Hugh Keays-Byrne

Actor

Born: May 18, 1947
Died: December 2, 2020 (age 73)
From: Kashmir, India

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…

Filmography (32)

It’s a Mad Max World (2025)
Self
Going Mad: The Battle of Fury Road (2017)
Self
The Madness of Max (2015)
Self
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Immortan Joe
Sleeping Beauty (2011)
Man 3
Voyage au centre de la terre (1999)
McNiff
Huntsman 5.1 (1999)
Bain
Resistance (1992)
Director
The Blood of Heroes (1989)
Lord Vlle
Dadah Is Death (1988)
Hammed
Badlands 2005 (1988)
Moondance
Les Patterson Saves the World (1987)
Inspector Farouk
Treasure Island (1987)
(voice)
Kangaroo (1986)
Kangaroo
For Love Alone (1986)
Andrew
Burke & Wills (1985)
Ambrose Kyte
Lorca and the Outlaws (1984)
Danny
Strikebound (1984)
Idris Williams
Where the Green Ants Dream (1984)
Mining Executive
Going Down (1983)
Bottom
Ginger Meggs (1982)
Captain Hook
The Chain Reaction (1980)
Eagle
Snapshot (1979)
Linsey
Mad Max (1979)
Toecutter
Blue Fin (1978)
Stan
The Death Train (1978)
Barnaby and Me (1977)
Huggins
The Trespassers (1976)
Frank
Mad Dog Morgan (1976)
Simon
The Man from Hong Kong (1975)
Morrie Grosse