The Dark Pictures Anthology Curator Tony Pankhurst Has Died

Supermassive Games has revealed that Tony Pankhurst has passed away recently at the age of 67. He was the face of the Curator in The Dark Pictures Anthology.

In a post on Twitter, Supermassive Games said, “We are all saddened to hear of Tony Pankhurst’s passing. He was the face of The Curator, and we loved working with him.” On a tribute page, his family stated that he passed away on May 9, and shared that he was an avid Briton Hove Albion FC football fan. The family is also open to donations to “Hospice in the Weald,” to which Supermassive Games itself donated £200.

In The Dark Pictures Anthology, The Curator is the omniscient narrator in each of the games, often speaking to players about and reacting to what choices they made during their playthroughs. While Pankhurst’s likeness was used for The Curator, the character’s voice and motion-capture credits belong to actor Pip Torrens. Pankhurst portrayed The Curator in the live-action trailer for the series’ House of Ashes entry.

The Dark Pictures Anthology is a series of horror-adventure games developed by Supermassive Games and published by Bandai Namco. The series has had four games so far, making up its first season. The second season starts with Directive 8020, which was revealed back in 2022, but no release date has been announced for it yet.