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Hugh Keays-Byrne (18 May 1947 – 2 December 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),[1] and Immortan Joe in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).[1] He also played Toad in the 1974 biker film Stone, and Grunchlk on the science fiction series Farscape.

Hugh Keays-Byrne
Keays-Byrne in 2019
Born	(1947-05-18)18 May 1947 Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British Raj
Died	2 December 2020(2020-12-02) (aged 73) Gosford, Central Coast, Australia
Nationality	British, Australian
Occupation	Actor, film director
Years active	1967–2015
Notable work	Toecutter in Mad Max Immortan Joe in Mad Max: Fury Road Toad in Stone

Early life

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.[2] He began his career as a stage actor. Between 1968 and 1972, he had parts in Royal Shakespeare Company productions including As You Like It, The Balcony, King Lear,[3] Hamlet,[4] Much Ado About Nothing,[5] A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest or The Enchanted Island, Doctor Faustus, The Man of Mode, Troilus and Cressida, Enemies, The Revenger's Tragedy, and Bartholomew Fair.[6]

Career

Keays-Byrne made his first television appearance in 1967 on the British television programme Boy Meets Girl.[7] 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.[1] 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).[8][9]

After his first starring role in the 1978 TV movie Death Train,[10] Keays-Byrne was cast as the violent gang leader Toecutter in Mad Max (1979).[1] 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.[11]

Keays-Byrne then continued to act in post-apocalyptic and science fiction films like The Chain Reaction (1980), Strikebound (1984),[12] Starship (1985)[13] and The Blood of Heroes (1989).[14] In 1992, he made his directorial debut and acted in the film Resistance.[15] He also appeared in TV miniseries adaptations of Moby Dick (1998) and Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1999).[13]

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.[5]

Keays-Byrne returned to the Mad Max franchise in the 2015 film Mad Max: Fury Road as the main villain Immortan Joe.[1][11] The film was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning 6,[16] and Keays-Byrne was nominated for the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain.[17]

Personal life

Keays-Byrne and his partner Christina were long-time residents of Lisarow.[18] They were also part of the Macau Light Company, an artist collective based in Centennial Park.[2] His hobbies included painting, poetry, and gardening.[11]

Death

Keays-Byrne died peacefully on 2 December 2020 at Gosford Hospital in NSW, at the age of 73. His death was confirmed on social media by his friend, The Man from Hong Kong director Brian Trenchard-Smith.[19]

Filmography

Films

• Stone (1974) - Toad [8][12][13][15][20]
• The Man from Hong Kong (1975) - Morrie Grosse
• Mad Dog Morgan (1976)[9] - Simon
• The Trespassers (1976) – Frank
• Blue Fin (1978) – Stan
• Mad Max (1979) – Toecutter[1]
• Snapshot (1979) – Linsey
• The Chain Reaction (1980) – Eagle
• Ginger Meggs (1982) – Captain Hook
• Going Down (1983) – Bottom, the biker
• Where the Green Ants Dream (1984) – Mining executive
• Strikebound (1984) – Idris Williams
• Lorca and the Outlaws (1984) – Danny
• Burke & Wills (1985) – Ambrose Kyte
• For Love Alone (1986) – Andrew Hawkins
• Kangaroo (1987) – Kangaroo
• Les Patterson Saves the World (1987) – Inspector Farouk
• The Blood of Heroes (1989) – Lord Vlle
• Resistance (1992) – Peter
• Huntsman 5.1 (1999)[5] – Bain
• Sleeping Beauty (2011) – Man 3
• Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) – Immortan Joe[1] (Final film role)[2]

Television

• Boy Meets Girl (1967) – Leslie
• Rush (1974–1976)
• Essington (1974, TV Movie)
• The Tichborne Affair (1975, TV Movie) – Tichborne
• The Outsiders (1976) – Doyle[21]
• Say You Want Me (1977, TV Movie) – Harry Kirby
• Death Train (1978, TV Movie) – Ted Morrow
• Barnaby and Me (1978, TV Movie) – Huggins
• Secret Valley (1980, TV Movie) – William Whopper
• Runaway Island (1982, TV Movie) – Lucas the Ratter
• Treasure Island (1987, TV Movie) (voice)
• Badlands 2005 (1988, TV Movie) – Moondance
• Dadah Is Death (1988, TV Movie) – Hammed
• Joe Wilson (1988, TV Mini-Series) – Bob Galletley
• Singapore Sling: Old Flames (1995, TV Movie)[22]
• Moby Dick (1998, TV Mini-Series) – Mr. Stubb[10]
• Journey to the Center of the Earth (1999, TV Mini-Series) – McNiff
• Farscape (2001) – Grunchlk[5]
• Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004) – Grunchlk[5]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Subject	Result	Ref.
1977	Logie Award	Best Actor	Rush	Won	[23][24]
1979	Australian Film Institute Award	Best Supporting Actor	Mad Max	Nominated	[25]
2011	Alliance of Women Film Journalists	EDA Special Mention Award – Most Egregious Age Difference Between the Leading Man and the Love Interest	Sleeping Beauty	Nominated	[26]
2016	AFCA Award	Best Supporting Actor	Mad Max: Fury Road	Nominated	[27]
	Gold Derby Awards	Best Ensemble Cast		Nominated	[28]
	MTV Movie Award	Best Villain		Nominated	[17]

References

External links

• Hugh Keays-Byrne at IMDb
• Hugh Keays-Byrne at Theatricalia.

На других языках

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[de] Hugh Keays-Byrne

Hugh Keays-Byrne (* 19. Mai 1947 in Srinagar, Indien; † 2. Dezember 2020 in Gosford, New South Wales, Australien) war ein australischer Schauspieler und Filmregisseur.

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- [en] Hugh Keays-Byrne

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[es] Hugh Keays-Byrne

Hugh Keays-Byrne (Srinagar; 18 de mayo de 1947-1 de diciembre de 2020)[1] fue un actor de cine y televisión británico-australiano. De padres ingleses, Hugh nació en la India y se mudó a Australia en 1973 para iniciar una carrera en la televisión y el cine de ese país. Es principalmente conocido por su papel de Toad en la película de 1974 Stone, como Toecutter, el principal antagonista en la cinta de 1979 Mad Max, como el villano Immortan Joe en la película de 2015 Mad Max: Fury Road y como Grunchlk en la serie televisiva de ciencia ficción Farscape.[2]

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[ru] Кияс-Бёрн, Хью

Хью Кияс-Бёрн (англ. Hugh Keays-Byrne) — австралийский характерный актёр английского происхождения. Наиболее известен по ролям главных злодеев в фильмах «Безумный Макс» (1979) и «Безумный Макс: Дорога ярости» (2015).

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