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Julian McMahon, the suave Australian actor best known for his performances on \u201cFBI: Most Wanted,\u201d \u201cCharmed,\u201d \u201cNip\/Tuck\u201d and the early aughts \u201cFantastic Four\u201d films, died Wednesday in Florida. He was 56 and died after a battle with cancer.<\/p>\n
His death was confirmed through the official \u201cNip\/Tuck\u201d Facebook page<\/a>. The remembrance post read, \u201cWarner Bros. Television mourns the loss of our friend Julian McMahon. Our thoughts are with his family, friends, colleagues, and fans.\u201d<\/p>\n More from Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWhat shocking news,\u201d Dick Wolf, producer of \u201cFBI: Most Wanted,\u201d said in a statement. \u201cAll of us at Wolf Entertainment are deeply saddened by Julian\u2019s passing and our condolences go out to his entire family.\u201d<\/p>\n McMahon got his start on a string of Australian TV soaps, including \u201cThe Power, the Passion\u201d and \u201cHome and Away.\u201d He made his film debut playing a lifeguard in the 1992 comedy \u201cWet and Wild Summer,\u201d co-starring with Elliott Gould and Christopher Atkins.<\/p>\n One of McMahon\u2019s first American TV jobs was a 22-episode arc on the NBC soap opera \u201cAnother World.\u201d He then landed a recurring role on another NBC program, \u201cProfiler,\u201d before breaking out as Cole Turner on \u201cCharmed.\u201d He starred in three seasons of the supernatural teen drama.<\/p>\n McMahon\u2019s first major leading role in television was on Ryan Murphy\u2019s campy plastic surgery series \u201cNip\/Tuck,\u201d which ran for six seasons on FX. He starred as Dr. Christian Troy, a womanizing and arrogant surgeon, who worked with Dylan Walsh\u2019s more milquetoast Dr. Sean McNamara. He earned a Golden Globe nomination for the role in 2005.<\/p>\n Years after the FX series, McMahon\u2019s next major TV role was on \u201cFBI: Most Wanted,\u201d where he played Jesse LaCroix, a supervisory special agent who mentored younger members of his team. He joined the series in 2020 and starred in 43 episodes before exiting in 2022.<\/p>\n McMahon\u2019s other TV credits include \u201cFull Circle,\u201d \u201cHunters,\u201d \u201cRunaways\u201d and \u201cThe Residence.\u201d<\/p>\n McMahon\u2019s best-known film role was playing the villainous Doctor Doom in Tim Story\u2019s 2005 \u201cFantastic Four\u201d and its 2007 sequel \u201cRise of the Silver Surfer.\u201d His other film credits include \u201cRed,\u201d \u201cFaces in the Crowd,\u201d \u201cParanoia,\u201d \u201cSwinging Safari,\u201d \u201cMonster Party,\u201d \u201cThe Surfer\u201d and \u201cThe Supremes at Earl\u2019s All-You-Can-Eat.\u201d<\/p>\n McMahon, born in Sydney, Australia on July 27, 1968, was the son of Billy McMahon, the Australian Prime Minister from 1971 to 1972.<\/p>\n Best of Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Variety’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Julian McMahon, the suave Australian actor best known for his performances on \u201cFBI: Most Wanted,\u201d \u201cCharmed,\u201d \u201cNip\/Tuck\u201d and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[93061,4080,93062,93058,77,8724,32859,953,93059,16,15,93060],"class_list":{"0":"post-239265","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-billy-mcmahon","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-cole-turner","11":"tag-dick-wolf","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-fbi","14":"tag-julian-mcmahon","15":"tag-most-wanted","16":"tag-nip-tuck","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-wolf-entertainment"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114798908269083402","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}