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person_profile-Hugh Keays-Byrne

Hugh Keays-Byrne Died at age: 73

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Hugh Keays-Byrne

Date of Birth:

May 18, 1947

Country of birth:

India

Died:

Dec 02, 2020

Biography of

Hugh Keays-Byrne

    Hugh Keays-Byrne (18 May 1947 – 2 December 2020) was a British-Australian actor and film director. A former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he was best known for playing the main antagonist in two films from the Mad Max franchise: Toecutter in Mad Max (1979), and Immortan Joe in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015). He also played Toad in the 1974 biker film Stone, and Grunchlk on the science fiction series Farscape.

    Keays-Byrne was born in Srinagar, in the state of Jammu and Kashmir (part of the British Raj then, India now) to British parents; his family returned to Britain when India was partitioned. He began his career as a stage actor.

    Keays-Byrne made his first television appearance in 1967 on the British television programme Boy Meets Girl. He was part of Peter Brook's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream with the Royal Shakespeare Company, which toured Australia in 1973. Keays-Byrne decided to remain in Australia after the tour ended. In 1974, he acted in the TV movie Essington, then made his first film appearance in the motorcycle picture Stone (1974). This was followed by supporting roles in films like The Man from Hong Kong (1975), Mad Dog Morgan (1976), The Trespassers (1976) and Snapshot (1979).

    After his first starring role in the 1978 TV movie Death Train, Keays-Byrne was cast as the violent gang leader Toecutter in Mad Max (1979). Director George Miller had Keays-Byrne and the other actors for the gang travel from Sydney to Melbourne in a group on motorcycles, as there was no money for airplane tickets. In an early international print of the film, Keays-Byrne was dubbed with a bad American accent, which Miller later regretted.

    Keays-Byrne then continued to act in post-apocalyptic and science fiction films like The Chain Reaction (1980), Strikebound (1984), Starship (1985) and The Blood of Heroes (1989). In 1992, he made his directorial debut and acted in the film Resistance. He also appeared in TV miniseries adaptations of Moby Dick (1998) and Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1999).

    Keays-Byrne played Grunchlk in the science fiction television series Farscape (1999–2003) and its conclusion Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004). George Miller also cast him as the Martian Manhunter in the planned 2009 movie Justice League: Mortal.

    Keays-Byrne returned to the Mad Max franchise in the 2015 film Mad Max: Fury Road as the main villain Immortan Joe. The film was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning 6, and Keays-Byrne was nominated for the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain.

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Filmography of

Hugh Keays-Byrne

Found 32 Movies in total

Every George Miller Movie Ranked

Immortan Joe ( Actor )

... 2024

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Immortan Joe (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 2024

... 2017

... 2016

The Madness of Max

Self ( Actor )

... 2015

Mad Max: Fury Road

Immortan Joe ( Actor )

... 2015

Sleeping Beauty

Man 3 ( Actor )

... 2011

... 2004

Resistance

Peter ( Actor )

Director

... 1992

The Blood of Heroes

Lord Vlle ( Actor )

... 1989

Dadah Is Death

Hammed ( Actor )

... 1988

Badlands 2005

Moondance ( Actor )

... 1988

Les Patterson Saves the World

Inspector Farouk ( Actor )

... 1987

Treasure Island

(voice) ( Actor )

... 1987

Kangaroo

Kangaroo ( Actor )

... 1986

For Love Alone

Andrew ( Actor )

... 1986

Burke & Wills

Ambrose Kyte ( Actor )

... 1985

Lorca and the Outlaws

Danny ( Actor )

... 1984

Strikebound

Idris Williams ( Actor )

... 1984

Where the Green Ants Dream

Mining Executive ( Actor )

... 1984

Going Down

Bottom ( Actor )

... 1983

The Chain Reaction

Eagle ( Actor )

... 1980

Snapshot

Linsey ( Actor )

... 1979

Mad Max

Toecutter ( Actor )

... 1979

Blue Fin

Stan ( Actor )

... 1978

... 1978

Barnaby and Me

Huggins ( Actor )

... 1977

The Trespassers

Frank ( Actor )

... 1976

Mad Dog Morgan

Simon ( Actor )

... 1976

The Man from Hong Kong

Morrie Grosse ( Actor )

... 1975

Stone

Toad ( Actor )

... 1974