Dota 2 Voice Actor Tony Todd Passes Away Aged 69

Dota 2 voice actor Tony Todd has passed away at the age of 69. He gave his voice to a number of iconic heroes in the game such as Dragon Knight, including his dragon form known as Slyrak, Nightstalker and Viper. He also reprised the role of Slyrak in the Netflix animated series Dota 2: Dragon’s Blood.

More than Dota

Although Dota fans will know him for his iconic voice lines and responses, Tony Todd was an extremely accomplished actor in many major movies as well. He appeared in a Final Destination, Transformers, The Crow, Night of the Living Dead but if you’re a horror movie fan, you’ll likely know him in the starring role in Chttps://www.hotspawn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/wow-1.pngan (1992).

Dota wasn’t his only adventure into video game voice acting either. Tony Todd also gave a voice to Venom in Spiderman (2023), Dr Rogers in Back 4 Blood (2021) and The Director in Layers of Fear 2 (2019) among others.

It’s reported that he passed away at his home in Los Angeles from natural causes.

Dota 2 Voice Actors

The voice actors in Dota are often so behind the scenes that many fans don’t even learn their names until something like this happens. But the actors are vital to the relationship we all have with the game. Sound cues, unique interactive voice lines and the chat wheel all go a long way to enhancing the gameplay experience not only in Dota 2 but all games.

This isn’t the first loss Dota has suffered this year. Sam Mowry also passed away at the age of 64, known for the voices he gave to Anti-Mage, Beastmaster, Clockwerk, Necrophos, Slardar, and Warlock.