Julian McMahon

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Julian McMahon
Julian McMahon in Comic-Con 2005
Born	Julian Dana William McMahon 27 July 1968 (1968-07-27) (age 41) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1989 – present
Spouse(s)	Brooke Burns (1999-2001) 1 child Dannii Minogue (1994-1995)

Julian Dana William McMahon (born 27 July 1968) is an Australian actor and former fashion model, 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

[edit] 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, NY, Rome, and Paris.

[edit] 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]

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.

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.^{[citation needed]}

He also appeared alongside Sandra Bullock in the 2007 supernatural thriller Premonition.

[edit] 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
2000-2007	Charmed	Cole Turner	57 episodes (1 uncredited, 9 credit only)
2001	Another Day	David	TV film
2003-2010	Nip/Tuck	Christian Troy	Nominated — Australian Film Institute International Award for Best Actor (2007) Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama (2004) Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama (2003) Nominated — 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	V.P. Stanton	Filming
2011	The Smell of Apples		In production

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Julian McMahon at the Internet Movie Database
• Julian McMahon at TV.com
• Julian McMahon on Yahoo movies

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