# Tony Todd

Anthony Tiran Todd (December 4, 1954 – November 6, 2024) was an American actor known for his distinctly deep and gravelly voice. He is best known for playing the title character in the Candyman film series (1992–2021) and William Bludworth in the Final Destination franchise (2000–2025). For the former, he was nominated at the Critics' Choice and Fangoria Chainsaw Awards.
Todd's films include Platoon (1986), Night of the Living Dead (1990), The Crow (1994), The Rock (1996), Wishmaster (1997), Hatchet, Minotaur (both 2006), The Man from Earth (2007), Frankenstein (2015), Death House (2017), and Hell Fest (2018). On television, he played Kurn in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990–1991) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1996), and appeared in the MTV series Scream (2019).
Todd was a prolific voice actor, notably voicing the Vortigaunts in the Half-Life series of games, the Fallen in Michael Bay's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), Zoom in The Flash (2014–2023), Darkseid in the DC Animated Movie Universe (2015–2020), and Venom in the 2023 video game Marvel's Spider-Man 2. For the latter, he received a British Academy Games Award nomination. Todd's final role was that of Locus in the 2024 video game Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, which received critical acclaim.

## Early life and education

Todd was born on December 4, 1954, in Washington, D.C., the son of Evetta Lyons Gaither. He grew up in Hartford, Connecticut, attending local schools including Hartford Public High School. He was also an alumnus of the Artists Collective, Inc. Todd attended the University of Connecticut and then went on to study theater at the Tony Award-winning Eugene O'Neill National Actors Theatre Institute, and the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, Rhode Island. Tony has one living brother, Isaiah Lyons and one living sister, Monique Dupree.

## Career
### Film

Todd appeared in more than 100 theatrical and television films and played opposite many major Hollywood stars. His film credits include: Platoon (1986), Night of the Living Dead (1990), Candyman (1992), The Crow (1994), The Rock (1996), Wishmaster (1997), the Final Destination series (2000–2025), Minotaur (2006), and Beg (2010). Todd was the voice of The Fallen in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) and was also in the Rel Dowdell film Changing the Game. Todd was a special guest of the Weekend of Horror Creation Entertainment on May 23, 2010, and Screamfest LA. Todd portrayed Reverend Zombie in Hatchet II, which was released in a limited number of theatres on October 1, 2010. His signature baritone voice narrated several works, including the 2021 documentary Invisible Threads: From Wireless to War. Todd returned as William Bludworth, when he filmed Final Destination Bloodlines in 2024.

### Broadway

Todd has acted on and off Broadway. Among his many roles are August Wilson's King Hedley II, Athol Fugard's The Captain's Tiger, for which he received the Helen Hayes nomination. Others include No Place to be Somebody, Les Blancs, Playboys of the West Indies, Othello, Zooman and The Sign, award-winning playwright Keith Glover's Dark Paradise, Aida (on Broadway), and Levee James for the Eugene O'Neill Playwrights Conference and The New Dramatist Guild.

### Television

Todd's other television appearances include a recurring role on Boston Public and guest appearances on Law & Order, Homicide: Life on the Street, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess as Cecrops, The X-Files, Smallville, Psych, 24, Charmed, Stargate SG-1, Andromeda, Criminal Minds, 21 Jump Street, and Chuck.
Todd is one of the few actors to have portrayed two different speaking roles on 24. He was initially cast as Detective Michael Norris in season three and four years later as General Benjamin Juma in both 24: Redemption and season 7. He also played a major role in the Babylon 5 TV film A Call to Arms.
He portrayed several characters in the Star Trek universe: Worf's brother Kurn in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, an adult Jake Sisko in the episode "The Visitor" in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and an Alpha Hirogen in the episode "Prey" in Star Trek: Voyager. In 2017, Todd returned to the world of Star Trek as General Rodek in the MMORPG game Star Trek Online.
Todd also provided the voices of the Decepticon Dreadwing on Transformers: Prime, and Icon in Young Justice.
In 2015, Todd was cast as the disguised voice of Zoom (portrayed by Teddy Sears when undisguised) in the second season of The Flash. Todd would later reprise his role in the fifth season episodes "What's Past Is Prologue" and "Godspeed" (though the latter featured archive audio of Todd instead) and returned to the role one last time for the series finale, "A New World, Part Four".
On October 12, 2018, it was confirmed by Bloody Disgusting that Todd would star in a recurring role in Scream: Resurrection, the third season of the slasher television series Scream. The season premiered on VH1 on July 8, 2019.

