‘Mad Max 2’ actor Kjell Nilsson dead at 76
Celebrity News ‘Mad Max 2’ actor Kjell Nilsson dead at 76 By Eric Todisco Published July 3, 2026, 11:40 a.m. Add Page Six on Google Swedish actor and Olympic-class weight lifter Kjell Nilsson, who was best known for playing gang leader Lord Humungus in “Mad Max 2,” has died. Nilsson “passed away peacefully in his sleep” at home in Queensland, Australia on Thursday after a four-and-a-half year battle with kidney disease, his family confirmed in a Facebook post.
- ▪Celebrity News ‘Mad Max 2’ actor Kjell Nilsson dead at 76 By Eric Todisco Published July 3, 2026, 11:40 a.m.
- ▪Add Page Six on Google Swedish actor and Olympic-class weight lifter Kjell Nilsson, who was best known for playing gang leader Lord Humungus in “Mad Max 2,” has died.
- ▪Nilsson “passed away peacefully in his sleep” at home in Queensland, Australia on Thursday after a four-and-a-half year battle with kidney disease, his family confirmed in a Facebook post.
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