Most of us will remember Tony Todd as Kurn, Worf’s brother, but he is probably better known as the Candyman.

https://www.startrek.com/en-ca/news/remembering-tony-todd

Todd first appeared in the Star Trek universe as the Klingon Commander Kurn, son of Mogh and brother of Worf, in Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s “Sins of The Father,” then returning for “Redemption” and “Redemption, Part II,” as well as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine‘s “Sons of Mogh.”

In the fan-favorite DS9 episode, “The Visitor,” Todd portrayed the adult Jake Sisko as Captain Benjamin Sisko’s son spends decades of his life trying to rescue his father following an accident.

In a 2010 interview with StarTrek.com, recalling his experience with “The Visitor,” Todd shared, “‘The Visitor’ changed my life, not just in terms of convention appearances, but at the time that episode was done the Internet was just exploding and I remember sitting for hours just basking in the glow of the love that was being written about that single episode.”

“The story behind my doing it is that the woman who raised me, my aunt, was a single woman, and she’d passed away at the beautiful age of 82,” continued Todd. “I’d just finished Candyman 2 and it devastated me because she was a person I talked to every day. Fortunately, she was able to see some of the beginnings of my success. But I was in a state of shock and I wasn’t able to work for four months. They sent me the script for ‘The Visitor.’ It wasn’t a complete offer, but they sent it for my consideration and wanted me to come in and see them. So it was the role that got me up off the bed, out of the house, and into the producers’ office. When I went in, I saw a lot of actors who I felt were of the age and who were people I respected. But I went in and I got it. So that was sort of my homage to the parental figure in my life that I loved and cherished.”

 Full details of his life and career on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0865302/