---
name: "Josh Helman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/josh-helman"
fi1m_id: "josh-helman"
imdb_id: "nm2890541"
tmdb_id: 1056053
wikidata_id: "Q5799862"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 February 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-19T04:26:33.022097+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Josh Helman

## Identity

Josh Helman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/josh-helman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** josh-helman
- **IMDb ID:** nm2890541
- **TMDB ID:** 1056053
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5799862
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Helman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5799862, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2890541/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1056053

Actor. Born 22 February 1986 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 February 1986, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- **Active:** 2010–present
- **Also known as:** Τζος Χέλμαν, جاش هلمن, Joshua "Josh" Helman
- **Frequently works with:** [Nicholas Hoult](https://film.one/person/nicholas-hoult.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 74 (5), 2020s 72 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 72 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 4, Science Fiction 4, Adventure 3, Drama 2, Action & Adventure 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,846m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Helman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5799862, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2890541/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1056053

## Coming up

- *Evil Dead Wrath* (2028-04-05)

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga*](https://film.one/film/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga.md) (72)
- **Disney+:** [*X-Men: Apocalypse*](https://film.one/film/x-men-apocalypse.md) (48)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Josh Helman

> Josh Helman is a persuasive supporting menace, with the physical commitment to register in crowded action films. We rate his work with George Miller, while the repeated casting as dangerous men leaves us wanting a less predictable assignment.

As Slit in *Mad Max: Fury Road* (2015), Josh Helman makes physical menace his contribution to a crowded film. He commits to the aggression, and George Miller gives it a place within a desert chase that remains readable at speed. We were exhilarated by that chase because we could follow the action even at its most frantic. Helman suits this filmmaking: he establishes a dangerous supporting presence without needing the story to stop for him. We would still have welcomed more attention to the supporting characters.

Jeb Oliver in *Jack Reacher* (2012) marked his first major studio film role. His breakthrough came as William Stryker in *X-Men: Days of Future Past* (2014), a role he reprised in *X-Men: Apocalypse* (2016). Military men and antagonists have become regular work, usually in supporting parts. Nicholas Hoult is a recurring colleague in the *X-Men* films and *Fury Road*. For us, though, Miller provides the strongest reason to keep watching Helman, because his action filmmaking gives that physical commitment a clear purpose.

Miller brought him back in *Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga* (2024), this time as Scrotus rather than Slit. It is a second part in the same series, and another assignment that suits his forcefulness. We prefer *Fury Road*: *Furiosa* spends too much effort explaining its heroine, though its inventive middle hour is worth the wait. The digital sand and excessive talk make it a less satisfying action film. These parts confirm Helman’s usefulness to Miller without telling us how he might sustain a film of his own.

Helman has spoken about needing to understand even the terrible people he plays. That is a sound starting point, though a supporting part can leave little time to make that understanding visible. The brooding work in *Flesh and Bone* (2015) offers a reason to be interested in him beyond the action antagonists. Start with *Fury Road*; we would welcome more parts that ask him to do something other than threaten.

## Biography

Josh Helman is an Australian actor. He was born on 22 February 1986 in Adelaide, South Australia.

He began his career with a recurring role in the Australian soap opera *Home and Away* (2007). Subsequent television work includes appearances in the miniseries *The Pacific* (2010) and *Wayward Pines* (2015).

Helman is known for his film roles as Slit in *Mad Max: Fury Road* (2015) and Scrotus in *Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga* (2024). He has also played William Stryker in *X-Men: Days of Future Past* (2014) and *X-Men: Apocalypse* (2016), as well as supporting parts in *Jack Reacher* (2012), *Monster Hunter* (2020) and *Thirteen Lives* (2022).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga* (2024), Fi1m 72, as Scrotus — [page](https://film.one/film/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga.md)
- *X-Men: Apocalypse* (2016), Fi1m 48, as Col. William Stryker — [page](https://film.one/film/x-men-apocalypse.md)
- *Mad Max: Fury Road* (2015), Fi1m 88, as Slit — [page](https://film.one/film/mad-max-fury-road.md)
- *X-Men: Days of Future Past* (2014), Fi1m 78, as William Stryker — [page](https://film.one/film/x-men-days-of-future-past.md)
- *Animal Kingdom* (2010), Fi1m 84, as Const. Peter Simmons — [page](https://film.one/film/animal-kingdom.md)
- *The Pacific* (2010), Fi1m 74, as PFC Lew ‘Chuckler’ Juergens — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-pacific.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Evil Dead Wrath* (2028), Actor
- *Watching You* (2025), series, as Dan
- *Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga* (2024), as Scrotus — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga.md)
- *Thirteen Lives* (2022), as Major Hodges
- *Small Engine Repair* (2021), as Anthony Romanowski
- *Monster Hunter* (2020), as Steeler
- *Undertow* (2020), as Brett
- *Deputy* (2020), series, as Deputy Carter
- *Soundtrack* (2019), series, as Pete Fairman
- *Harley Quinn* (2019), series, as Captain Boomerang (voice)
- *Feast of the Seven Fishes* (2019), as Juke
- *The Loudest Voice* (2019), series, as James Murdoch
- *My Name Is Lenny* (2017), as Lenny McLean
- *Kate Can’t Swim* (2017), as Nick · Director, Writer
- *X-Men: Apocalypse* (2016), as Col. William Stryker — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/x-men-apocalypse.md)
- *A Country Called Home* (2016), as James
- *As Long As We Both Shall Live* (2016), as Malcolm Washington
- *Flesh and Bone* (2015), series, as Bryan Robbins
- *Wayward Pines* (2015), series, as Xander Beck
- *Mad Max: Fury Road* (2015), as Slit — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/mad-max-fury-road.md)
- *At Home with Mystic* (2015), as Arnie
- *X-Men: Days of Future Past* (2014), as William Stryker — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/x-men-days-of-future-past.md)
- *Blinder* (2013), as James "Morts" Mortimer
- *Jack Reacher* (2012), as Jeb Oliver
- *Animal Kingdom* (2010), as Const. Peter Simmons — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/animal-kingdom.md)
- *The Pacific* (2010), series, as PFC Lew ‘Chuckler’ Juergens — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-pacific.md)
- *All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane* (2008), as Party Guest / Wedding Guest
- *McLeod's Daughters* (2001), series, as Grown Up Xander

## Gallery

- ![Josh Helman](https://film.one/media/person/266/gallery-f4cb1b18b56a.jpg) Josh Helman — Image via TMDB
- ![Josh Helman](https://film.one/media/person/266/gallery-b94b5d5385e3.jpg) Josh Helman — Image via TMDB

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