Biography

Hugh Keays-Byrne was born in 1947 in Kashmir, India. In 1973, he moved to Australia, where he began an acting career. He is a well respected theater, film and TV actor in Australia. Hugh became noticed after roles in Stone (1974), Mad Dog Morgan (1976) and The Trespassers (1976). He landed his first leading role in TV film The Death Train (1978), and year later he became internationally well-known for his role of Toecutter in highly praised apocalyptic SF film Mad Max (1979).

Hugh has continued to work on TV, usually in smaller parts, and he is known for his performance as Mr. Stubb in the mini-TV series Moby Dick (1998) and TV series "Farscape".

Director

Resistance(1992)

Madness of Two(1982)

Actor

Mad Max: Fury Road(2015)as Immortan Joe

Sleeping Beauty(2011)as Man 3

Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars(2004)as Grunchlk

Farscape(1999)as Grunchlk

Huntsman 5.1(1999)as Bain

Additional Crew

Blue Fin(1978)

Thanks

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga(2024)

Self

Kapow!(2012)as Self

The Making of 'The Man from Hong Kong'(2016)as Self - Actor on 'The Man from Hong Kong'

The Tools of the Wasteland(2015)as Self

Mad Max: Fury on Four Wheels(2015)as Self

The Madness of Max(2015)as The Toecutter

Archive Footage

Cinemassacre's Monster Madness(2007)as Toecutter

TCM Remembers 2020(2020)as Self - Actor

Dangerfreaks(1987)as Morrie Grosse

The Chain Reaction: Deleted and Extended Scenes(1980)as Eagle

Sherbert: Angela(1979)as Linsey

Known for

Mad Max: Fury Road2015 · Actor Mad Max1979 · Actor Sleeping Beauty2011 · Actor Moby Dick1998 · Actor

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Hugh Keays-Byrne in TCM Remembers 2020 (2020)

Hugh Keays-Byrne and Joanne Samuel in Mad Max (1979)

Hugh Keays-Byrne and Tim Burns in Mad Max (1979)

Credit Score: Hugh Keays-Byrne

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#	Name	Score	Year	Known	★	Wins	Noms	Votes
1	Mad Max: Fury Road	200.00	2015	•	8.1	6	10	1205775
2	Farscape	12.50	1999	•	8.3	0	1	42958
3	Rush	12.50	1974	•	8.4	0	0	92
4	Mad Max	3.25	1980	•	6.8	0	0	244791
5	The Man from Hong Kong	3.25	1975	•	6.6	0	0	2174
6	Sleeping Beauty	2.38	2011	•	5.3	0	0	36489
7	Resistance	2.38	1997	•	5.5	0	0	93
8	The Chain Reaction	2.38	1980	•	5.3	0	0	1437