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Immortan Joe
Hugh Keays-Byrne as Immortan Joe
First appearanceMad Max: Fury Road
Created byGeorge Miller
Brendan McCarthy
Nico Lathouris
Portrayed byHugh Keays-Byrne
Chris Hemsworth (young)
In-universe information
SpeciesHuman
GenderMale

Immortan Joe is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the 2015 film Mad Max: Fury Road. He is portrayed by Hugh Keays-Byrne.[1][2] Immortan Joe also appears in the 2015 prequel comic series of the same name, and will return in the 2024 prequel film Furiosa as a supporting protagonist, portrayed by Chris Hemsworth.[3][4]

Character description

In the film, Immortan Joe is the "ruler of the wasteland... He wears a clear, plastic carapace — chest armor — over oozing sores, his long, white hair flaring around a skeleton-smile mask he uses to hide a breathing apparatus." Several versions of his carapace, which display medals made from car and mobile phone parts and some actual military insignia (such as the U.S. Navy officer cap insignia), were created at Artisan Armours in the United Kingdom.[5]

Immortan Joe's third son, Scabrous Scrotus, was introduced in a spin-off video game, Mad Max.[6]

Reception

Writing about the film for ABC News, Michael Rothman described Immortan Joe as "a real bad guy who looks nothing like any villain that's ever graced the silver screen".[7] Vanity Fair's Joanna Robinson described him as "nightmarish" and "a fairly classic Miller creation with a skull fetish even a teenage goth would envy".[8] Spencer Kornhaber of The Atlantic wrote, "Perhaps the closest 2015 has gotten to providing fodder for 'Greatest Villains of All Time' lists was in Mad Max: Fury Road, where slaver-warlord Immortan Joe sported a nauseating headpiece and an equally nauseating dadbod."[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Toecutter is back - but as a different villain in Mad Max: Fury Road". The Independent. May 16, 2015. Archived from the original on September 25, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  2. ^ Guerrasio, Jason. "How this actor ended up playing 2 different villains in the 'Mad Max' franchise 36 years apart". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 2018-07-24. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. ^ "Mad Max: Fury Road - Nux and Immortan Joe #1 Review - IGN". 21 May 2015. Archived from the original on 2022-05-23. Retrieved 2019-09-25 – via www.ign.com.
  4. ^ Koch, Cameron (May 20, 2015). "Mad Max: Fury Road: Nux & Immortan Joe #1 Review". Tech Times. Archived from the original on November 18, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  5. ^ Harris, Rachel Lee (February 10, 2016). "Behind the Makeup and Costumes of 'Mad Max: Fury Road'". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 1, 2021. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  6. ^ "New Trailer for 'Mad Max' Game Introduces Immortan Joe's Latest Offspring". The Hollywood Reporter. 15 June 2015. Archived from the original on 2019-09-25. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  7. ^ "'Mad Max: Fury Road': A Primer on the Oscar-Winning Film". ABC News. Archived from the original on 2020-11-27. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  8. ^ "New Mad Max: Fury Road Trailer Lets the Bad Guys Take the Wheel". Vanity Fair. 31 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2017-06-20. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  9. ^ Kornhaber, Spencer (August 13, 2015). "'The Force Awakens': Does Anyone Want a Darth Vader 2.0?". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on February 28, 2021. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
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