05-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Julian McMahon — a life in pictures
Julian McMahon (second from left) with his father Sir William 'Billy' McMahon, Australian prime minister from 1971-72, his mother Lady Sonia McMahon, and his sister Melinda. Photograph: Bettmann/Bettmann Archive
Julian McMahon and Australian singer Dannii Minogue in 1992. The couple had met on the set of Australian soap opera Home and Away, and married in 1994. They divorced a year later. Photograph: Peter Carette/Rex Features
Dylan Walsh and Julian McMahon in a promotional image for Nip/Tuck. Ryan Murphy's plastic surgery drama made headlines for its depiction of nudity and sex when it debuted in 2003; McMahon was later nominated for a Golden Globe for his performance as the womanising, arrogant plastic surgeon Dr Christian Troy. Photograph: Alamy/Allstar
Julian McMahon poses for a portrait in 2004 in Los Angeles, California. Photograph:Julian McMahon as Doctor Doom in the 2005 film Fantastic Four. Photograph: United Archives GmbH/Alamy
Former Charmed co-stars Shannen Doherty and Julian McMahon pictured in Park City, Utah in 2005. Photograph: Johnny Nunez/WireImage
Julian McMahon and mother Lady Sonia McMahon attend a dinner for G'Day LA: Australia Week in Los Angeles, California in 2005. Photograph:Julian McMahon in the 2012 horror film Bait. The film was set in a grocery store that had been submerged as a result of a freak tsunami, leaving the people trapped inside to escape bloodthirsty great white sharks. Photograph: Anchor Bay Films/Sportsphoto/Allstar
Director Stephen Elliot and Julian McMahon on set of the 2018 comedy Swinging Safari, which saw McMahon act opposite his former sister-in-law Kylie Minogue. Photograph: Vince Valitutti
Julian McMahon as supervisory special agent Jess LaCroix in FBI: Most Wanted in 2021. McMahon played the lead role in the show, which is part of a television franchise of shows produced by Law & Order creator Dick Wolf. Wolf called McMahon's death 'shocking news' on Friday. Photograph: CBS Photo Archive/CBS/Getty Images
In The Surfer, Julian McMahon played Scally, a surfer who is determined to protect his local beach from non-residents – like Nicolas Cage. Photograph: AP
Julian McMahon attends The Surfer red carpet at the 2024 Cannes film festival. Photograph: SOPA Images Limited/Alamy
Actors Alexander Bertrand, Justin Rosniak, Nicolas Cage and Julian McMahon appear on the red carpet for their film The Surfer, at the Cannes film festival in 2024. Photograph: Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters
Julian McMahon as Australian prime minister Stephen Roos in Netflix show The Residence. The comedy-mystery show followed a detective who is summoned to the White House to solve a murder which happened during a state dinner with an Australian delegation.
Photograph: Jessica Brooks/Netflix
