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
Complete Filmography
Going Mad: The Battle of Fury Road
2017
as Self
For 20 years director George Miller fought to unleash the ultimate Mad Max movie - Mad Max: Fury Road. Witness George's journey from the dream of a fe...
The Madness of Max
2015
as Self
The Madness of Max is a feature-length documentary on the making of arguably the most influential movie of the past thirty years. With over forty cast...
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015
as Immortan Joe
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed figh...
Sleeping Beauty
2011
as Man 3
A haunting erotic fairytale about Lucy, a young University student drawn into a mysterious hidden world of beauty and desire.
Voyage au centre de la terre
1999
as McNiff
Huntsman 5.1
1999
as Bain
A university student is suddenly attacked by a tactical squad. After blacking out, he resumes consciousness to find he has somehow killed them all. As...
Resistance
1992
as Peter
Over the five days after a military coup, army troops arrive to enforce martial law and encounter a growing resistance movement.
Resistance
1992
Director
Over the five days after a military coup, army troops arrive to enforce martial law and encounter a growing resistance movement.
The Blood of Heroes
1989
as Lord Vlle
Set in a futuristic world where the only sport that has survived in a wasted society is the brutal game known as jugging. Sallow, the leader of a rag-...
Dadah Is Death
1988
as Hammed
On 9th of November 1983 two Australians, Kevin Barlow and Geoff Chambers were arrested at Penang Airport in Malaysia carrying 179 grams of Heroin. A c...
Badlands 2005
1988
as Moondance
In 1995, a severe drought forced Americans to flee the West for the cities. Water became more precious than gold. Now in 2005, settlers are coming bac...
Les Patterson Saves the World
1987
as Inspector Farouk
Fat middle aged 24/7 drunkard Les Patterson represents Australia at the UN where his fart literally incinerates an Arab ambassador. Patterson is reass...
Treasure Island
1987
as (voice)
Young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in search of the buried treasure of the buccaneer Captain Flint, in this adaptation of...
Kangaroo
1986
as Kangaroo
A mild-mannered English conscientious objector moves to what he feels will be the relative calm of Australia after World War I, but gets caught in the...
For Love Alone
1986
as Andrew
Teresa is a spirited young girl chafing under the oppressive attitudes of 1930s society, and her father in particular. She fancies her poverty-stricke...
Burke & Wills
1985
as Ambrose Kyte
A story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on foot in the 19 century.
Lorca and the Outlaws
1984
as Danny
Jowitt, a mercenary without recluse institutes a totalitarian regime in a small mining city of an arid planet, Ordessa, helped in that by androids inc...
Strikebound
1984
as Idris Williams
Via the New York Times: "...reconstructs the true story of a coal miners' strike in the small town of Korumburra in the mid-30's... based on the real-...
Where the Green Ants Dream
1984
as Mining Executive
The Australian Aborigines (in this film anyway) believe that this is the place where the green ants go to dream, and that if their dreams are disturbe...
Going Down
1983
as Bottom
Middle-class Karli, alcoholic Jane, unemployed Jackie, and square Ellen are four friends living together and barely scraping by in suburban Sydney. Bu...
The Chain Reaction
1980
as Eagle
Contaminated by a nuclear-plant spill, an Australian worker hides with a woman and tries to warn the public.
Snapshot
1979
as Linsey
A young hairdresser enters into the modeling world while fearing retaliation from her puritanical mother and stalker ex-boyfriend.
Mad Max
1979
as Toecutter
In the ravaged near-future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. Terrorizing innocent civilians while tearing up the streets, the ruthless gang la...
Blue Fin
1978
as Stan
Based on the children's novel by celebrated South Australian author 'Colin Thiele' , this is an emotional father and son story about tuna fishing of S...
The Death Train
1978
An insurance investigator comes to a small town to investigate the death of a man insured by his company. The local residents believe his death was ca...
Barnaby and Me
1977
as Huggins
Barnaby and Me is a 1978 Australian TV movie about a girl and her talking koala who are pursued by criminals.
The Trespassers
1976
as Frank
In 1970, political journalist Richard lives with Penny but is having an affair with actress Dee. The two woman meet and become friends.
Mad Dog Morgan
1976
as Simon
The true story of Irish outlaw Daniel Morgan, who is wanted, dead or alive, in Australia during the 1850s.
The Man from Hong Kong
1975
as Morrie Grosse
Australian authorities arrest a man believed to be connected to the Sydney criminal underworld and send for Inspector Fang Sing Leng from Hong Kong to...
Polly My Love
1975
An Australian-set romance starring Jacki Weaver.
Stone
1974
as Toad
After one of its members witnesses a political assassination, an outlaw motorbike gang becomes the target of a string of murders, prompting a cop to j...