### Audio

Todd played the title character in Bleak December Inc.'s 2016 audio drama adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Todd was the narrator of the spoken word version of Ice Nine Kills' album The Silver Scream, released on June 29, 2023.

## Personal life and death

Todd was married to Fatima Cortez-Todd, with whom he had two children, Alexander and Ariana. He died at his home in Marina del Rey, California on November 6, 2024 due to cancer.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1986 | Sleepwalk | Barrington Rutley III | |
| 1986 | Platoon | Sergeant Warren | |
| 1987 | 84 Charing Cross Road | Demolition Worker | |
| 1987 | Bang! You're Dead! | Undercover Agent | |
| 1987 | Enemy Territory | The Count | |
| 1988 | Colors | Vietnam Vet | |
| 1988 | Bird | "Frog" | |
| 1989 | Lean on Me | Mr. William Wright | |
| 1990 | Ivory Hunters | Jomo | Television film |
| 1990 | Criminal Justice | Detective Riley | Television film |
| 1990 | Night of the Living Dead | Ben | |
| 1990 | The Bride in Black | 747 Green | Television film |
| 1990 | Voodoo Dawn | Makoute | |
| 1991 | Love and Curses... And All That Jazz | Emile Gaston | Television film |
| 1991 | Keeper of the City | Bridger | Television film |
| 1992 | Sunset Heat | Drucker | |
| 1992 | Candyman | Daniel Robitaille / The Candyman | |
| 1993 | Excessive Force | Detective Frankie Hawkins | |
| 1994 | The Crow | "Grange" | |
| 1995 | Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh | Daniel Robitaille / The Candyman | |
| 1995 | Burnzy's Last Call | Mistress Marla | |
| 1996 | Sabotage | Sherwood | |
| 1996 | Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus | Seth | Television film |
| 1996 | The Rock | Captain Darrow | |
| 1996 | Driven | Darius Pelton | |
| 1996 | Them | Berlin | Television film |
| 1997 | True Women | Ed Tom | Television film |
| 1997 | Stir | Bubba | |
| 1997 | Wishmaster | Johnny Valentine | |
| 1997 | Univers'l | Marcus | |
| 1998 | Shadow Builder | Covey | |
| 1998 | Caught Up | Jake Samples | |
| 1998 | Butter | Benzo Al | |
| 1998 | The Pandora Project | CIA Director Garrett Houtman | |
| 1999 | Babylon 5: A Call to Arms | Leonard Anderson | Television film |
| 1999 | The Dogwalker | Mones | |
| 1999 | Candyman 3: Day of the Dead | Daniel Robitaille / The Candyman | Direct-to-video |
| 2000 | Final Destination | William Bludworth | |
| 2000 | The Secret | Bill | |
| 2002 | Silence | Eric Crowell | |
| 2003 | Control Factor | Reggie | Television film |
| 2003 | Final Destination 2 | William Bludworth | |
| 2003 | Scarecrow Slayer | Caleb Kilgore | Direct-to-video |
| 2004 | Murder-Set-Pieces | Clerk | |
| 2005 | Checking Out | Manuel | |
| 2005 | The Prophecy: Forsaken | Stark | Direct-to-video |
| 2005 | I.O.U. | Jack Bruckner | Short |
| 2005 | Dark Assassin | "Ghost" | |
| 2005 | Heart of the Beholder | Chuck Berry | |
| 2005 | Turntable | Victor | |
| 2006 | Final Destination 3 | Devil | Voice |
| 2006 | Minotaur | King Deucalion | |
| 2006 | Shadow: Dead Riot | Shadow | |
| 2006 | Hatchet | Reverend Zombie | |
| 2006 | The Absence of Light | The Alchemist | |
| 2006 | The Eden Formula | James Radcliffe | Television film |
| 2006 | The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Dr. Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde | |
| 2007 | Chicago Massacre: Richard Speck | Captain Joe Dunning | Direct-to-video |
| 2007 | Shadow Puppets | Steve Garrett | |
| 2007 | Tournament of Dreams | Isaiah Kennedy | |
| 2007 | The Man from Earth | Dan | |
| 2007 | The Mannsfield 12 | Hunnit Grand | |
