Tony Pankhurst, the UK actor who grew to become a recognizable face in Supermassive’s horror collection The Dark Pictures Anthology, has handed away aged 67.
Supermassive’s X/Twitter account revealed that Pankhurst had handed away. In a tribute page revealed by his household (noticed by GameSpot), it was revealed that Pankhurst had handed away on Could 9, with Supermassive Video games studying of the information in the present day and offering a latest donation to the household. Because the tribute page reveals, any donations could be supplied to “Hospice within the World,” because the group “supplied such love and help to [Pankhurst] in his remaining weeks.”
We’re all saddened to listen to of Tony Pankhurst’s passing. He was the face of The Curator, and we cherished working with him. 🤍 pic.twitter.com/ZZQbeViE8S
— Supermassive Video games (@SuperMGames) July 29, 2024
“We’re all saddened to listen to of Tony Pankhurst’s passing. He was the face of The Curator, and we cherished working with him,” Supermassive stated.
Pankhurst is greatest identified for his work on The Dark Pictures Anthology collection. Though Pip Torrens has finished each movement seize and voice work for The Curator, Pankhurst’s likeness impressed the fictional character’s look. Pankhurst even performed the character in a live-action trailer for 2021’s The Dark Pictures Anthology: Home of Ashes.
The Curator is a recurring character in The Dark Pictures Anthology collection. Whereas he seems well mannered and calm, his presence, mixed with the darkish and ominous room he’s in, is unsettling. He data gamers’ tales as they endure horrific and supernatural occasions all through every recreation.
The Curator has appeared in each installment within the first season of The Dark Pictures Anthology, beginning with 2019’s Man of Medan, and most not too long ago appeared in a cameo within the 2023 PlayStation VR2 spinoff The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR.
The Dark Pictures Anthology collection concluded its first season following the discharge of The Satan in Me in 2022. A second season is deliberate, and the primary entry in season two, Directive 8020, is at the moment in improvement.
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