Julian Mcmahon

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Australian model and actor who relocated to Hollywood, CA for fame and fortune. The azure-eyed, 6' 2" hunk is known not only for his good looks but for his courtesy and pleasing manner. The third child of Sir William McMahon, Prime Minister of Australia 1971-72, and socialite Lady Sonia McMahon, he studied law at the University of Sydney. At 19, he started modeling and by the time he was 20, gave up on formal education. His year as an economics student at the University of Wollongong paled beside offers to appear in print modeling assignments in Los Angeles, New York, Milan, Rome, Paris and other European fashion capitals. McMahon appeared in TV commercials for Pepsi and Levi's blue jeans, leading to a stint in the Australian soap "Home and Away," 1990-91. He played a gardener in the U.S. soap, "Another World," 1992-94 then moved on to a lead role in the television series, "Profiler," 1996 in which he played John Grant, a hard-boiled detective in an FBI unit that pursues serial killers. In "Charmed," 1998, he played Assistant District Attorney Cole. He was married to pop singer Dannii Minogue. 1992-1993, after they met on the series "Home and Away," and later he wed Baywatch actress, Brooke Burns, on 12/22/1999 at his Bellevue home in Sydney. McMahon and Burns live in Hollywood and had a baby girl, Madison Elizabeth, in July 2000. After 14 months, they separated and he was seen dating American beauty Alyssa Milano, his co-star on "Charmed." Link to Wikipedia biography