| 2007 | The Eyes of Samir | Steve McReedy | Short |
| 2008 | iMurders | Agent Washington | |
| 2008 | Dark Reel | Detective Shields | |
| 2008 | Bryan Loves You | The Narrator | |
| 2008 | Nite Tales: The Movie | Clown | |
| 2008 | The Thirst: Blood War | Julien | |
| 2008 | Dockweiler | The Duke | Short |
| 2008 | 24: Redemption | General Benjamin Juma | Television film |
| 2009 | Are You Scared 2 | Controller | Direct-to-video |
| 2009 | Vampire in Vegas | Sylvian | |
| 2009 | Penance | Chauffeur | |
| 2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | The Fallen | Voice |
| 2009 | The Graves | Reverend Abraham Stockton | |
| 2009 | Tom Cool | Mac Angel | |
| 2009 | Dead in Love | – | |
| 2010 | The Quiet Ones | TV Show Host / Narrator | |
| 2010 | Hatchet II | Reverend Zombie | |
| 2010 | Three Chris's | God | |
| 2011 | Final Destination 5 | William Bludworth | |
| 2011 | Beg | Nathan McVay | |
| 2011 | Dream in American | Lubembe | |
| 2011 | Jack the Reaper | Steel | |
| 2011 | The Family | Mason | |
| 2012 | Falling Away | Christopher | |
| 2012 | Changing the Game | Curtis the Diabolical / FBI Agent | |
| 2012 | Sushi Girl | Duke | |
| 2012 | A Night at the Silent Movie Theater | Jones | |
| 2013 | Dead of the Nite | Ruber | |
| 2013 | Dust of War | Crispus Hansen | |
| 2013 | Kill Her, Not Me | Detective Holmes | |
| 2013 | Army of the Damned | Jackson | |
| 2014 | Prelude to Axanar | Admiral Marcus Ramirez | Short |
| 2014 | Disciples | Duncan | |
| 2014 | The Sun Devil and the Princess | The Baron | Voice, short |
| 2015 | Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League | Darkseid | Voice, direct-to-video |
| 2015 | Bleeding Hearts | God | |
| 2015 | Vanish | Officer Darrow | |
| 2015 | Frankenstein | Eddie | |
| 2015 | Driven | Mr. Reynauld | Short |
| 2015 | Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League – Attack of the Legion of Doom | Darkseid | Voice, direct-to-video |
| 2015 | Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn | Ben | Voice |
| 2015 | Agoraphobia | Dr. Murphy | |
| 2015 | Live Evil | Pastor | |
| 2015 | Scream at the Devil | Detective Johnson | |
| 2016 | Beyond the Game | Manny | |
| 2016 | Cowboy's Girl | Cowboy | Short |
| 2016 | Broken Cross | Father Dudley | |
| 2016 | Zombies | Detective Sommers | |
| 2017 | Victor Crowley | Reverend Zombie | |
| 2017 | Death House | Farmer Asa | |
| 2017 | From Jennifer | Chad Wolfe | |
| 2017 | Two Faced | Dr. Hanson | |
| 2018 | IMTK | Tom | Short |
| 2018 | The Debt Collector | Barbosa | |
| 2018 | West of Hell | Jericho Whitfield | |
| 2018 | Worth | Hunter | |
| 2018 | Hell Fest | Carnival Barker | |
| 2018 | The Final Wish | Colin | |
| 2018 | Drive Me to Vegas and Mars | Frank | |
| 2018 | Requiem | Reverend Bill Abernathy | |
| 2019 | Reign of the Supermen | Darkseid | Voice, direct-to-video |
| 2019 | Heads Will Roll | Medical Examiner | Short |
| 2019 | Candy Corn | Bishop Gate | |
| 2019 | Badland | Senator Benjamin Burke | |
| 2019 | Immortal | Ted | |
| 2019 | Fate Upside Down | Father Dudley | Short |
| 2020 | Bulletproof 2 | Special Agent Battle | |
| 2020 | Bad Manners | The Holy Bible | Short |
| 2020 | Justice League Dark: Apokolips War | Darkseid | Voice, direct-to-video |
| 2020 | Sky Sharks | Major General Frost | |
| 2020 | Tales from the Hood 3 | William | Direct-to-video |
| 2020 | Stoker Hills | Professor Smith | |
| 2021 | Insight | Carl | |
| 2021 | The Lockdown Hauntings | Jordan Myers | |
| 2021 | The House Next Door: Meet the Blacks 2 | Rival | |
| 2021 | Destination Marfa | Mayor Henry | |
