - Guest

Coming soon

How to Train Your Dragon 2 10th June 2027 as Fishlegs