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Hugh Keays-Byrne Hugh Keays-Byrne i(6990560 works by)
Born: Established: 1947
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Kashmir,
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South Asia, South and East Asia, Asia, ; Died: Ceased: 1 Dec 2020
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1973
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Actor and occasional director.

Hugh Keays-Byrne arrived in Australia with the Royal Shakespeare Company's tour of A Midsummer Night's Dream in 1973, and remained at the end of the tour. For Australian and international film audiences, he was best known as the villain of both the first Mad Max film ('Toecutter') and of the critically acclaimed fourth instalment, Mad Max : Fury Road ('Immortan Joe').

He appeared in a range of other films and television series, including Stone, The Man from Hong Kong, Mad Dog Morgan, Kangaroo, and Farscape.

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