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Hugh Keays-Byrne

Hugh Keays-Byrne

Acting Born May 18, 1947 -- Died Dec 02, 2020 · Kashmir, India

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 pa...

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Mad Max: Fury Road
7.6
movie
Mad Max: Fury Road
as Immortan Joe
2015
Mad Max
6.7
movie
Mad Max
as Toecutter
1979
Sleeping Beauty
5.4
movie
Sleeping Beauty
as Man 3
2011
Farscape
7.9
tv
Farscape
as Grunchlk
1999
The Blood of Heroes
5.9
movie
The Blood of Heroes
as Lord Vlle
1989
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
7.6
tv
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
as Grunchlk
2004
Moby Dick
5.9
tv
Moby Dick
as Mr. Stubb
1998
The Man from Hong Kong
6.6
movie
The Man from Hong Kong
as Morrie Grosse
1975
Where the Green Ants Dream
6.9
movie
Where the Green Ants Dream
as Mining Executive
1984
The Chain Reaction
5.5
movie
The Chain Reaction
as Eagle
1980
Journey to the Center of the Earth
5.8
tv
Journey to the Center of the Earth
as McNiff
1999
Mad Dog Morgan
5.8
movie
Mad Dog Morgan
as Simon
1976