Julian McMahon, the Australian actor recognized for his roles in Nip/Tuck and two Incredible 4 films from 2005 and 2007, has died after a battle with most cancers. He was 56.
McMahon died Wednesday in Clearwater, Florida, his rep David Schiff, founding father of MGMT Leisure, instructed The Hollywood Reporter.
McMahon, born in Sydney on July 27, 1968, was the son of former Australian prime minister William McMahon and Girl Sonia McMahon.
He started appearing on Australian soaps The Energy, the Ardour in addition to House and Away and appeared on the U.S. cleaning soap One other World in 1993. He transitioned to primetime TV with a job on NBC’s Profiler and spent three seasons on the WB’s Charmed.
He memorably starred alongside Dylan Walsh in Ryan Murphy’s FX cosmetic surgery drama, Nip/Tuck, which ran for six seasons and earned him a Golden Globe nomination for his function as Dr. Christian Troy.
On the movie aspect, he performed Dr. Doom in Tim Story’s two Incredible 4 films, 2025’s Incredible 4 and 2007’s Incredible 4: Rise of The Silver Surfer. His different movie credit embody roles in Premonition, Crimson, Paranoia and, final 12 months, The Surfer and The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat.
His different TV credit embody roles on FBI: Most Needed, Runaways and the lately canceled homicide thriller comedy The Residence.
Reflecting on being an Australian in Hollywood, McMahon instructed the Sydney Morning Herald in 2017, “It’s a humorous city and there’s a little bit of a final man standing concept to it typically.” Early on, he recalled, usually feeling “such as you’re not chopping it, you’re by no means going to and nothing is going on for you and also you’re simply the incorrect individual and perhaps it is best to go and do one thing else or go house to Australia, which lots of people did.”
Of his function in FBI: Most Needed, McMahon instructed Cleaning soap Opera Digest that the half was a “actually fascinating character.”
“I used to be considering of going again to community tv on the time, and I had learn a variety of scripts and I used to be fairly shocked, to be trustworthy, that that is the one which caught with me probably the most, however it was and right here I’m,” he stated of becoming a member of the CBS collection, which had a backdoor pilot within the first season of FBI.
Reflecting on his profession with Soap Opera Digest, McMahon credited the “dedication” he picked up from engaged on The Energy, The Ardour and Nip/Tuck.
“I’ve by no means misplaced my ardour for what I do,” he stated. “And so I feel that’s one thing that I’ve carried all through my complete profession and I feel it’s been an essential side of what I contemplate being profitable, that I’ve stayed dedicated to my craft and evolving that craft, and having fun with working in that area.”
Survivors embody his third spouse, Kelly, who he married in 2014, and his daughter, Madison, together with his second spouse, American sport present host Brooke Burns. His first spouse was Australian singer-actress Dannii Minogue, sister of Kylie Minogue.
McMahon even had a humorous second together with his ex-sister-in-law, filming a scene during which he and Kylie Minogue kiss, when he returned to Australia to make Swinging Safari in 2018.
“That was an impromptu second,” McMahon instructed the Herald Sun. “[Director] Steph [Elliott] stated ‘Do what you need, Julian!’ and I believed, ‘Bugger it, I’ll stand up and snog my ex sister-in-law’ … She had this nice response, like she was being attacked by some form of creature. It was very humorous.”
Mike Barnes contributed to this report.