Julian McMahon

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Julian McMahon is the 2nd of the three children of Sir William McMahon, the former Australian Prime Minister, and his wife Sonia, Lady McMahon. He was educated at Sydney Grammar School, a private boys' school. He briefly studied Law at the University of Sydney and Economics at the University of Wollongong, but this bored him and he started a successful modeling career. Because of this, he became known in the fashion capitals Milan, New York, Rome, and Paris.

In addition to a career as a fashion model, McMahon began an acting career at an early age in Home and Away. In 1994 he appeared in Dannii Minogue's music videos for her 1993 top 10 hit This Is It and it's follow-up This Is The Way. His first role in American television was on the soap opera Another World, playing "Ian Rain" from 1993 to 1995.

Nominated for the Golden Globe award for "Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama" in 2005 for his role as Christian Troy in Nip/Tuck. He also played "Dr. Michael Walsh" in the movie Magenta in 1996, "Mick Dooley" in Wet and Wild Summer! (a.k.a. Exchange Lifeguards) in 1992, "Sheriff Hayes" in In Quiet Night (a.k.a. You Belong to Me Forever) in 1998, "George Simian" in the psychological thriller Chasing Sleep in 2000, "David Cameron" in the made for TV movie Another World in 2001

He also landed the role of supervillain Doctor Doom in Fantastic Four, the 2005 film adaptation of the comic book series of the same name, which was incredibly successful at the box office. Because of this, McMahon has been signed to reprise his role as Doom in the sequel in 2007.

From 1996 - 2000 he starred in all four seasons of the NBC drama Profiler as Agent John Grant. Julian also played Cole Turner aka Belthazor on the WB's supernatural show Charmed from 2000 to 2003, starring in two and half seasons of the show, and guest-starring afterwards in the 150th episode and appearing in four episodes as film footage. McMahon was also a finalist for the role of James Bond in the film Casino Royale but lost the bidding to Daniel Craig.

Personal Life

He has been married and divorced twice, first briefly to Australian singer and actress Dannii Minogue and subsequently to American actress Brooke Burns, with whom he has a daughter named Madison Elizabeth McMahon born in June 2000.

Trivia

  • When he made a guest appearance on "The View" in October of 2006, he presented a rug for Rosie O'Donnell as a joke. The rug was used in a love scene between the two in the 4th season of Nip/Tuck.
  • Was once quoted in an Australian magazine article as saying that acting was just another job to bring in money.
  • Has a daughter, Madison (b. June 2000), with Brooke Burns.
  • Has an older sister Melinda and a younger sister Deborah
  • Former brother-in-law of actress/singer Kylie Minogue.
  • Former brother-in-law of Brendan Minogue.
  • Former son-in-law of Carol Minogue.
  • Is fluent in Spanish (as seen in the Nip/Tuck pilot).
  • His surname is pronounced "mic-man".
  • Favorite song is "People are Strange" by The Doors.
  • His character, Cole Turner, was killed off in the landmark 100th episode of "Charmed" (1998).
  • Attended the University of Sydney
  • Attended Sydney Grammar School, a private school in Sydney. Later attended the University of Sydney.
  • Was listed as a potential nominee on the 2006 Razzie Award nominating ballot. He was suggested in the Worst Supporting Actor category for his performance in the film Fantastic Four (2005), he failed to receive a nomination however.
  • Is a militant non-smoker.

    • Source: Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License



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