Tony Todd

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Tony Todd without prosthetics in DS9: "The Visitor"

Tony Todd (born 4 December 1954; age 53) is the actor who portrayed Worf's brother Kurn in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and the video game Star Trek: The Next Generation - Klingon Honor Guard among two other roles. He was one of several actors considered for the role of Benjamin Sisko and provided also the voice of "Korban" for the video game Star Trek: Elite Force II.

Todd was born in Washington, DC. He studied for two years at the University of Connecticut before transferring to the Eugene O'Neill National Theatre Institute. He spent the next several years acting on stage in New England and teaching playwriting to high school students.

Todd, standing a sturdy 6'5", has extensive acting credits on the screen and on stage. His film credits include the Oscar-winning Platoon (1986), Colors (1988, with Tina Lifford), Lean on Me (1989, with Ethan Phillips and Mike Starr), Excessive Force (1993, with Bobby Bass, Danny Goldring, Tom Hodges, and Tony Epper), The Crow (1994, with Jeff Imada, Michael Berryman, Judi M. Durand, Barbara Harris, Spencer Garrett, Erik Stabenau, and Marco Rodriguez), The Rock (1996, with Willie Garson, Marshall Teague, Tom Towles, Anthony Guidera, and David Bowe), Final Destination (2000, with Daniel Roebuck), Final Destination 2 (2003), Final Destination 3 (2006), the lead role in Tom Savini's remake of Night of the Living Dead (co-starring Patricia Tallman and Tom Towles), and the title role in Candyman (co-starring Virginia Madsen). Todd reprised the latter role in several sequels.

He has made television appearances on hits such as The X-Files, Beverly Hills 90210, NYPD Blue, Xena, Hercules, Babylon 5, Smallville, Andromeda, CSI, Angel, 24, Stargate SG-1, and Boston Legal (starring William Shatner and John Larroquette). Todd has acted on stage throughout the US, including a stint on Broadway in Aida. He is currently starring as CIA Director Graham on the NBC series Chuck, produced by Robert Duncan McNeill and guest starring John Fleck. He also recently provided voice talent in the video game Half-Life 2 Episode Two, along side fellow Trek actor Michelle Forbes.