Film Todd appeared in more than 100 theatrical and television films and played opposite many major Hollywood stars. His film credits include:
Platoon (1986),
Night of the Living Dead (1990),
Candyman (1992),
The Crow (1994),
The Rock (1996),
Wishmaster (1997), the
Final Destination series (2000–2025),
Minotaur (2006), and
Beg (2010). Todd was the voice of The Fallen in
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) and was also in the
Rel Dowdell film
Changing the Game. Todd was a special guest of the Weekend of Horror Creation Entertainment on May 23, 2010, and Screamfest LA. Todd portrayed Reverend Zombie in
Hatchet II, which was released in a limited number of theatres on October 1, 2010. His signature baritone voice narrated several works, including the 2021 documentary
Invisible Threads: From Wireless to War. Todd returned as
William Bludworth, when he filmed
Final Destination Bloodlines in 2024.
Broadway Todd acted on and off
Broadway. Among his many roles are
August Wilson's
King Hedley II,
Athol Fugard's ''The Captain's Tiger
, for which he received the Helen Hayes nomination. Others include No Place to be Somebody, Les Blancs, Playboys of the West Indies
, Othello, Zooman and The Sign'', award-winning playwright Keith Glover's
Dark Paradise,
Aida (on Broadway), and
Levee James for the Eugene O'Neill Playwrights Conference and The New Dramatist Guild.
Television Todd's other television appearances include a recurring role on
Boston Public and guest appearances on
Law & Order,
Homicide: Life on the Street,
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys,
Xena: Warrior Princess as
Cecrops,
The X-Files,
Smallville,
Psych,
Angel,
24,
Charmed,
Stargate SG-1,
Andromeda,
Criminal Minds,
21 Jump Street, and
Chuck. Todd is one of the few actors to have portrayed two different speaking roles on
24. He was initially cast as Detective Michael Norris in
season three and four years later as General Benjamin Juma in both
24: Redemption and
season 7. He also played a major role in the
Babylon 5 TV film
A Call to Arms. He portrayed several characters in the
Star Trek universe:
Worf's brother
Kurn in
Star Trek: The Next Generation and
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, an adult
Jake Sisko in the episode "
The Visitor" in
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and an Alpha Hirogen in the episode "
Prey" in
Star Trek: Voyager. In 2017, Todd returned to the world of
Star Trek as General Rodek in the
MMORPG game
Star Trek Online. Todd also provided the voices of the
Decepticon Dreadwing on
Transformers: Prime, and
Icon in
Young Justice. In 2015, Todd was cast as the disguised voice of
Zoom (portrayed by
Teddy Sears when undisguised) in the
second season of
The Flash. Todd would later reprise his role in the
fifth season episodes "
What's Past Is Prologue" and "
Godspeed" (though the latter featured archive audio of Todd instead) and returned to the role one last time for the series finale, "
A New World, Part Four". On October 12, 2018, it was confirmed by
Bloody Disgusting that Todd would star in a recurring role in
Scream: Resurrection, the third season of the slasher television series
Scream. The season premiered on
VH1 on July 8, 2019.
Audio Todd played
the title character in Bleak December Inc.'s 2016 audio drama adaptation of
Bram Stoker's
Dracula. Todd was the narrator of the spoken word version of
Ice Nine Kills' album
The Silver Scream, released on June 29, 2023. ==Health and death==