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 cherished life. He cherished his household. He cherished his buddies. He cherished his work, and he cherished his followers. His deepest want was to carry pleasure into as many lives as doable. 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 seek 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 performing with a lead position within the 1989 Australian daytime cleaning soap The Energy, the Ardour, earlier than shifting on to the broader identified Residence 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 time!. After shifting stateside, McMahon labored on the cleaning soap One other World, earlier than touchdown a primetime position as a collection common on Profiler for 4 seasons. He then went on to play Cole Turner on Charmed, the place he appeared for 3 seasons.

His massive break, nevertheless, got here in 2003, with the position 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 Wished 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 taking part in the Australian Prime Minister.

On the massive 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 Could 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.