Hugh Keays-Byrne

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. Keays-Byrne decided to remain in Australia after the tour ended. 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). After his first starring role in the 1978 TV movie Death Train, Keays-Byrne was cast as the violent gang leader Toecutter in Mad Max (1979). 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. Keays-Byrne then continued to act in post-apocalyptic and science fiction films like The Chain Reaction (1980), Strikebound (1984), Starship (1985) and The Blood of Heroes (1989). In 1992, he made his directorial debut and acted in the film Resistance. He also appeared in TV miniseries adaptations of Moby Dick (1998) and Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1999). 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. Keays-Byrne returned to the Mad Max franchise in the 2015 film Mad Max: Fury Road as the main villain Immortan Joe. The film was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning 6, and Keays-Byrne was nominated for the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hugh Keays-Byrne, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Musoro: Hugh Keays-Byrne
  • Mukurumbira: 3.127
  • Inozivikanwa: Acting
  • Bhavhdhe: 1947-05-18
  • Nzvimbo yekuzvarirwa: Kashmir, India
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Hugh Keays-Byrne Mafirimu

  • 1975
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    The Man from Hong Kong

    The Man from Hong Kong

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  • 1979
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    Mad Max

    Mad Max

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  • 1974
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    Stone

    Stone

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  • 1980
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    The Chain Reaction

    The Chain Reaction

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  • 1978
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    Blue Fin

    Blue Fin

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  • 1984
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    Starship

    Starship

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  • 1979
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    Snapshot

    Snapshot

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  • 1984
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    Strikebound

    Strikebound

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  • 1985
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    Burke & Wills

    Burke & Wills

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  • 1970
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    Seven Friends: George Miller’s Justice League

    Seven Friends: George Miller’s Justice League

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  • 1987
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    Les Patterson Saves the World

    Les Patterson Saves the World

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  • 1976
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    The Trespassers

    The Trespassers

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  • 1975
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    Polly My Love

    Polly My Love

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  • 1986
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    For Love Alone

    For Love Alone

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  • 1978
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    The Death Train

    The Death Train

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  • 1977
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    Barnaby and Me

    Barnaby and Me

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  • 2015
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    Mad Max: Fury Road

    Mad Max: Fury Road

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  • 1988
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    Dadah Is Death

    Dadah Is Death

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  • 1987
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    Treasure Island

    Treasure Island

    7 1987 HD

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  • 1976
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    Mad Dog Morgan

    Mad Dog Morgan

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  • 1989
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    The Blood of Heroes

    The Blood of Heroes

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  • 1999
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    Voyage au centre de la terre

    Voyage au centre de la terre

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  • 1984
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    Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen

    Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen

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  • 1983
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    Going Down

    Going Down

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  • 1988
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    Badlands 2005

    Badlands 2005

    5 1988 HD

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  • 1986
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    Kangaroo

    Kangaroo

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  • 2017
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    Going Mad: The Battle of Fury Road

    Going Mad: The Battle of Fury Road

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  • 2011
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    Sleeping Beauty

    Sleeping Beauty

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  • 2015
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    The Madness of Max

    The Madness of Max

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  • 1992
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    Resistance

    Resistance

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  • 1992
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    Resistance

    Resistance

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  • 1999
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    Farscape

    Farscape

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  • 2004
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    Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars

    Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars

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  • 1998
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    Moby Dick

    Moby Dick

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  • 1999
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    Journey to the Center of the Earth

    Journey to the Center of the Earth

    5.767 1999 HD

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