QUENTIN Kenihan, the disabled boy from Adelaide who became a TV star and even landed a role in a Mad Max movie has died at the age of 43.

Hollywood star Russell Crowe tweeted on Sunday afternoon “devastating news. My little mate, the bravest bloke I ever met … gone. We ill meet again @qkenihan. Not confined any more”.

Quentin was a suburban boy suffering brittle bone disease or osteogenesis imperfecta when in 1983 he was first interviewed on television by legendary journalist Mike Willesee.

From the age of seven, he became a household name in Australia and formed a strong friendship with Willesee over a series of stories.

Devastating news. My little mate , the bravest bloke I ever met... gone . We will meet again ... @qkenihan . Not confined any more ...

Between your interviews, your book, your one man show, your zany little movies ...what a creative and productive life.

Lots of love. — Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) October 7, 2018

The interviews set young Quentin on a path which would make him the subject of multiple media appearances which made him a popular if unlikely star.

His first appearance with Willesee in 1983 was one of the highest rating shows on television.

He would become an author, filmmaker and movie star, as well as a disability advocate.

This was despite the fact that the multiple fractures Kenihan suffered since birth due to his condition, plus numerous operations and arthritis meant he existed on painkillers.

In 2000, he carried the Paralympic torch down Oxford Street in Sydney for the Paralympic Games.

In 2015, he played the character of Corpus Collosus in the blockbuster Mad Max Fury Road.

Well known around the streets of Adelaide in his electric wheelchair, Quentin was not shy about expressing his opinion on everything.

As recently as July this year, he was planning to nominate as an area councillor for the Adelaide City Council at the November election.

Quentin said he wanted to give back to the city where he has lived for 20 years.

In 2016, Quentin wrote a memoir about his life to inspire others to follow their dreams.

“I’ve accomplished every career dream I’ve ever had,” he said at the time.

“And I’ve done some crazy s**t.

“And yeah, you could say that, up until the age of 15, it was because he was ‘the little Aussie battler’, but beyond that it’s because I’ve worked my a*se off, and put myself out there.

“And I wanted to show people that if this guy can do it, maybe they can follow their dreams too.”