Hugh Keays - Byrne - wikipedia Hugh Keays - Byrne Hugh Keays - Byrne ( 1947 - 05 - 18 ) 18 May 1947 ( age 71 ) Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India Nationality Australian Occupation Actor, film director Years active 1973 -- present Notable work Toecutter in Mad Max Immortan Joe in Mad Max : Fury Road Toad in Stone Hugh Keays - Byrne ( born 18 May 1947 ) is an English Australian character actor. He moved to Australia in 1973 and is well - known there as a television and film actor. Outside Australia, he is best known for his role as Toad in the 1974 film Stone, the main antagonist Toecutter in the 1979 film Mad Max, the main antagonist `` Immortan Joe '' in the 2015 film Mad Max : Fury Road, and Grunchlk on the science fiction television series Farscape. Contents 1 Life and career 2 Filmography 2.1 Films 2.2 Television 2.3 Accolades 3 References 4 External links Life and career This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( June 2016 ) Keays - Byrne was born in Srinagar, in the state Jammu and Kashmir in India, to British parents. His family moved to Britain when he was a young child. He was schooled in England and began his career as a stage actor. Between 1968 and 1972, he had parts in Royal Shakespeare Company productions including As You Like It, The Balcony, Doctor Faustus, Hamlet, King Lear, The Man of Mode, Much Ado About Nothing, The Tempest or The Enchanted Island and Troilus and Cressida. His first television acting job was in Britain in the programme Boy Meets Girl in 1967. He went to Australia with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1973 with Peter Brook 's famous production of A Midsummer Night 's Dream, and remained in Australia when the tour ended. In 1974, he acted in the TV show Essington, which was followed by big screen roles in films such as Stone ( 1974 ), Mad Dog Morgan ( 1976 ), The Trespassers ( 1976 ) and Snapshot ( 1979 ). After acting in the TV drama The Death Train in 1978, Keays - Byrne garnered the role that he is best known for outside Australia : the violent gang leader `` Toecutter '' in the apocalyptic science fiction film Mad Max ( 1979 ). In the 1980s, he acted in films such as The Chain Reaction ( 1980 ), Strikebound ( 1984 ), Starship ( 1985 ) and The Blood of Heroes ( 1989 ). In 1992, he directed and acted in the film Resistance. In the mid - to late 1990s, he did a number of TV roles including in Singapore Sling : Old Flames ( 1995 ), Moby Dick ( 1998 ) and Journey to the Centre of the Earth ( 1999 ). In the 2000s, he appeared in the science fiction television series Farscape as Grunchlk, which he reprised for the concluding mini-series Farscape : The Peacekeeper Wars. In 2007, George Miller cast him in an unspecified role in Justice League : Mortal, rumoured to be Martian Manhunter. However, the film was later cancelled. Keays - Byrne returned to the Mad Max franchise in the 2015 film Mad Max : Fury Road, as the main villain Immortan Joe. The film was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning 6, and Keays - Byrne was nominated for the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain. Filmography This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( June 2016 ) Films Stone ( 1974 ) - Toad The Man from Hong Kong ( 1975 ) - Morrie Grosse Mad Dog Morgan ( 1976 ) - Simon The Trespassers ( 1976 ) - Frank Blue Fin ( 1978 ) - Stan Mad Max ( 1979 ) - Toecutter. Snapshot ( 1979 ) - Linsey The Chain Reaction ( 1980 ) - Eagle Ginger Meggs ( 1982 ) - Captain Hook Going Down ( 1983 ) - Bottom, the biker Where the Green Ants Dream ( 1984 ) - Mining executive Strikebound ( 1984 ) - Idris Williams Lorca and the Outlaws ( 1984 ) - Danny Burke & Wills ( 1985 ) - Ambrose Kyte For Love Alone ( 1986 ) - Andrew Kangaroo ( 1987 ) - Kangaroo Les Patterson Saves the World ( 1987 ) - Inspector Farouk The Blood of Heroes ( 1989 ) - Lord Vlle Resistance ( 1992 ) - Peter Huntsman 5.1 ( 1999 ) - Bain Sleeping Beauty ( 2011 ) - Man 3 Mad Max : Fury Road ( 2015 ) - Immortan Joe. Television Boy Meets Girl ( 1967 ) - Leslie Essington ( 1974, TV Movie ) The Outsiders ( 1976 ) - Doyle Say You Want Me ( 1977, TV Movie ) - Harry Kirby Death Train ( 1978, TV Movie ) - Ted Morrow The Tichborne Affair ( 1978, TV Movie ) - Tichbourne Barnaby and Me ( 1978, TV Movie ) - Huggins Secret Valley ( 1980, TV Movie ) - William Whopper Runaway Island ( 1982, TV Movie ) - Lucas the Ratter Treasure Island ( 1987, TV Movie ) ( voice ) Badlands 2005 ( 1988, TV Movie ) - Moondance Dadah Is Death ( 1988, TV Movie ) - Hammed Joe Wilson ( 1988, TV Mini-Series ) - Bob Galletley Singapore Sling : Old Flames ( 1995, TV Movie ) Moby Dick ( 1998, TV Mini-Series ) - Mr. Stubb Journey to the Centre of the Earth ( 1999, TV Mini-Series ) - McNiff Farscape ( 2001 ) - Grunchlk Farscape : The Peacekeeper Wars ( 2004 ) - Grunchlk Accolades Year Award Subject Result 1977 Logie Award Best Actor Rush Won 1979 Australian Film Institute Award Best Supporting Actor Mad Max Nominated 2012 Alliance of Women Film Journalists EDA Special Mention Award -- Most Egregious Age Difference Between the Leading Man and the Love Interest Sleeping Beauty Nominated 2016 AFCA Award Best Supporting Actor Mad Max : Fury Road Nominated Gold Derby Award Best Ensemble Cast Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Villain Nominated References ^ Jump up to : The Independent. Retrieved 28 May 2015. Jump up ^ RSC Hamlet Productions at BBC. Retrieved 28 May 2015 Jump up ^ Bishop, Bryan. `` Mad Max : Fury Road wins most awards of the night with six Oscars ''. The Verge. Retrieved 29 December 2016. External links Hugh Keays - Byrne on IMDb Hugh Keays - Byrne at Theatricalia. WorldCat Identities BNF : cb14192738v ( data ) GND : 1062015959 ISNI : 0000 0001 1675 5959 SUDOC : 086234676 VIAF : 76525398 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hugh_Keays-Byrne&oldid=860173460 '' Categories : 1947 births 20th - century English male actors 21st - century English male actors English film directors English male television actors English male film actors English - language film directors Living people Logie Award winners People from Srinagar Hidden categories : EngvarB from November 2017 Use dmy dates from November 2017 Articles with hCards Articles needing additional references from June 2016 All articles needing additional references All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from June 2016 Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español فارسی Français 한국어 Bahasa Indonesia Italiano 日本 語 Polski Português Русский 中文 5 more Edit links This page was last edited on 18 September 2018, at 20 : 28 ( UTC ). 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Question: who plays the bad guy in mad max fury road
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