Obituaries Julian McMahon starred in Nip/Tuck and Fantastic Four

Australian actor Julian McMahon, known for playing the promiscuous plastic surgeon Christian Troy in American medical drama Nip/Tuck (2003 to 2010), as well as the egoistical evil scientist Victor Von Doom in two Fantastic Four movies (2005 and 2007), died in Florida, United States, on July 2. He was 56.

- Hannah Ziegler

NEW YORK - Australian actor Julian McMahon, known for playing the promiscuous plastic surgeon Christian Troy in American medical drama Nip/Tuck (2003 to 2010), as well as the egoistical evil scientist Victor Von Doom in two Fantastic Four movies (2005 and 2007), died in Florida, United States, on July 2. He was 56.

His death was confirmed by his wife Kelly, who said in a statement that the cause was cancer.

McMahon began acting in Australian soap operas in the early 1990s and first found success in the US on the NBC soap opera Another World in 1993.

After switching to prime-time television, his breakout role came when he played the half-human, half-demon Cole Turner on three seasons of the WB supernatural series Charmed (1998 to 2006).

McMahon achieved leading-man status when he began starring in the FX series Nip/Tuck in 2003.