Tony Todd


Anthony Tiran Todd is an American actor, film producer, and voice actor, best known for portraying Sergeant Warren in Platoon, Kurn in ' and ', Ben in Night of the Living Dead, the titular character in the Candyman horror franchise, William Bludworth in the Final Destination franchise, Dan in The Man from Earth, and as the voice of The Fallen in .

Early life and education

Todd was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Hartford, Connecticut, attending local schools. He is also an alumnus of the Artists Collective, Inc. Tony 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 Rep Conservatory.

Career

Film

Todd has appeared in more than 100 theatrical and television films and has played opposite many major Hollywood stars. His movie credits include: Platoon, Night of the Living Dead, Candyman, The Crow, The Rock, Wishmaster, the Final Destination series, Minotaur, and Beg. Todd was the voice of The Fallen in 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 the Screamfest LA. Todd portrayed Reverend Zombie in Hatchet II, which was released in a limited number of theaters on October 1, 2010. As Final Destination 5 returned to the series' roots, Todd returned as William Bludworth.
Todd will be reprising his role as Candyman in a 2020 sequel also titled Candyman.

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, 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, ', ', ' 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
' and season 7. He also played a major role in the Babylon 5 TV film '.
He has portrayed several characters in the Star Trek universe: Worf's brother Kurn in
' and ', an adult Jake Sisko in the episode "The Visitor |The Visitor" in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and an Alpha Hirogen in the episode "Prey |Prey" in '. In 2017, Todd returned to the world of Star Trek as General Rodek in the MMORPG game Star Trek Online; Rodek was the persona taken on by Kurn after he lost the memories of his past life as Worf's brother in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Sons of Mogh".
Todd has also provided the voices of the Decepticon Dreadwing on , and Icon in Young Justice.
In 2015, Todd was cast as the disguised voice of Zoom in the second season of The Flash.
On October 12, 2018, it was confirmed by Bloody Disgusting that Todd would star in a recurring role in the third season of the slasher television series Scream. The season premiered on VH1 on July 8, 2019.

Audio drama

Todd played the titular character in Bleak December Inc.'s 2016 audio drama adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games