Hugh Keays-Byrne
Acting
36
Acting Credits
1
Directed
Biography
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 t...
Known For
Filmography
It’s a Mad Max World
2025
as Self
Going Mad: The Battle of Fury Road
2017
as Self
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015
as Immortan Joe
The Madness of Max
2015
as Self
Sleeping Beauty
2011
as Man 3
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
2004
as Grunchlk
Voyage au centre de la terre
1999
as McNiff
Huntsman 5.1
1999
as Bain
Farscape
1999
as Grunchlk
Journey to the Center of the Earth
1999
as McNiff
Moby Dick
1998
as Mr. Stubb
Resistance
1992
as Peter
The Blood of Heroes
1989
as Lord Vlle
Dadah Is Death
1988
as Hammed
Badlands 2005
1988
as Moondance
Les Patterson Saves the World
1987
as Inspector Farouk
Treasure Island
1987
as (voice)
For Love Alone
1986
as Andrew
Kangaroo
1986
as Kangaroo
Burke & Wills
1985
as Ambrose Kyte
Lorca and the Outlaws
1984
as Danny
Strikebound
1984
as Idris Williams
Where the Green Ants Dream
1984
as Mining Executive
Going Down
1983
as Bottom
Ginger Meggs
1982
as Captain Hook
The Chain Reaction
1980
as Eagle
Mad Max
1979
as Toecutter
Snapshot
1979
as Linsey
Blue Fin
1978
as Stan
The Death Train
1978
Barnaby and Me
1977
as Huggins
The Trespassers
1976
as Frank
Mad Dog Morgan
1976
as Simon
The Man from Hong Kong
1975
as Morrie Grosse
Polly My Love
1975
Stone
1974
as Toad