Julian Dana William McMahon was an Australian actor and former model who was born on 27 July 1968 and died on 2 July 2025. He was born as the second of three children of Sir William McMahon and Sonia McMahon. After graduating from Sydney Grammar School, she studied law and economics at the University of Sydney for a short time, but got bored of the academic environment and turned to modeling and became known in fashion capitals such as Milan, New York, Rome and Paris.
In addition to his modeling career, McMahon also stepped into the television world at a young age, and took part in the popular Australian TV series "Home and Away" and also appeared in Dannii Minogue's "This Is It" video. In America, he appeared on the screens with the character of Ian Rain in the TV series "Another World", thus attracting the attention of the international audience.
McMahon, who was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Actor for his performance as Christian Troy in the TV series "Nip/Tuck" in 2005, played Doctor Doom in the movie "Fantastic Four" the same year and signed an agreement to star in the sequel of the character. He appeared in NBC's "Profiler" series as Agent John Grant for four seasons between 1996 and 2000, and then took on the role of the demon Cole Turner (Belthazor) in the series "Charmed" between 2000 and 2003.
He also appeared in the lead role in the James Bond movie "Casino Royale", but this role went to Daniel Craig.
In his private life, he has been married three times and divorced twice. His first marriage was with Australian singer Dannii Minogue; Dannii is Kylie Minogue's sister. He later married American actress Brooke Burns, and from this marriage, a daughter named Madison Elizabeth McMahon was born in 2000. He died at the age of 56 as a result of lung metastasis due to head and neck cancer in Clearwater, Florida, on July 2, 2025; Then his body was cremated.
