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Until he took on the role of the demonic Cole on Charmed, Australian actor Julian McMahon was best known to American television audiences for his portrayal of Det. John Grant on the award-winning drama Profiler. Last year, his growing legion of fans were also able to see him star with Shannen Doherty and Brad Renfro in the television movie Another Day, executive produced by Francis Ford Coppola.
The son of the late Sir William McMahon, who served as Prime Minister of Australia in the '70s, McMahon grew up in the public eye until he escaped into the halls of academia as a law student at the University of Sydney. During his first year there, the limelight beckoned, and after working in several commercials, he won the lead in the primetime drama The Power, The Passion. Law school became a memory as he moved on to star in a second hit series, Home and Away.

Hometown: Melbourne, Australia

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After moving to the United States to continue his career, McMahon broke into American television with a two-year stint as Ian Rain on the daytime drama Another World. He also co-starred in the cable movie In Quiet Night and guest-starred on Will & Grace.
On the big screen, he appeared opposite Elliot Gould in the feature film Wet and Wild Summer, appeared in Magenta and co-starred with Jeff Daniels in Chasing Sleep. He has also starred on stage, most notably in Sydney and Melbourne productions of Love Letters.

McMahon now lives in Los Angeles where, when not spending off-screen time with his toddler, surfs, bikes and cooks. McMahon helped to design and landscape his own yard and grows a great range of fruits and herbs that he uses in the kitchen.

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