RIP Tony Todd, Horror’s Candyman and All-Around Beloved Actor

Tony Todd, chiefly known for the Candyman and Final Destination films, passed distant from an undisclosed unwellness connected November 6 astatine property 69, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Born December 4, 1954, Todd made his acting debut with the 1986 films Platoon and Sleepwalk. From there, helium had a steadfast vocation successful some mediums, and overmuch of his storied resume consisted of genre fare. On TV, you’d spot him connected Star Trek (Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager), MacGyver, or Smallville; then he’d beryllium connected the large surface successful films specified as Night of the Living Dead, The Crow, and Wishmaster. Horror was peculiarly benignant to him: arsenic Ben successful the Night of the Living Dead remake, Todd achieved stardom, which led to him becoming a overmuch bigger sanction arsenic the titular slayer successful the Candyman series, which helium reprised successful Nia DaCosta’s 2021 sequel.

Todd besides lent his talents to dependable work. Most recently, helium voiced the Venom symbiote in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, and his last dependable relation volition beryllium MachineGames’ Indiana Jones & the Great Circle. His different dependable credits include Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (the Fallen), the Half-Life series (Vortiguants), respective Star Trek games (including Star Trek Online), Dota 2 (Dragon Knight and Night Stalker), and Call of Duty: Black Ops II (Admiral Briggs). Outside of games, you could perceive his dependable in Dota: Dragon’s Blood (Slyrak), Masters of the Universe: Revelation (Scare Glow), The Flash (Zoom), and Transformers Prime (Dreadwing).

Prior to his passing, Tony Todd appeared successful the 2024 fearfulness films Stream and The Bunker. His last on-screen relation volition beryllium 2025’s Final Destination: Bloodlines, where he’ll play the series’ adept connected death, William Bludworth, 1 last time. New Line Cinema, which owns the Destination franchise, wrote: “The manufacture has mislaid a legend. We person mislaid a cherished friend. Rest successful peace, Tony.” Jeffrey Reddick, creator of the series, separately called the histrion “a beloved person who had the biggest heart, a joyful spirit, and a generous soul. I’m sending emotion and prayers to his family, friends and fans. He’s astatine bid and his bequest volition ne'er beryllium forgotten.”

Virginia Madsen, his Candyman costar, remembered him arsenic “my beloved. May you remainder successful powerfulness saccharine to the saccharine successful heaven. The large histrion Tony Todd has near america and present is an angel. As helium was successful life. More aboriginal but I can’t close now. I emotion you.”

“We’re heartbroken by the passing of our person Tony Todd,” wrote Insomniac Games.  “He brought truthful overmuch joyousness during the accumulation of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and galore players astir the satellite with his inimitable dependable and presence.”

Todd is survived by his 2 children and sister Monique Dupree, and our thoughts are with their household astatine this time.

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