"Nip/Tuck," "Charmed" actor Julian McMahon dies at 56 after cancer battle

Julian McMahon, the histrion known for his starring roles successful "Nip/Tuck" and "Charmed," has died aft a backstage conflict with cancer. He was 56.

In a connection to CBS News, his wife, Kelly McMahon, said helium died peacefully this week "after a valiant effort to flooded cancer."

"Julian loved life. He loved his family. He loved his friends. He loved his enactment and helium loved his fans," she said. "His deepest privation was to bring joyousness into arsenic galore lives arsenic possible. We inquire for enactment during this clip to let our household to grieve successful privacy. And we privation for each of those to whom Julian brought joy, to proceed to find joyousness successful life. We are grateful for the memories."

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McMahon was calved successful Sydney, Australia, connected July 27, 1968. His father, Billy McMahon, served arsenic the premier curate of Australia from 1971 to 1972.

McMahon began his acting vocation with a pb relation successful the short-lived 1989 Australian TV amusement "The Power, the Passion" and made his diagnostic acting debut successful the 1992 Australian-American movie "Wet and Wild Summer!"

He moved to Hollywood and went to marque appearances connected NBC's daytime soap "Another World" and was a bid regular connected the transgression play "Profiler."

He went connected to articulation the WB's fashionable show, "Charmed," playing the relation of the demon Cole Turner and emotion involvement for Alyssa Milano's Phoebe Halliwell.

"I'm heartbroken," Milano wrote successful an Instagram post honoring her TV husband. "Julian McMahon was magic. That smile. That laugh. That talent. That presence. He walked into a country and lit it up—not conscionable with charisma, but with kindness. With mischief. With soulful understanding."

"We spent years unneurotic connected Charmed—years of scenes, stories, and truthful galore in-between moments. He made maine consciousness harmless arsenic an actor. Seen arsenic a woman. He challenged me, teased me, supported me," Milano added. "We were truthful different, and yet someway we ever understood each other."

"Julian was much than my TV husband. He was a beloved friend. The benignant who checks in. The benignant who remembers. The benignant who shares. The benignant who tells you the truth, adjacent erstwhile it's uncomfortable—but ever with love."

Julian McMahon arsenic Supervisory Special Agent Jess LaCroix and Jen Landon arsenic Sarah Allen successful CBS' "FBI: Most Wanted." Mark Schäfer/CBS via Getty Images

After 3 seasons connected "Charmed," McMahon landed the relation of Dr. Christian Troy connected Ryan Murphy's deed integrative country play "Nip/Tuck." The relation earned McMahon a Golden Globe nomination.

After six seasons connected "Nip/Tuck," helium went connected to prima successful CBS' "FBI: Most Wanted" for 3 seasons.

His diagnostic movie resume includes the relation arsenic Dr. Doom successful 2 "Fantastic Four" movies, "Premonition," "RED, "Paranoia," "Swinging Safari," and astir recently, 2024's "The Surfer" with Nicolas Cage.

McMahon's last relation was connected Netflix's execution enigma bid "The Residence," wherever helium played the relation of the Australian premier minister.

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