Actor / Director Profile

Dynamic film director born June 23rd 1953 in Melbourne, Australia who first gained fame directing visually striking video clips for bands including Elton John, Duran Duran, "The Buggles" and "Bonnie Tyler". Mulcahy is also well known for feature films, starting off with the comedy Derek and Clive Get the Horn (1979), the Aussie horror film Razorback (1984), the spectacular sword and sorcery of Highlander (1986), followed by the sequel Highlander II (1991).He directed Denzel Washington and John Lithgow in the violent Ricochet (1991), directed the film adaptation of The Shadow (1994) with Alec Baldwin and took the helm for Tale of the Mummy (1998).In recent years, Mulcahy has been involved in directing several telemovies and episodes of TV shows including "Queer as Folk" (2000), _3: The Dale Earnhardt Story (2004)_, _"Mysterious Island" (2005)_ and _Curse of King Tut's Tomb, The (2006)_ starring Casper Van Dien.