Tony Todd, the actor who played the titular killer in the classic horror film Candyman and also appeared in Final Destination, The Rock and Platoon, has died at the age of 69.

Todd died Wednesday at home in Los Angeles after a long illness, his wife Fatima confirmed to the Hollywood Reporter on Friday.

Born in Washington DC in 1954, Todd had hundreds of television and film credits to his name over a forty-year career. One of his first roles was as heroin-addicted Sergeant Warren in Oliver Stone’s Oscar-winning war drama Platoon; he also appeared in 1996’s The Rock opposite Nicolas Cage, played mortician William Bludworth in the Final Destination franchise, and Grange in 1994’s The Crow, with Brandon Lee.

On television, Todd has appeared in many popular series, including 24, Homicide: Life on the Street, The X-Files, 21 Jump Street, Night Court, MacGyver, Matlock, Law & Order, Beverly Hills 90210, She wrote. He also played multiple roles on Star Trek, most notably as the Klingon Kurn, Worf’s brother, in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine.

He was also a prolific voice actor, playing characters in the games Call of Duty and Half Life, as well as Venom in the film Spider-Man 2 and the villain in Transformers: Rise of the Fallen.

In the 1992 film Candyman, Todd played the titular hook-handed killer, who is summoned when someone repeats his name five times in front of a mirror. The horror classic explored racism and social class; Todd’s character Daniel Robitaille was lynched by a white mob at the site of a later public housing project he haunts.

In 2019, Todd told the Guardian that he got an extra $1,000 every time he was stung by a bee in one of the film’s most famous scenes. “And I was stung 23 times. Anything worth making has to involve some kind of pain.”

Todd reprized his role in Jordan Peele’s Candyman reboot in 2021.

The actor used his fame for social work, for gang outreach and for teaching acting seminars for underprivileged children. About Candyman, he said: “I’ve made 200 films, this is the one that sticks in people’s minds. It affects people of all races. I’ve used it as an introductory tool in gang intervention work: What scares you? What terrible things have you experienced?”

“The industry has lost a legend. We have lost a dear friend. Rest in peace, Tony, -Your Final Destination Family,” New Line Cinema, which produced the horror franchise, wrote on Instagram.