Veteran actor Hugh Keays-Byrne, who played villain Immortan Joe in George Miller''s cult hit "Mad Max: Fury Road", has died. He was 73. A representative for the actor told Deadline that the actor died peacefully on Tuesday morning.

Filmmaker Brian Trenchard-Smith, who worked with Keays-Byrne for 1975 film "The Man from Hong Kong", was the first to break the news of the actor''s demise in a Facebook post on Wednesday.