Tony Todd passed away a few days ago at the age of 69. While rarely a headliner, Todd is one of those few actors indelibly stitched into the fabric of genre television and film roles due to a remarkable number of supporting roles and guest roles. He played multiple characters in the Star Trek franchise, including Worf's brother on The Next Generation and an older version of child character Jake Sisko for an episode of Deep Space Nine. That episode, "The Visitor", quickly became one of the most beloved Star Trek stories in the franchise history, in no small part due to Todd's performance.
Todd was also part of the fan made Axanar project, which may explain why he hasn't been seen on "official" Star Trek media in a long time. Like many Star Trek exiles, he appeared on The Orville.
An imposing figure with a distinctive, deep, raspy voice, Todd's best remembered leading role is of course as the titular character of 1992's Candyman and its many sequels.
Sci-fi, horror, and fantasy media have lost a core presence. But we'll all be seeing him again, I'm sure, as long as people watch movies and TV.
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