Camden Toy

Camden Toy is an American actor, screenwriter, and film editor. He is best known as a character actor, often under special effects prosthetic makeup. He has acted in over one hundred independent films, and a number of television roles.

Camden Toy
Toy at the Big Apple Convention in Manhattan, October 17, 2009
Born
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Occupation(s)Film, television actor

Early life

Toy grew up in Pennsylvania, and his interest in the film industry was encouraged early on by his father, who worked as an actor and makeup artist.[1]

Career

Toy was one of the founding members and artistic director of the Obie Award-winning Nada theatre in New York City.[2]

After moving to Los Angeles, he appeared in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "Hush" as one of the demonic Gentlemen. In season seven, he played the skin-eating demon Gnarl in "Same Time, Same Place", and had a recurring role of the "ubervamp" Turok-Han.[1] He also played the Nosferatu-like vampire "The Prince of Lies" on the Angel episode "Why We Fight".[1]

Toy was a series regular on the television sitcom Goodnight Burbank and in the first four seasons of the Emmy Award-winning series The Bay. Most recently, Toy appeared in an episode of Into the Dark.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1993 The Genius Patient
1997 Faith Mailman
2001 Backgammon TV Announcer
2005 All Souls Day Fresh Dead / Dead Raoul
2005 The Works Janitor
2006 The Videos 1989–2004 King Nothing
2006 Outta Sync Dogsbody
2007 Morning Glory Lucky
2008 Trickery Mimicry Farmer
2009 Immortally Yours Henry
2009 Klikt Man / Clown
2010 Carnies Panusch
2010 Bare Knuckles Manager
2011 ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2 Dr. Kerr
2011 Hard Love Ralph
2011 Sebastian Homeless Man
2012 Big Bad Bugs Sydney Gerber
2013 Dark Splinter Donovan Braeden
2013 Feed Me Albert
2014 Now Hiring Lord Menace
2014 Disciples The Watcher
2015 A Blood Story Francis / Ferenc Nadasdy
2016 Bedeviled Tall Clown
2021 Boogey-Man The Shape
2021 Average Joe Lord Menace

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1999–2003 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Various roles 6 episodes
2004 Angel Prince of Lies Episode: "Why We Fight"
2008 The Mentalist Gambler Episode: "Red-Handed"
2008–2009 The Insider's Guide to Film School Professor Strauss 4 episodes
2010–2014 The Bay Igor Chambers 14 episodes
2011 Goodnight Burbank Yan Bobek 6 episodes
2016 Shameless Pan Episode: "A Yurt of One's Own"
2017 Monster School Animation Security Officer Toy Episode: "Welcome to Monster School"
2019 Into the Dark The Prankster Episode: "Uncanny Annie"

References
  1. Eggen, Michele (2015-07-27). "Exclusive Interview with Camden Toy: A Buffy Retrospective - Wicked Horror". Wicked Horror. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  2. "Camden Toy Interview". 2007-08-14. Archived from the original on 2007-08-14. Retrieved 2017-06-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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