Over the course in four decades in show business, Todd lent his talents to multiple tentpoles, including the Transformers and Final Destination film series, plus two Star Trek shows.
Have YOU got a story? EmailTony Todd, who played the titular serial killer in the Candyman horror franchise, died at home in Los Angeles this Wednesday aged 69.Over the course in four decades in show business, Todd lent his talents to multiple tentpoles, including the Transformers and Final Destination film series.
Read More Virginia Madsen, 63, who was Oscar nominated for Sideways and wed to a Yellowstone star, is still hot - see her now Born in Washington, DC in 1954, Todd was raised in Connecticut by an aunt who took him in when he was just three years old. One of his early breaks in the movies was the acclaimed Oliver Stone war drama Platoon, released in 1986 as the first part of the director's Vietnam trilogy.
He achieved icon status in the horror world in 1992, when moviegoers saw him the title villainous role in Candyman, which he is pictured in with Virginia Madsen He achieved icon status in the horror world in 1992, when moviegoers saw him the title villainous role in the supernatural thriller Candyman.
Apart from being a fearsome presence on the screen, Todd also emerged as a sex symbol of sorts via the smash hit horror feature. In the Michael Bay film Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen, he provided the voiceover for the antagonist robot, The Fallen
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