Tony Todd

Tony Todd (born December 4, 1954) is an American actor who made his debut as Sgt. Warren in the film Platoon (1986), and portrayed Kurn in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990–1991) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1996). He achieved stardom for his roles as Ben in the 1990 remake of Night of the Living Dead, as the titular character in the four films of the Candyman film series (1992–2021) and William Bludworth in the Final Destination franchise (2000–2011). He also starred as Dan in The Man from Earth (2007) and voiced The Fallen in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), Darkseid in the DC Animated Movie Universe, Zoom in The Flash and Venom in the upcoming Spider-Man 2 (2023) game.

Todd was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Hartford, Connecticut, attending local schools including Hartford Public High School.[1] He is also an alumnus of the Artists Collective, Inc.[2] 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,[3] and the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, Rhode Island.