Julian McMahon

For the Australian lawyer, see Julian McMahon (barrister).

Julian McMahon
McMahon in December 2011
Born	Julian Dana William McMahon (1968-07-27) 27 July 1968 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Education	Sydney Grammar School
Alma mater	University of Sydney University of Wollongong
Occupations	Actor model
Years active	1989–present
Known for	Charmed Nip/Tuck Fantastic Four Runaways
Spouse(s)	Dannii Minogue ​ ​ (m. 1994; div. 1995)​ Brooke Burns ​ ​ (m. 1999; div. 2001)​ Kelly Paniagua ​ ​ (m. 2014)​
Children	1
Parent(s)	Sir William McMahon Sonia Hopkins, Lady McMahon
Relatives	See McMahon family

Julian Dana William McMahon (born 27 July 1968) is an Australian-American actor and model, and the son of a former Prime Minister of Australia, Sir William McMahon.

McMahon won recognition for his roles in television dramas, in portrayals of Ben Lucini in the Australian soap opera Home and Away (1989–91), Detective John Grant in the American crime drama Profiler (1996-2000), Cole Turner in the American supernatural drama Charmed (2000–03), and Christian Troy in the American medical drama Nip/Tuck (2003–10). He also appeared in films with leading and supporting roles, such as Chasing Sleep (2000) alongside Jeff Daniels, Doctor Doom in the Fantastic Four franchise (2005 and 2007), Premonition (2007) starring alongside Sandra Bullock, Red (2010) alongside Bruce Willis, and Bait (2012) alongside Dan Wyllie and Xavier Samuel.

McMahon's work in television, particularly with Nip/Tuck and Charmed garnered him more success. The former series won an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. McMahon played the lead role in Nip/Tuck, alongside Dylan Walsh throughout the entire series' run. He also played Jonah on Marvel's Runaways. He currently stars as Jess LaCroix on the CBS crime drama FBI: Most Wanted.

Early life

McMahon was born in Sydney, the son of Sir William McMahon, a prominent Australian politician, and Lady McMahon (née Sonia Hopkins), a socialite and fashion icon. His father was a Member of the Australian House of Representatives and a high-ranking minister in the 24-year Liberal Government for many years before Julian's birth; he became the 20th Prime Minister of Australia in March 1971, when Julian was two years old. His mother left their three children in the care of a nanny to be with her husband in Canberra during his Prime Ministership. He has an older sister, Melinda, and a younger sister, Deborah. He is of Irish descent through his father.

McMahon was educated at the private, boys-only, Sydney Grammar School, which his father had attended. He briefly studied law at the University of Sydney and economics at the University of Wollongong. McMahon found no interest in his studies, and began a modelling career. He became known as a model in various fashion capitals, such as Milan, London, New York City, Rome, and Paris.

In addition to modelling, he began an acting career in commercials, including one for Levi Strauss jeans. From 1989–91, McMahon starred in the successful Australian television soap opera Home and Away, playing the soldier Ben Lucini, alongside Dannii Minogue, his then future wife (now former wife). He was one of several Home and Away cast members to star in a stage musical about the soap, which toured the United Kingdom in 1991.

Career

McMahon appeared in the film Wet and Wild Summer! (aka Exchange Lifeguards) in 1992, and appeared with 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 (aka 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. He joined the cast of the WB's supernatural hit show Charmed, playing the conflicted half-demon/half-human Cole Turner from 2000 to 2003; he returned for one 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 – Television Series Drama in 2005 for his performance. 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.

He appeared with Sandra Bullock in the 2007 supernatural thriller Premonition. He co-starred in 2011 with Milla Jovovich in Julien Magnat's thriller Faces in the Crowd.

In 2017 he began playing Jonah, the Messianic extraterrestrial lifeform and benefactor of Pride, on the Hulu series Marvel's Runaways.

Personal life

McMahon's decision to drop out of his university studies caused a rift between him and his parents. However, they reconciled before his father's death in 1988.

McMahon jokingly noted in an interview with Jimmy Kimmel that his mother [was] "a very scary lady" because she would visit him on the set of his films and patronise him whenever he finished filming a scene.

McMahon married Australian pop star and former Home and Away co-star Dannii Minogue in January 1994, and divorced in mid-1995, after less than two years of marriage.

In 1999, McMahon married former Baywatch star Brooke Burns. They have a daughter, Madison Elizabeth McMahon (born June 11, 2000) and divorced in 2001. In 2014, at Lake Tahoe, California, McMahon got married with Kelly Paniagua.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1992	Wet and Wild Summer!	Mick Dooley	Maurice Murphy	Film debut Also known as "Exchange Lifeguards"
1997	Magenta	Michael Walsh
1998	In Quiet Night	Hayes
2000	Chasing Sleep	George	Michael Walker
2004	Meet Market	Hutch		Also executive producer
2005	Fantastic Four	Victor von Doom/Doctor Doom	Tim Story
2007	Premonition	Jim Hanson	Mennan Yapo
	Prisoner	Derek Plato
	Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer	Victor von Doom/Doctor Doom	Tim Story
2010	RED	Robert Stanton	Robert Schwentke
2011	Faces in the Crowd	Sam Kerrest	Julie Magnat
2012	Bait	Doyle
	Fire with Fire	Robert	David Barrett
2013	Paranoia	Miles Meechum	Robert Luketic
2014	You're Not You	Liam	George C. Wolfe
2018	Swinging Safari	Rick Jones	Stephan Elliott
2018	Monster Party	Patrick Dawson		Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	The Power, the Passion	Kane Edmons	Television debut
1990–1991	Home and Away	Ben Lucini	Main role
1992	G.P.	Constable Colin Carmody	Episode: "Beat It"
1993	Another World	Ian Rain	Main cast
1996–2000	Profiler	Detective John Grant	Main role
1998	Will & Grace	Guy	Episode: "Where There's a Will, There's No Way"
2000–2005	Charmed	Cole Turner	Main role (seasons 3–5); guest (season 7)
2001	Another Day	David	Television movie
2003–2010	Nip/Tuck	Christian Troy	Main role
2008	Robot Chicken	Dr. Doom / Newscaster	Episode: "Monstourage"
2012	Rogue	Kevin Lear	Television movie
2013	Full Circle	Stanley Murphy	3 episodes
2015	Childhood's End	Rupert Boyce	Television miniseries Episode: "The Deceivers"
2016	Hunters	McCarthy	6 episodes
	Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency	Zackariah Webb	3 episodes
2017–2018	Runaways	Jonah / Magistrate	Main role (season 2); recurring (season 1)
2019	FBI	Jess LaCroix	Guest Role
2020–present	FBI: Most Wanted	Jess LaCroix	Lead Role

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Fantastic Four	Victor von Doom/Doctor Doom	voice role

Awards and nominations

Year	Title	Accolade	Results
2004	Nip/Tuck	Gold Derby award, Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Nominated
	Nip/Tuck	Satellite award, Best Lead Actor in a Series – Drama	Nominated
2005	Nip/Tuck	Golden Globe award, Best Lead Actor in a Television Series – Drama	Nominated
	Nip/Tuck	Saturn award, Best Lead Actor in a Series	Nominated
2006	Nip/Tuck	Saturn Award, Best Lead Actor in a Series	Nominated
2007	Nip/Tuck	Australian Film Institute award, Best Lead Actor	Nominated
	Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer	Teen Choice award, Choice Movie – Villain	Nominated
	Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer	Teen Choice award, Choice Movie – Rumble (shared with Chris Evans)	Nominated

External links

• Julian McMahon at IMDb
• Julian McMahon on Yahoo movies