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Hugh Keays-Byrne
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1947-05-18,Kashmir, India
Gender
Male
Biography
Hugh Keays-Byrne (May 18, 1947 – December 2, 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hugh Keays-Byrne, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

The Man from Hong Kong

6.667

The Man from Hong Kong
1975-07-31

6.679

Mad Max
1979-04-12

6.013

Stone
1974-01-02

The Chain Reaction

5.5

The Chain Reaction
1980-09-25

6.429

Blue Fin
1978-12-01

Lorca and the Outlaws

4

Lorca and the Outlaws
1984-12-13

5.545

Snapshot
1979-06-01

6.083

Strikebound
1984-09-20

5.1

Burke & Wills
1985-10-30

Les Patterson Saves the World

4.813

Les Patterson Saves the World
1987-04-09

The Trespassers

9

The Trespassers
1976-08-18

9

Polly My Love
1975-06-01

3.7

For Love Alone
1986-05-22

The Death Train

5.75

The Death Train
1978-08-21

6.167

Barnaby and Me
1977-08-08

Mad Max: Fury Road

7.634

Mad Max: Fury Road
2015-05-13

5

Dadah Is Death
1988-10-23

Treasure Island

7

Treasure Island
1987-01-01

5.883

Mad Dog Morgan
1976-07-09

The Blood of Heroes

5.86

The Blood of Heroes
1989-10-19

Voyage au centre de la terre

0

Voyage au centre de la terre
1999-01-01

Where the Green Ants Dream

6.9

Where the Green Ants Dream
1984-08-31

4.4

Going Down
1983-06-01

6

Badlands 2005
1988-08-29

7.3

Kangaroo
1986-07-24

Going Mad: The Battle of Fury Road

6.9

Going Mad: The Battle of Fury Road
2017-08-01

Sleeping Beauty

5.378

Sleeping Beauty
2011-06-10

The Madness of Max

7.2

The Madness of Max
2015-08-01

6

Resistance
1992-01-01

9

Huntsman 5.1
1999-01-01

It’s a Mad Max World

6.833

It’s a Mad Max World
2025-06-22

6

Ginger Meggs
1982-12-16

7.875

Farscape
1999-03-19

Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars

7.676

Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
2004-10-17

5.958

Moby Dick
1998-03-15

Journey to the Center of the Earth

5.912

Journey to the Center of the Earth
1999-09-14