Hugh Keays-Byrne

Hugh Keays-Byrne

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.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1947-05-18
Place of Birth: Kashmir, India
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Movies List of Hugh Keays-Byrne

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Mad Max

1979 Movie
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Stone

1974 Movie
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The Chain Reaction

1980 Movie
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Blue Fin

1978 Movie
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Lorca and the Outlaws

1984 Movie
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Snapshot

1979 Movie
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Strikebound

1984 Movie
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Burke & Wills

1985 Movie
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The Trespassers

1976 Movie
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Polly My Love

1975 Movie
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For Love Alone

1986 Movie
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The Death Train

1978 Movie
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Barnaby and Me

1977 Movie
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Mad Max: Fury Road

2015 Movie
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Dadah Is Death

1988 Movie
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Treasure Island

1987 Movie
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Mad Dog Morgan

1976 Movie
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The Blood of Heroes

1989 Movie
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Going Down

1983 Movie
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Badlands 2005

1988 Movie
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Kangaroo

1986 Movie
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Sleeping Beauty

2011 Movie
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The Madness of Max

2015 Movie
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Resistance

1992 Movie