Tony Todd | ||
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as Reverend Ot | ||
Character Reverend Ott | ||
Date of birth 4 December 1954 | ||
Place of birth Washington, D.C. | ||
Date of death November 6, 2024 | ||
Place of death Los Angeles, California | ||
IMDb profile |
Tony Todd was an actor who guest-starred on Law & Order in the episode "Sanctuary" as Reverend Ott.
Todd was known for his cult status amongst horror and sci-fi fans. He is known for his role as the Candyman in the Candyman film series (with Vanessa Williams, Virginia Madsen, and Xander Berkeley in the first film). He also lent his voice to the characters of The Fallen in the film Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (with Robert Foxworth, Kevin Dunn, and Julie White) and Zoom on the 2014 TV series The Flash (performing the disguised voice of Teddy Sears).
He was also noted by the Star Trek fandom for playing Worf's brother Kurn on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Todd also had guest roles as the Alpha Hirogen in an episode of Star Trek: Voyager and the adult Jake Sisko in the award-winning Deep Space Nine episode "The Visitor".