"I love sitting around talking, having coffee, chatting about politics and rubbish," he said. He noted Keays-Byrnes performances as Toecutter in 1979s Mad Max and Immortan Joe in 2015s Mad Max: Fury Road. The star told USA Today he was "always a lazy actor" preferring to stay at home painting, writing poetry and working on his garden. Immortan Joe Mask General Info Photos in the Art of Mad Max: Fury Road book support the likelihood that the whole mask was a custom sculpt, painted to resemble bone and metal. In a fallen world ravaged by oil and water wars, humanity exists without law or mercy. The writers for Mad Mad: Fury Road, however, work to dismantle both character and plot stereotypes through the juxtaposition of both Max to Furiosa and Furiosa to the wives of Immortan Joe while also adhering to the typical post-apocalyptic portrayal of women as seen through the wives and the Vuvalini.
He became a regular on Australian films and TV shows before working with Miller. MAD MAX FURY ROAD NUX & IMMORTAN JOE 1 (MR).
He moved to Australia in 1973 after a touring production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Haunted by his turbulent past, Mad Max (Tom Hardy) believes the best way to survive is to wander alone.
In 1967, he landed his first TV gig in the series Boy Meets Girl. From director George Miller, originator of the post-apocalyptic genre and mastermind behind the legendary Mad Max franchise, comes Mad Max: Fury Road, a return to the world of the Road Warrior, Max Rockatansky. He was raised in England where he began his career as a stage actor, working with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Keays-Byrne was born in India in 1947 to British parents.
"I thought I had to make up for it in some way." Word of the actor's death comes from directors Ted. "I always felt so guilty about that," Miller said at the time. Hugh Keays-Byrne, the actor behind iconic Mad Max antagonists Toecutter and Immortan Joe, has died at the age of 73. Miller brought back Keays-Byrne for Mad Max: Fury Road because of the actor's versatility, but also to make up for an early print of the original Mad Max that dubbed over his voice with a poor American accent.