Julian McMahon is the 2nd of the three children of Sir William McMahon, the former Australian Prime Minister, and his wife Sonia, Lady McMahon.

In addition to a career as a model, McMahon began an acting career at an early age in Home and Away. He appeared in the Dannii Minogue music video for, 'This is It'. His first role in American television was on the soap opera Another World, playing "Ian Rain" from 1993 to 1995.

Nominated for the Golden Globe award for "Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama" in 2005 for his role as Christian Troy in Nip/Tuck. He also played "Dr. Michael Walsh" in the movie Magenta in 1996, "Mick Dooley" in Wet and Wild Summer! in 1992, "Sheriff Hayes" in In Quiet Night in 1998, "George Simian" in the psychological thriller Chasing Sleep in 2000, "David Cameron" in the made for TV movie Another World in 2001 and the supervillain Doctor Doom in Fantastic Four, the 2005 film adaptation of the comic book series of the same name.

From 1996–2000 he starred in all four seasons of the NBC drama Profiler as Agent John Grant. He has been married and divorced twice, first briefly to Australian singer Dannii Minogue and subsequently to American actress Brooke Burns.

Public Name: Julian McMahon
Birth Name: Julian Dana William McMahon
Date of Birth: July 27, 1968
Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Filmography

• Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) (post-production)
• Premonition (2007)
• Prisoner (2007)
• "Nip/Tuck" (59 episodes, 2003-2006)
• Fantastic Four (2005)
• Fantastic Four (2005) (VG) (voice)
• "Charmed" (49 episodes, 2000-2005)
• Meet Market (2004)
• Another Day (2001) (TV)
• Chasing Sleep (2000)
• "Profiler" (80 episodes, 1996-2000)
• "Will & Grace" (1 episode, 1998)
• In Quiet Night (1998)
• Magenta (1996)
• "Another World" TV Series (unknown episodes, 1992-1994)
• Wet and Wild Summer! (1992)
• "Home and Away" TV Series (unknown episodes, 1989-1991)
• "The Power, the Passion" (1989) TV Series