Born on 27th July 1968, Julian McMahon was the second of three children. He studied law at the University of Sydney, but he became bored with his classes after his first year and began a career in modeling, working primarily in commercials. In 1987, he headed off for print modeling assignments in Los Angeles, New York, Milan, Rome, Paris, and other international fashion centers. His appearance in a TV commercial made him popular enough to be cast as the lead in an Australian "Dynasty"-like series, in which he played a wealthy heir. After working for 18 months on the series, he starred in "Home and Away" (1988). In 1992, he was cast as Ian Rain on NBC's daytime drama "Another World". More recently he played Cole in "Charmed" and then in the ground-breaking black comedy series, "Nip/Tuck". He is a fan of baseball, football and basketball, and he collects classic books.