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Julian McMahon

ジュリアン・マクマホン　/　じゅりあん・まくまほん

Actor from Australia

July 27, 1968 (age 57)　・　Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

New South Wales
actor
model
film actor

My Take

Julian McMahon's passing in 2025 made me reflect on what an underrated craftsman he was. Born the son of an Australian prime minister, he could have lived comfortably in his father's shadow; instead he built his own name through soap operas, then stole entire shows as Cole Turner in Charmed and the gloriously vain surgeon of Nip/Tuck. He had a rare gift for making charm and menace feel like the same quality, and American television leaned on that magnetism for decades. I think of him as proof that being compulsively watchable is its own form of greatness, and I miss knowing he is out there working.

Overview

Julian Dana William McMahon (27 July 1968 – 2 July 2025) was an Australian-American actor. He was the only son of William McMahon, a former Prime Minister of Australia. He was best known for his roles as Ben Lucini in Home and Away, Detective John Grant in Profiler, Cole Turner in Charmed, Dr.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Julian McMahon
Name (Japanese): ジュリアン・マクマホン
Reading: じゅりあん・まくまほん
Born: July 27, 1968 (age 57)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Leo / Monkey
Origin: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: actor / model / film actor / television actor / video game actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: University of Wollongong

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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