
Known for
Acting
Born
May 18, 1947
Birthplace
Kashmir, India
Died
December 2, 2020 (aged 73)
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 i...
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2017
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2015
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2011
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2004
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1999
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1999
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1998
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1989
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1988
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1988
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1987
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1987
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1987
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1986
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1985
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1984
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1984
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1984
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1983
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