Born: Julian Dana William McMahon on 27 July, 1968 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Julian McMahon is a Golden Globe-nominated Australian actor and former fashion model, perhaps best known for his portrayal of womanizing plastic surgeon Christian Troy on the Emmy and Golden Globe award winning TV show Nip/Tuck.

McMahon is the third son of Sir William McMahon, the former Australian Prime Minister, and his wife Mrs. Sonia McMahon. He was educated at Sydney Grammar School, a private boys' school. He briefly studied Law at the University of Sydney and Economics at the University of Wollongong, but this bored him and he started a successful modelling career.

In addition to a career as a model, McMahon began an acting career at an early age in Home and Away, playing the soldier Ben Lucini (1990-1991). He then appeared in the film Wet and Wild Summer! (a.k.a. Exchange Lifeguards) in 1992, and following this he appeared in his then soon-to-be wife Dannii Minogue's music videos for her 1993 hits 'This Is It' and 'This Is The Way'.

I always look back on Home & Away with fondness, especially when I'm in the UK. But I had no idea what I was doing back then. I just fell into acting. It was only later that I became passionate about it.

His first role on American television was on the daytime soap opera Another World, playing Ian Rain from 1993 to 1995. He also went on to play Dr. Michael Walsh in the movie Magenta in 1996; Sheriff Hayes in In Quiet Night (a.k.a. You Belong to Me Forever) in 1998; George Simian in the psychological thriller Chasing Sleep in 2000; and David Cameron in the made for TV movie Another Day in 2001.

From 1996 to 2000, he starred in all four seasons of the NBC drama Profiler as Agent John Grant. Following this, McMahon then joined the cast of the WB's supernatural hit show Charmed, playing the demonic Cole Turner from 2000 to 2003. The character was killed off in the 100th episode of the series, but returned for a one-off guest appearance in the 150th episode in 2005.

Following Charmed, McMahon's next role was playboy plastic surgeon Christian Troy on the FX series Nip/Tuck . He was nominated for the Golden Globe award for 'Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama' in 2005 for his performance. During this time, McMahon also portrayed supervillain Doctor Doom in Fantastic Four, the 2005 film adaptation of the comic book series of the same name. The film was a box office success, and McMahon reprised his role as Doom in the sequel in 2007. He also appeared alongside Sandra Bullock in the 2007 supernatural thriller Premonition.

McMahon has been married and divorced twice, first briefly to Australian singer Dannii Minogue (1994-95) and subsequently to American actress Brooke Burns (1999-2001), with whom he has a daughter named Madison Elizabeth McMahon born in June 2000.