- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 18, 1947
- Place of Birth
- Kashmir, India
- Died
- December 2, 2020
Hugh Keays-Byrne
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. Keay…
Filmography
movieIt’s a Mad Max World
2025 · Self
movieGoing Mad: The Battle of Fury Road
2017 · Self
movieThe Madness of Max
2015 · Self
movieMad Max: Fury Road
2015 · Immortan Joe
movieSleeping Beauty
2011 · Man 3
tvFarscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
2004 · Grunchlk
tvJourney to the Center of the Earth
1999 · McNiff
tvFarscape
1999 · Grunchlk
movieVoyage au centre de la terre
1999 · McNiff
movieHuntsman 5.1
1999 · Bain
tvMoby Dick
1998 · Mr. Stubb
movieResistance
1992 · Peter, Director
movieThe Blood of Heroes
1989 · Lord Vlle
movieDadah Is Death
1988 · Hammed
movieBadlands 2005
1988 · Moondance
movieLes Patterson Saves the World
1987 · Inspector Farouk
movieTreasure Island
1987 · (voice)
movieKangaroo
1986 · Kangaroo
movieFor Love Alone
1986 · Andrew
movieBurke & Wills
1985 · Ambrose Kyte
movieLorca and the Outlaws
1984 · Danny
movieStrikebound
1984 · Idris Williams
movieWhere the Green Ants Dream
1984 · Mining Executive
movieGoing Down
1983 · Bottom
movieGinger Meggs
1982 · Captain Hook
movieThe Chain Reaction
1980 · Eagle
movieSnapshot
1979 · Linsey
movieMad Max
1979 · Toecutter
movieBlue Fin
1978 · Stan
movieThe Death Train
1978
movieBarnaby and Me
1977 · Huggins
movieThe Trespassers
1976 · Frank
movieMad Dog Morgan
1976 · Simon
movieThe Man from Hong Kong
1975 · Morrie Grosse
Polly My Love
moviePolly My Love
1975
movieStone
1974 · Toad