Julian Belfrage

Julian Rochfort Belfrage (19 February 1934 – 28 December 1994) was an actors' agent whose clients included Judi Dench, John Hurt, Daniel Day-Lewis, David Warner, Ian Holm and Colin Blakely. For ten years he was in partnership with Michael Whitehall under the collective name Leading Artists. He started his career as understudy to Peter Barkworth in the West End play Roar Like a Dove. When his partnership with Whitehall ended, he set up Julian Belfrage Associates. He married, secondly, Victoria Van Moyland, who inherited his agency. He died in London on 28 December 1994 and a number of races were subsequently named in his honour; the Julian Belfrage Memorial Chase, for example, was held at Towcester Racecourse on 19 March 1997.

On Belfrage's death, Daniel Day-Lewis is said to have suffered a nervous breakdown, as Belfrage had become a father figure in his life.