Nip/Tuck Star Julian McMahon Useless at 56 After Non-public Most cancers Battle

In an announcement shared by McMahon’s spouse, Kelly, Friday, it was revealed that the Australian actor had been battling most cancers when he died peacefully surrounded by his household in Clearwater, Florida.

“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 stated in an announcement to Deadline. “Julian beloved life. He beloved his household. He beloved his pals. He beloved his work, and he beloved his followers. His deepest want was to carry pleasure into as many lives as attainable. We ask for assist 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 search out pleasure in life. We’re grateful for the reminiscences.”

McMahon, who was the son of Billy McMahon, Prime Minister of Australia from 1971–1972, started his profession in modeling earlier than transitioning to appearing with a lead function within the 1989 Australian daytime cleaning soap The Energy, the Ardour, earlier than shifting on to the broader recognized House and Away from 1990–1991.

McMahon’s foray into Hollywood actually started in 1992, nevertheless, when he starred reverse Elliott Gould within the Australian-American movie Moist and Wild Summer season!. After shifting stateside, McMahon labored on the cleaning soap One other World, earlier than touchdown a primetime function as a sequence common on Profiler for 4 seasons. He then went on to play Cole Turner, Alyssa Milano‘s husband on Charmed, the place he appeared for 3 seasons.

His large break, nevertheless, got here in 2003, with the function of Dr. Christian Troy, alongside Dylan Walsh, in Ryan Murphy’s Nip/Tuck, which aired on FX for six seasons and earned him a Golden Globe nomination.

McMahon went on to star in a number of different tv reveals, together with CBS’ FBI: Most Needed in addition to Hulu’s Marvel’s Runaways, and most just lately, Netflix’s The Residence, which noticed him getting into his father’s footsteps enjoying the Australian Prime Minister.

On the large display, McMahon is finest remembered for portraying Dr. Doom in 2005’s Implausible 4 and its 2007 sequel, Implausible 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer. His different notable movie credit embrace Premonition, RED, Paranoia, You are Not You, Swinging Safari and The Supremes at Earl’s All‑You‑Can‑Eat.

McMahon’s final public look got here in March on the SXSW movie and music competition [BELOW].

The late actor was on-hand to for the premiere of his newest movie, The Surfer, which debuted on the competition earlier than its launch in theaters on Might 2. Within the movie, McMahon performs Scally, the chief of a surf cult that clashes with the protagonist, performed by Nicholas Cage, when he returns to his childhood seashore.

Tributes to McMahon started pouring in following the information, together with from a few of his former castmates, like Ioan Gruffudd, who starred alongside McMahon as Mr. Implausible within the Tim Story-directed movie.

“That is terribly unhappy information about Julian. Despite the fact that we performed one another’s nemeses, there was at all times a lot lightness and laughter working collectively. Each encounter with him was a pleasure,” Gruffudd wrote on Instagram, alongside a sequence of images of McMahon, in addition to one in every of him and his former co-star on the pink carpet.

He continued, “It was an honor to be Dr. Richards to his Dr. Doom. My coronary heart goes out to his spouse and household. God pace Julian.”

McMahon’s Nip/Tuck co-star and TV spouse, Kelly Carlson, additionally paid tribute to McMahon, sharing a video on Instagram through which she gave her emotional response to the information.

“You possibly can hear my telephone going off,” Carlson started, her voice cracking. “I simply heard in regards to the passing of Julian McMahon. And I’ve gotten a number of very nice messages on Instagram, I simply checked ‘trigger I used to be simply informed, and I used to be making an attempt to confirm it, proper? ‘Trigger I folks can say stuff like that, nevertheless it seems to be prefer to be true.”

“And oh my gosh, I am fully shocked, and saddened by it,” she continued, captioning the submit with a number of damaged coronary heart emojis. “I did not know he wasn’t effectively for some time, however I’ll say my coronary heart goes out to Kelly, his spouse, his daughter, his ex-wife, who they continue to be shut pals and raised their daughter collectively, and he has a sister.”

Carlson added, “It is powerful to course of, somewhat bit as a result of he performed my on-and-off husband for a number of years, was a great good friend, and my appearing companion. So anyhow, Jules, thanks for an ideal, six, seven years on Nip/Tuck collectively, and we had a lot enjoyable. All people hd a lot enjoyable.”

After a message to the followers, Carlson ending her video by sharing her hopes in McMahon’s remaining moments, together with that he had a peaceable journey and remarking on his “full” however quick life.

McMahon’s Charmed co-star, Rose McGowan, additionally commented on his passing, taking to her Instagram Tales to share a fan photograph of the late actor with the caption, “Oh Julian you pressure of brilliance, wild expertise and humour.”

“For you, your loved ones and loving followers everywhere in the world, I pray consolation,” she added.