Julian McMahon

He is an Australian actor and former fashion model. He is best known for his portrayals of Cole Turner in The WB hit series Charmed, womanizing plastic surgeon Christian Troy on the Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning TV show Nip/Tuck, and Doctor Doom/Victor von Doom in Fantastic Four and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.

McMahon was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, the second of the three children of William McMahon (later Sir William), a politician and future Australian Prime Minister, and his wife lady Sonia McMahon, a former occupational therapist and fashion icon. He has an older sister, Melinda, and a younger sister, Deborah. McMahon has Irish ancestry.

McMahon 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.

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Julian Dana William McMahon (born 27 July 1968) is an Australian actor and former fashion model. He is best known for his portrayals of Cole Turner in The WB hit series Charmed, womanizing plastic surgeon Christian Troy on the Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning TV show Nip/Tuck, and Doctor Doom/Victor von Doom in Fantastic Four and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.

Contents

   * 1 Early life

   * 2 Career

   * 3 Filmography

   * 4 References

   * 5 External links

Early life

McMahon was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, the second of the three children of William McMahon (later Sir William), a politician and future Australian Prime Minister, and his wife Sonia McMahon, a former occupational therapist and fashion icon.[1][2] He has an older sister, Melinda, and a younger sister, Deborah. McMahon has Irish ancestry.[3]

McMahon 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.

Career

In addition to a career as a fashion model, including a jeans commercial for Levi Strauss, McMahon began an acting career on Australian soap Home and Away, playing the soldier Ben Lucini (1990–1991). McMahon was one of several Home and Away cast-members to star in a stage musical about the soap, which toured the UK in 1991. Adam Willits, Sharyn Hodgson (who played his on-screen wife, Carly), Mouche Phillips and Justine Clarke also starred.[4] Shortly afterward, he moved to the United States, and took voice classes to lose his Australian accent.[5]

He then appeared in the film Wet and Wild Summer! (a.k.a. Exchange Lifeguards) in 1992, and following this he appeared in his then soon-to-be wife Dannii Minogue's music videos for her 1993 hits "This Is It" and "This Is The Way". His first role on American television was on the daytime soap opera Another World, playing Ian Rain from 1993 to 1995. He also went on to play Dr. Michael Walsh in the movie Magenta in 1996, 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, and David Cameron in the made for TV movie Another Day in 2001.

From 1996 to 2000, he starred in all four seasons of the NBC drama Profiler as Agent John Grant. Following this, McMahon joined the cast of the WB's supernatural hit show Charmed, playing the conflicted half-demon/half-human Cole Turner from 2000 to 2003. The character was killed off in the 100th episode of the series, but returned for a one-off guest appearance in the 150th episode in 2005.

Following Charmed, McMahon's next role was playboy plastic surgeon Christian Troy on the FX series Nip/Tuck . He was nominated for the Golden Globe award for "Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama" in 2005 for his performance. Throughout this series, McMahon appeared nude in a large number of episodes.

During this time, McMahon also portrayed supervillain Doctor Doom in Fantastic Four, the 2005 film adaptation of the comic book series of the same name. The film was a box office success, and McMahon reprised his role as Doom in the sequel in 2007.[citation needed]

McMahon was also allegedly one of the actors being considered for the role of James Bond in the film Casino Royale, though the part ultimately went to Daniel Craig.

He also appeared alongside Sandra Bullock in the 2007 supernatural thriller Premonition. McMahon will co-star Milla Jovovich in Julien Magnat's thriller Faces in the Crowd.[6]

Filmography Year 	Film 	Role 	Notes 1989 	The Power, The Passion 	Kane Edmonds 	Soap opera 1989–1991 	Home and Away 	Ben Lucini 	27 episodes 1992 	Wet and Wild Summer! 	Mick Dooley 	 G.P. 	Const. Colin 'Clutch' Carmody 	Episode: "Beat It" 1992–1994 	Another World 	Ian Rain 	 1996 	Magenta 	Michael Walsh 	 1996–2000 	Profiler 	John Grant 	82 episodes 1998 	In Quiet Night 	Hayes 	 Will & Grace 	Guy 	Episode "Where There's a Will, There's No Way" 2000 	Chasing Sleep 	George 	 2000–2005 	Charmed 	Cole Turner 	57 episodes (1 uncredited, 9 credit only) 2001 	Another Day 	David 	TV film 2003–2010 	Nip/Tuck 	Christian Troy 	Won — Australian Film Institute International Award for Best Actor (2007) Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama (2004) Won — Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama (2003) Won — Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television (2005, 2006) 2005 	Fantastic Four 	Victor Von Doom/Doctor Doom 	 2007 	Premonition 	Jim Hanson 	 Prisoner 	Derek Plato 	 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer 	Victor Von Doom/Doctor Doom 	 2008 	Meet Market 	Hutch 	 Robot Chicken 	Dr. Doom/Pilot/Detective 	Episode: "Monstourage" 2010 	Red 	Vice President Robert Stanton 	 Faces in the Crowd 	Detective Kerrest 	Filming 2011 	The Smell of Apples 		In production

• Residence: Sydney
  • Reference: Biographical Summaries of Notable People - SmartCopy: Jun 5 2020, 0:49:10 UTC
• Residence: Sydney
  • Reference: Biographical Summaries of Notable People - SmartCopy: Jun 6 2020, 1:35:00 UTC