Tom Noonan, an actor who launched his career on the New York stage in the original 1978 Off Broadway production of Sam Shepard’s Buried Child before pivoting to indelible film performances as menacing villains in Manhunter,

Tom Noonan, the actor best known for his roles in RoboCop 2 and Manhunter, has died at 74.

Noonan was most famous for his roles in Michael Mann’s Manhunter, where he played serial killer Francis Dollarhyde.