Tyler Mane, Former Wrestler and MCU Star, Reveals Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Former wrestler and MCU powerhouse Tyler Mane has revealed he has breast cancer and has begun chemotherapy—taking on his toughest fight yet.
Two very different health updates from two very familiar faces today: one just starting a fight, one finally clearing a massive hurdle. Both worth your attention.
Tyler Mane shares his diagnosis and starts treatment
Tyler Mane — the former pro wrestler turned actor you know from X-Men and Deadpool & Wolverine, plus a lot of tough-guy work across action, superhero, and horror — has gone public with a breast cancer diagnosis. Yes, men can get breast cancer. It is rare. It also gets overlooked way more than it should.
Mane says doctors found a lump, which was removed, and he has now begun chemotherapy. He broke the news on Facebook on June 9, 2026, using the moment to try to get more eyes on an issue most guys do not think about until it is too late.
'I start chemo today. One in 750 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, and I am one of them.'
He is urging people to pay attention to changes in their body and get checked if something feels off. The bigger point he keeps hitting: because male breast cancer flies under the radar, too many men get diagnosed later than they should.
Sam Neill hits a major milestone
On the other side of the ledger, Jurassic Park veteran Sam Neill just shared something a lot more uplifting. According to Australia ’s 7News, he is officially cancer-free after a long run battling lymphoma. He has talked openly about living with the disease for about five years, calling chemotherapy a miserable but necessary grind — and at one point, it stopped working.
When that happened, Neill moved to CAR T-cell therapy — the cutting-edge one where doctors re-engineer your own immune cells so they can hunt down cancer cells more effectively. Recent scans showed no evidence of cancer, and he is itching to get back to set, saying it is time he did another movie.
What to take from both updates
- Male breast cancer exists, and the stat is not zero: about 1 in 750 men will be diagnosed at some point, per Mane.
- Mane had a lump removed and has now started chemo; he shared his diagnosis to push awareness and earlier detection.
- Neill lived with lymphoma for roughly five years; when chemo stopped doing the job, CAR T-cell therapy helped turn the tide.
- Recent scans showed no cancer for Neill, and he is looking to get back to work.
Wishing Mane strength for the road ahead — and big congrats to Neill on reaching the good-news chapter. If something feels off, do what both of these guys keep telling people to do: get it checked.