
Hugh Keays-Byrne
Born
1947-05-18
Place of birth
Kashmir, India
Died
2020-12-02
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 pa...
Known for

Mad Max: Fury Road
Immortan Joe

Mad Max
Toecutter

Sleeping Beauty
Man 3

Farscape
Grunchlk

The Blood of Heroes
Lord Vlle

Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
Grunchlk

Moby Dick
Mr. Stubb

The Man from Hong Kong
Morrie Grosse

Where the Green Ants Dream
Mining Executive

The Chain Reaction
Eagle

Journey to the Center of the Earth
McNiff

Mad Dog Morgan
Simon

Stone
Toad

Snapshot
Linsey

Les Patterson Saves the World
Inspector Farouk