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Julian McMahon Profile |
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Birth Date: July 27, 1968
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Birth Place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Birth Name: Julian Dana William McMahon
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Height: 6'3"
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Biography |
Julian McMahon is an Australian actor.
Julian McMahon is the third son of Sir William McMahon, the
former Australian Prime Minister, and his wife Sonia, Lady
McMahon. He 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.
In addition to a career as a model, McMahon began an acting
career at an early age in Home and Away. He appeared in the
Dannii Minogue music video for, 'This is It'. His first role
in American television was on the soap opera Another World,
playing "Ian Rain" from 1993 to 1995.
Nominated for the Golden Globe award for "Best Actor in a
Television Series - Drama" in 2005 for his role as Christian
Troy in Nip/Tuck. He also played "Dr. Michael Walsh" in the
movie Magenta in 1996, "Mick Dooley" in "Wet and Wild
Summer!" aka "Exchange Lifeguards" in 1992, "Sheriff Hayes"
in "In Quiet Night" aka "You Belong to Me Forever" in 1998,
"George Simian" in the movie "Chasing Sleep" in 2000, "David
Cameron" in the made for TV movie "Another World" in 2001
and the supervillain Doctor Doom in Fantastic Four, the 2005
film adaptation of the comic book series of the same name.
From 1996–2000 he starred in all four seasons of the NBC
drama Profiler as Agent John Grant. Julian also played Cole
Turner on the WB's supernatural show Charmed.
He has been married and divorced twice, first briefly to
Australian singer Dannii Minogue and subsequently to
American actress Brooke Burns, with whom he has a daughter
named Madison Elizabeth McMahon born in June 2000. |
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Other Information |
Son of Sir William McMahon, Prime Minister of Australia
(1971)
He is the second child of Sir William and Lady Sonia
McMahon. Sir William McMahon (deceased) was the former Prime
Minister of Australia
Was once quoted in an Australian magazine article as saying
that acting was just another job to bring in money.
Has a daughter, Madison, with Brooke Burns.
Has an older sister Melinda and a younger sister Deborah
Former brother-in-law of actress Kylie Minogue.
Is Fluent in Spanish (as in NIP/TUCK pilot)
His surname is pronounced McM-a-n
Favorite song is "People are Strange" by The Doors.
His character, Cole Turner, was killed off in the landmark
100th episode of "Charmed" (1998).
Attended the University of Sydney
Attended Sydney Grammar School, a Private school in Sydney.
Was being considered to take over the role of James Bond
from Pierce Brosnan but lost out to Daniel Craig.
Was listed as a potential nominee on the 2006 Razzie Award
nominating ballot. He was suggested in the Worst Supporting
Actor category for his performance in the film Fantastic
Four (2005), he failed to receive a nomination however. |
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