| 2021 | Candyman | Daniel Robitaille / The Candyman | |
| 2021 | The Changed | Bill | |
| 2021 | The Reenactment | Wilbur | |
| 2021 | Horror Noire | Pike | |
| 2021 | Night Night | James Glass | |
| 2021 | All Gone Wrong | Lamont Hughes | |
| 2021 | Traveling Light | Caddy | |
| 2022 | Hellblazers | Harry | |
| 2022 | Bitch Ass | Titus Blaq | |
| 2022 | Catfish Christmas | Bob | |
| 2023 | Realm of Shadows | Fr. Dudley | |
| 2023 | H.P. Lovecraft's Celephaïs | – | Short |
| 2023 | Devilreaux | Leonard | |
| 2023 | Dixieland | Charles Colster | Short |
| 2023 | The Nana Project | Jack | |
| 2023 | The Activated Man | Jeffrey Bowman | |
| 2024 | The Bunker | Major Frank Lawrence | |
| 2024 | Stream | Future Mr. Lockwood | |
| 2025 | Werewolf Game | The Judge | Posthumous release |
| 2025 | Final Destination Bloodlines | William Bludworth | Posthumous release, post-production |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1987 | Simon & Simon | Troy Tolliver | Episode: "I Thought the War Was Over" |
| 1987 | Werewolf | Charlie | Episode: "The Unicorn" |
| 1987 | 21 Jump Street | Aaron Jackson | Episode: "You Oughta Be in Prison" |
| 1989 | Kate & Allie | – | Episode: "A Tree Grows on West 56th Street" |
| 1989 | Night Court | Mr. Crumine | Episode: "For Love or Money" |
| 1989 | MacGyver | Zimba | Episode: "Black Rhino" |
| 1990 | Matlock | Billy Pierce | Episode: "The Narc" |
| 1990 | Cop Rock | Omar | Episode: "Potts Don't Fail Me Now" |
| 1990–91 | Jake and the Fatman | Jordan Lee | Recurring cast: Season 4 |
| 1990–91 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Kurn | Guest cast: Season 3–5 |
| 1991 | Father Dowling Mysteries | Lou | Episode: "The Fugitive Priest Mystery" |
| 1994 | Law & Order | Reverend Ott | Episode: "Sanctuary" |
| 1994 | The X-Files | Augustus D. Cole | Episode: "Sleepless" |
| 1994 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Matt Rhodes | Recurring cast: Season 3 |
| 1995 | Hercules: The Legendary Journeys | Gladius | Episode: "The Gladiator" |
| 1995 | Black Fox | Britt Johnson / Black Fox | Main cast |
| 1995–96 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Adult Jake Sisko / Kurn | 2 episodes |
| 1996 | Murder, She Wrote | National Security Agent Nathan Mitchell | Episode: "Mrs. Parker's Revenge" |
| 1996 | New York Undercover | Andrew Bryant | Episode: "Rule of Engagement" |
| 1996 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Dr. Julius Tate | Episode: "If I Had a Hammer" |
| 1997 | NYPD Blue | Detective Eddie Hazell | Episode: "Taillight's Last Gleaming" |
| 1997 | Xena: Warrior Princess | Cecrops | Episode: "Lost Mariner" |
| 1997 | Soldier of Fortune, Inc. | Joseph Karenga | Episode: "Missing in Action" |
| 1998 | Star Trek: Voyager | Alpha Hirogen | Episode: "Prey" |
| 1998 | Hercules: The Legendary Journeys | Gilgamesh | Episode: "Faith" |
| 1999 | Where Are They Now? | Himself | Episode: "Horror Movie Stars" |
| 2000 | Angel | Vyasa | Episode: "The Shroud of Rahmon" |
| 2001 | UC: Undercover | Cephus | Episode: "The Siege" |
| 2001 | Smallville | Earl Jenkins | Episode: "Jitters" |
| 2002 | Crossing Jordan | Coach Jim Evans | Episode: "Lost and Found" |
| 2002 | Andromeda | Captain Fehdman Metis | Episode: "The Lone and Level Sands" |
| 2002 | Charmed | Avatar of Force | Episode: "Sam I Am" |
| 2002 | Boston Public | Lester Lipschultz | 2 episodes |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami | Sergeant Marcus Cawdrey | Episode: "Camp Fear" |
| 2002–03 | The District | Stanley Carver | 2 episodes |
| 2004 | The 100 Scariest Movie Moments | Himself | Episode: "Part I: 100–81" |
