Joshua Helman (born 22 February 1986) is an Australian actor. He is best known for playing Slit in the action film Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), William Stryker in the superhero film X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) and its sequel X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), and Scabrous Scrotus in the action film Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024). He has also appeared in several television series, as well as the films Jack Reacher (2012), Monster Hunter (2020), and Thirteen Lives (2022).

Josh Helman
Born
Joshua Helman

(1986-02-22) 22 February 1986 (age 38)
OccupationActor
Years active2007–present
Known forMad Max: Fury Road and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
X-Men: Days of Future Past and X-Men: Apocalypse

Early life

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Helman was born in Adelaide, South Australia.[citation needed]

Career

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Helman started acting when he got a recurring role on the Australian television show Home and Away in 2007, playing Denni Maitland. He then got a small role in a short film Aidan's View where he played the role of an intruder trying to break into the house of the protagonist. A few years later, he was cast as Cpl. Lew "Chuckler" Juergens in the American television show, The Pacific. He appeared in six episodes. He was then signed on by American talent agency The Gersh Agency. He made his major studio motion picture debut in 2012 when he was cast as Jeb Oliver in Jack Reacher.[1] He returned to Australia and was cast in Blinder, a film based on Australian rules football drama.[2] In 2011, Helman acted in the original production of Small Engine Repair at Theatre Theater in Los Angeles; he will also take part in its film adaptation, filmed Winter 2019.[3]

He co-starred in the ensemble Marvel Comics film, X-Men: Days of Future Past, as William Stryker—shown, through footage, to be the younger/1973 version of the Stryker played by Brian Cox in X2 (2003), ignoring the younger/1973/1979 version of Stryker played by Danny Huston in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009).[4] He later played Slit, alongside two-time fellow X-Men actor Nicholas Hoult, in the Mad Max sequel Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).[5] In 2016, he had a main role in season two of the television series Wayward Pines, while in 2024, he played Scabrous Scrotus, son of Immortan Joe, in the Mad Max prequel Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2007 All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane Party Guest / Wedding Guest Independent film, debut film
2009 Aidan's View The Intruder Short film
2010 Animal Kingdom Const. Peter Simmons
2012 Jack Reacher Jeb
2013 Blinder Morts
2014 X-Men: Days of Future Past William Stryker
Mystique (as Stryker)
2015 Mad Max: Fury Road Slit
At Home with Mystic Arnie Short film
A Country Called Home James
2016 Falling Malcolm Washington
X-Men: Apocalypse William Stryker
Crazy Cat Lady Good Date
2017 Kate Can't Swim Nick
My Name Is Lenny Lenny McLean
2018 Undertow Brett
2019 Feast of the Seven Fishes Juke
Washland Express James Short film
2020 Monster Hunter Steeler
2021 Small Engine Repair Anthony Romanowski
2022 Thirteen Lives Major Hodges
2024 Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Scabrous Scrotus [6]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2007 Home and Away Denni Maitland 5 episodes
2009 McLeod's Daughters Grown Up Xander Episode: "The Long Paddock"
2010 The Pacific PFC Lew 'Chuckler' Juergens Miniseries, 6 episodes
2015 Flesh and Bone Bryan Miniseries, 8 episodes
2016 Wayward Pines Xander Beck 10 episodes
2018 The End of the World As We Know It Quinn Television film
2019 The Loudest Voice James Murdoch Miniseries, 2 episodes
Soundtrack Pete Fairman Episode: "Track 8: Gigi and Jean"
2020 Deputy Deputy Carter 6 episodes
2022 Troppo Bryce 3 episodes
2023 Harley Quinn Captain Boomerang Episode: "A Very Problematic Valentine's Day Special"

References

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  1. ^ Josh Helman takes his 'One Shot' Archived 21 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Aussie Rules film Blinder kicks off in Victoria" Archived 25 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Small Engine Repair". StageSceneLA. 21 August 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  4. ^ Perry, Spencer (15 July 2013). "Characters and Story Details Revealed for X-Men: Days of Future Past". Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  5. ^ Trumbore, Dave (13 August 2012). "Updated Cast for Mad Max: Fury Road Includes One-Time Wonder Woman Megan Gale". Collider.
  6. ^ "Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth go inside 'Furiosa,' their full-throttle 'Mad Max' prequel". EW.com. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
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