Celebrity Biographies
Quentin Kenihan
In his country he was well known for his sense of humor, and for his activism in favor of the rights of the disabled. Quentin Kenihan, who played Corpus Colossus in “Mad Max: Fury Road,” passed away on October 6, 2018 at the age of 43 in Adelaide, Australia, where he had lived for many years. “My little friend, the bravest guy I’ve ever met…he’s gone. We’ll meet again,” said Russell Crowe, to whom he was very close.
Born on February 27, 1975, in Box Hill, a suburb of Melbourne, with osteogenesis, the brittle bone disease, doctors predicted that Quentin Evan Kenihan would not survive three months of life. Despite his constant bone breaks, he survived, and at the age of seven he was the protagonist of a special television program where his ailments were revealed. The broadcast was so successful that he became a celebrity, being nicknamed “The Little Australian Wrestler”.
While studying at Flinders University, Quentin Kenihan appeared before the cameras again, in an interview space, where he became a sensation for his hopeful message. After publishing his autobiography, “Not All Superheroes Wear Capes,” he went on to host his own show. Throughout his life he pursued his dream of being an actor, until he debuted in 2004 in the dramatic comedy, Thunderstruck, centered around a group of fans of the hometown musical group AC/DC. After the little known outside of those places You and Your Stupid Mate and Dr. Plonk , his compatriot George Miller recruits him for Mad Max: Fury Road, where he played one of Immortan Joe’s hitmen, in charge of watching over the citadel with a telescope. “I’m happy because since then no one knows me because of my illness, but they remember me as the guy from that movie,” he said in an interview.
He also had political ambitions. During the last months of his life she was preparing his candidacy for Adelaide City Council.