The English-Australian actor played Toecutter in the 1979’s Mad Max, then reunited with George Miller for 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road, where he played the villainous “Immortan Joe.”
Keays-Byrne is one of three actors to play two separate and characters in the Mad Max franchise, the others being Bruce Spence (Gyro Captain in Mad Max 2 and Jedediah in Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome) and Max Fairchild (Benno in Mad Max and Broken Victim in Mad Max 2).
After Mad Max, Hugh Keays-Byrne starred in The Chain Reaction (1980), Strikebound (1984), Starship (1985) and The Blood of Heroes (1989).
The Mad Max franchise gave Keays-Byrne popularity outside of Australia and kicked off a new era of his career.