About
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....
Known for
FarscapeSeries • 1999
Mad Max: Fury RoadMovie • 2015
Mad MaxMovie • 1979
Sleeping BeautyMovie • 2011
Farscape: The Peacekeeper WarsSeries • 2004
Journey to the Center of the EarthSeries • 1999
Moby DickSeries • 1998
The Blood of HeroesMovie • 1989
The Man from Hong KongMovie • 1975
Where the Green Ants DreamMovie • 1984
StoneMovie • 1974
Mad Dog MorganMovie • 1976
The Chain ReactionMovie • 1980
SnapshotMovie • 1979