| 2004 | 24 | Detective Michael Norris | Episode: "Day 3: 3:00 a.m.–4:00 a.m." |
| 2005 | HypaSpace | Himself | Episode: "Episode #4.175" |
| 2005 | Night Stalker | Detective | Episode: "Malum" |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds | Eric Miller | Episode: "The Fox" |
| 2005–06 | Stargate SG-1 | Lord Haikon | Recurring cast: Season 9 |
| 2006 | Svengoolie | Himself | Episode: "Dracula's Daughter" |
| 2006 | Masters of Horror | The Beast | Episode: "Valerie on the Stairs" |
| 2007 | Boston Legal | Detective Walter Berenson | Episode: "The Innocent Man" |
| 2007 | Without a Trace | Dr. Carl Williams | Episode: "Res Ipsa" |
| 2007–11 | Chuck | CIA Director Langston Graham | Recurring cast: Season 1-2, Guest: Season 5 |
| 2009 | Batman: The Brave and the Bold | Astaroth | Voice, episode: "Trials of the Demon!" |
| 2009 | 24 | General Benjamin Juma | Recurring cast: Season 7 |
| 2009 | Psych | Detective Moses Johnson | Episode: "High Top Fade Out" |
| 2009 | Splatter | Spencer Pope | Main cast |
| 2010 | Sym-Bionic Titan | Dark Shaman | Voice, episode: "Shaman of Fear" |
| 2010 | The Event | General Whitman | Recurring cast |
| 2012 | Hawaii Five-0 | Jordan Nevins | Episode: "Kalele (Faith)" |
| 2012 | Holliston | Himself | Episode: "Candyman" |
| 2012 | Transformers: Prime | Dreadwing | Voice, recurring role |
| 2012 | Zombie Family | Principle McGuffy | Episode: "Are You Eyeballing Me Boy?" |
| 2012–13 | Young Justice | Icon | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Halloween Wars | Himself / Guest Judge | Episode: "Twisted Nursery Rhymes" |
| 2013 | The Young and the Restless | Gus Rogan | Regular cast |
| 2014 | Bravest Warriors | Aeon Worm | Voice, episode: "Season of the Mitch" |
| 2015–23 | The Flash | Zoom | Voice (recurring role: season 2, guest: seasons 5 and 9); 16 episodes |
| 2016 | Dead of Summer | Holyoke the Tall Man | Recurring cast |
| 2017 | Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! | Space Kook, Captain Lewis, Reggi | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Room 104 | The Father | Episode: "The Knockadoo" |
| 2017 | Riverdale | "Farmer" McGinty | Episode: "Chapter Twenty: Tales from the Darkside" |
| 2019 | The Orville | Moclan Delegate | Episode: "Sanctuary" |
| 2019 | Scream: Resurrection | Luther Thompson / Hook Man | 3 episodes |
| 2021; 2024 | Masters of the Universe: Revelation | Scare Glow | Voice |
| 2021–22 | Dota: Dragon's Blood | Slyrak | Voice, main cast |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1998 | Star Trek: The Next Generation: Klingon Honor Guard | Kurn | |
| 2000 | The Legend of Dragoon | Cutscene Narrator | |
| 2003 | Star Trek: Elite Force II | Korban | |
| 2007 | Half-Life 2: Episode Two | Vortigaunts | |
| 2011 | Dota 2 | Dragon Knight, Night Stalker, Viper | |
| 2012 | Call of Duty: Black Ops II | Admiral Tommy Briggs | Voice and motion capture |
| 2017 | Star Trek Online | General Rodek, Kurn | |
| 2018 | Artifact | Viper | |
| 2019 | Layers of Fear 2 | Narrator | |
| 2020 | Half-Life: Alyx | Vortigaunts | |
| 2021 | Back 4 Blood | Doctor Rogers | |
| 2023 | Stern Pinball | Venom | |
| 2023 | Spider-Man 2 | Venom | |
| 2024 | Indiana Jones and the Great Circle | Locus | Posthumous release |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1993 | Fangoria Chainsaw Awards | Best Actor | Candyman | Nominated |
| 2022 | Critics' Choice Awards | Best Villain in a Movie | Candyman | Nominated |
| 2024 | British Academy Games Awards | Performer in a Supporting Role | Spider-Man 2 | Nominated |