Jacob Tomuri

This article is written from a real world point of view and is not considered to be part of the Mad Max canonical narrative.

Jacob Tomuri
Born	December 4, 1979
Citizenship	New Zealand
Occupation	Actor Stuntman
Years Active	1999-Present

Jacob Tomuri (born December 4, 1979) served as Tom Hardy's stunt double for Max Rockatansky in George Miller's 2015 film Mad Max: Fury Road and appears in the role in a cameo in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.

Biography

Jacob Tomuri is an actor of television and film, as well as a stunt double for film. He has appeared in TV series such as Shortland Street and Revelations -- The Initial Journey and done stunt work for films such as Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant and Venom.

Selected Filmography

• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
• The Lovely Bones (2009)
• Avatar (2009)
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
• Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
• The Revenant (2015)
• Gods of Egypt (2016)
• Ghost in the Shell (2017)
• The Meg (2018)
• Venom (2018)
• Mortal Engines (2018)
• Mulan (2020)
• Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)
• Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

As the events in adult Furiosa's life unfold, Max still survives in the Wasteland. From Screen Rant:

"George Miller disclosed that Furiosa's events unfold 15 years before Mad Max: Fury Road. He also added that 'Max is lurking around somewhere in this story,' which is exactly what he seems to be doing in the brief cameo scene. Since Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome takes place somewhere in the early 2000s and Mad Max: Fury Road ensues several decades after Thunderdome's events, it would be safe to say that the cameo scene lies somewhere between the third (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome) and the fourth (Mad Max: Fury Road) installment of the movie franchise."

After Furiosa loses her arm, Max -- before his hair has grown long -- watches her cross a barren plain from a rocky outcropping . . . while eating from a can. It can't be seen, exactly, what Max is eating, but fans know from Mad Max 2 that it could very well be Dinki-Di dog food.

Also, the shot mimics, almost exactly, the shot from the opening of Fury Road when the audience first sees Max.

He is also credited for portraying The Dogman, a minor character in the movie who dies after failing to secure a hanging bucket truck from a crane, Furiosa is called by Scrotus to assist him as he is dangling from the bucket and unable to climb up, but she accidentally makes the bucket of the truck move, causing him to lose grip and fall to his death, leading Scrotus to replace his role as "The Dogman" and bestow it to Furiosa almost immediately after his death.

Trivia

• Tomuri joined an ever-growing list of Mad Max actors who've played dual roles in the film franchise. Aside from playing Max in Furiosa he was also credited with playing "The Dogman."

External Links

• Jacob Tomuri on Wikipedia
• Jacob Tomuri on the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)