Tony Todd, best known for starring in the Candyman horror films, has died aged 69.
The veteran actor died at his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday night, according to his manager.
“I regretfully can confirm that my dear friend and client of over 30 years, Tony Todd has passed away,” his manager Jeffrey Goldberg told The Post. “What an amazing man and I will miss him every single day.”
Beginning his career in theater, Todd accrued more than 200 film and television credits under his name, as well as acting on and off Broadway. Todd made a name for himself in genre media, embodying the titular role in Candyman (1992), and its various film sequels, as well as being a fixture in The Crow (1994), The Rock (1996), and Final Destination (2000) and its subsequent sequels
Todd played the famed villain in the original 1992 “Candyman” movie and its 2021 sequel — as well as the two other films in the horror series “Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh” and “Candyman: Day of the Dead.”
His prolific career also included “The Young and the Restless,” “24”as well as episodes of “Hawaii Five-0,” “Xena: Warrior Princess” and “Young Justice.” He also starred in several “Star Trek” shows, including “The Next Generation,” “Voyager” and “Deep Space Nine.” In the “Star Trek” franchise he’s best known for portraying the Klingon Kurn, brother of Worf (Michael Dorn).
Virginia Madsen, Todd’s co-star in the first “Candyman” movie, mourned the actor’s death in a video posted on her Instagram account.
“My beloved. May you rest in power sweet to the sweet in heaven,” Madsen, 63, captioned her post. “The great actor Tony Todd has left us and now is an angel. As he was in life. More later but I can’t right now. I love you.”
In her video, Madsen fought through tears to express her grief. “I just, just, just found out about Tony, and I will — I don’t know what to say right now,” Madsen told her followers. “But I’m — anyway. Yeah, I know about it, but I’m, I will say more about it.”
Tony Todd was born on Dec. 4, 1954, in Washington D.C., and was raised in Hartford, Connecticut. He attended the University of Connecticut and studied theater at the Eugene O’Neill National Actors Theatre Institute.
Tony Todd is survived by his children, Alex and Ariana.