Tony Todd

Theatrical Credits:
• The Captain's Tiger: A Memoir for the Stage as Donkeyman, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City
• King Hedley II as King Hedley II, O'Reilly Theatre, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1999-2000
• Cry Me a River, Hasty Pudding Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1997
• Dark Paradise as Chiron, Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Johnny Got His Gun, Wesbank Theatre, New York City
• Playboy of the West Indies, Crossroads Theatre
• Zooman and the Sign, Second Stage Theatre
• No Place to Be Somebody, Matrix Theatre
• Home, Crossroads Theatre
• Les Blancs, Arena Stage
• The Mighty Gents
• Camino Real
• Sepia Tones
• Blood Knot
• The Island
• Othello

Aside from being an actor, Tony is also a playwrighting instructor.

His professional acting debut was in the feature film Sleepwalk in 1986.

Tony attended the following educational institutions and acting training institutes: University of Connecticut, Eugene O'Neill National Theatre Institute, Hartman Conservatory in Stamford, Connecticut, and Trinity Square Repertory Theatre Conservatory in Providence, Rhode Island.

Tony Todd was Charlie Sheen's best man in his first two weddings.

Todd was discovered by acclaimed director Oliver Stone when he saw him doing Johnny Got His Gun in West Bak Theatre. Stone asked Tony to audition for his Oscar-winning film Platoon.

Todd lent his voice as the narrator of the video game The Legend of Dragoon in 2000.

Tony has a son named Alex and a daughter named Ariana.

Todd names Barack Obama, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and John F. Kennedy as his heroes.

Tony resides in Los Angeles, California. (2008)

Tony was an associate producer for the straight-to-video movie Scarecrow Slayer (2003) and was a co-producer in the video Candyman: Day of the Dead (1999).

Tony was in the music video "Gravedigger" by Dave Matthews Band in 2003.

Tony has appeared in three Star Trek sequel TV series: as a Klingon, Kurn, on Star Trek: The Next Generation, as a human, Jake Sisko, on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and as an Alpha Hirogen hunter on Star Trek: Voyager.

Tony is 6 feet 5 inches tall.

Tony was offered a role on Earth: Final Conflict but turned it down due to financial and personal considerations, chief among them being his not wanting to commit to a six-year contract.

Tony is a comic book fan and collector.

Tony was a Boy Scout as a young man.

Tony is best known for his performance as Candyman (1992) and its two sequels.

Tony was once considered for the lead role of Benjamin Sisko in "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993).

Tony has appeared in all three of the popular Final Destination movies.