Julian McMahon, the Australian actor greatest recognized for headlining Nip/Tuck, has died at age 56.

The official Nip/Tuck Fb web page confirmed the information of McMahon's demise on Friday. "Warner Bros. Tv mourns the lack of our pal Julian McMahon," a submit on the web page mentioned. "Our ideas are together with his household, mates, colleagues, and followers."

The actor's spouse, Kelly, advised Deadline that her husband died from most cancers in an announcement on Friday.

"With an open coronary heart, I want to share with the world that my beloved husband, Julian McMahon, died peacefully this week after a valiant effort to beat most cancers," Kelly advised the outlet. "Julian cherished life. He cherished his household. He cherished his mates. He cherished his work, and he cherished his followers. His deepest want was to convey pleasure into as many lives as attainable. We ask for help throughout this time to permit our household to grieve in privateness. And we want for all of these to whom Julian introduced pleasure, to proceed to seek out pleasure in life. We’re grateful for the reminiscences."

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The son of former Australian prime minister William McMahon, Julian McMahon was born in Sydney in 1968. He studied legislation on the College of Sydney and economics on the College of Wollongong earlier than pivoting to a profession in modeling.

McMahon's first distinguished mission was the 1989 Australian cleaning soap opera The Energy, The Ardour. He spent most of 1990 taking part in Benito "Ben" Lucini on the long-running Australian cleaning soap Dwelling and Away earlier than pivoting to the American cleaning soap scene with a 22-episode stint on One other World in 1993-1994.

The actor then transitioned to primetime in 1996, taking part in Detective John Grant on all 4 seasons of NBC's crime drama Profiler reverse Ally Walker and Robert Davi. He gained additional recognition when he joined the solid of the WB's Charmed within the present's third season in 2000. On that present, McMahon performed antagonist Cole Turner, the half-demon murderer often known as Belthazor who romances Alyssa Milano's Phoebe.

Shortly after departing Charmed in 2003, McMahon headlined Nip/Tuck, the Ryan Murphy–created genre-bending FX collection that centered on plastic surgeons. The collection ran for 100 episodes throughout six seasons earlier than concluding in 2009.

On the massive display, McMahon was greatest recognized for portraying the villainous Victor Von Doom in 2005's Unbelievable 4 and its 2007 sequel Unbelievable 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer. The Tim Story–directed movies — which additionally starred Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, and Michael Chiklis — marked the primary cinematic depictions of the superhero quartet to really launch in theaters (as Roger Corman beforehand directed a B-movie adaptation of the comics in 1994 that finally went unreleased).

McMahon appeared in a number of episodes of Hunters and Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Company earlier than starring in Marvel's Runaways collection from 2017-2018. He adopted up that superhero mission with a headlining function on CBS' FBI: Most Wished, which he led till his character, Jess LaCroix, was killed off in season 3.

McMahon additionally starred within the Sandra Bullock supernatural thriller Premonition, the geriatric action-comedy RED, and the Harrison Ford thriller Paranoia.

This yr, McMahon might be seen within the Nicolas Cage thriller movie The Surfer, and on the Netflix thriller collection The Residence. Within the latter, he portrayed the prime minister of Australia — a becoming ultimate mission, contemplating his father's political profession.

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McMahon is survived by his spouse, Kelly, and his daughter.

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