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Actor Samuel French, known for roles in Martin Scorsese’s film Killers of the Flower Moon, as well as Fear the Walking Dead, and Joe Haladin: The Case of the Missing Sister, has died at the age of 45. Per Entertainment Weekly, French passed away on May 9 of cancer, according to his friend and collaborator Paul Sinacore.

“Samuel was a dear friend and an incredible actor,” said Sinacore, who directed French in the upcoming film Towpath. Sinacore added that the movie “wouldn’t exist” without French and his “incredible intensity he brought to the role of Detective Bernard Crooke.”

Sinacore continued, “Together we were on an extraordinary journey, giving everything we had to realize a shared creative vision. Samuel carried a fire for acting that burned in every frame — unfiltered, fearless, and alive. He gave himself completely to the work, and it showed. I am deeply saddened by his loss and...

Samuel French has sadly died at the young age of 45.

The actor was best known for playing undercover FBI agent Cj Robinson in Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon.

French died on Friday (May 9) following a battle with cancer. His friend, writer-director Paul Sinacore, told THR that he passed in his birthplace of Waco, Texas.

Sinacore says that French appears in his upcoming movie Towpath, which will be his final film.

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“Samuel was a dear friend and an incredible actor,” Sinacore told THR. “Towpath wouldn’t exist without him, and the incredible intensity he brought to the role of Det. Bernard Crooke set the tone for the entire film. Together we were on an extraordinary journey, giving everything we had to realize a shared creative vision.”

He added, “Samuel carried a fire for acting that burned in every frame — unfiltered, fearless and alive.

Samuel French, a Texan actor known for his role as undercover FBI agent Cj Robinson in “Killers of the Flower Moon,” died this morning in Waco, Texas following a years-long battle with cancer. He was 45.

Born on January 26, 1980, French’s family moved to Clifton, Texas when he was 3. He graduated from high school there before moving to Austin and eventually Dallas, landing early acting credits on series like “Texas Rising” and “Fear the Walking Dead” as “Ben,” as well as film roles like “Pegasus: Pony With a Broken Wing,” “The Pro Bono Watchman” and a role in the 2024 crime thriller “Blood Dried Hands.”

French’s final performance will be as Detective Bernard Crooke in the crime drama/thriller “Towpath,” written and directed by Paul Sinacore. “Samuel was a dear friend and an incredible actor,” Sinacore said in a statement posted to Instagram. “Together we were on an extraordinary journey, giving...

Samuel French, an actor who has appeared in Killers of the Flower Moon and Fear the Walking Dead, has died. He was 45.

According to French’s friend and collaborator Paul Sinacore, who directed his final performance in the upcoming film Towpath, French died on May 9.

Sinacore remembered French as a “dear friend and an incredible actor,” praising his performance as Detective Bernard Crooke in Towpath, which also stars Eric Roberts and is now in post-production.

“Together, we were on an extraordinary journey, giving everything we had to realize a shared creative vision,” said Sinacore in a statement. “Samuel carried a fire for acting that burned in every frame — unfiltered, fearless, and alive. He gave himself completely to the work, and it showed. I am deeply saddened by his loss and only wish he could have seen the final cut. He was one of a kind, and he will remain in our hearts forever.

Samuel French, a Texas actor on the rise who portrayed the undercover FBI agent Cj Robinson in Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, has died. He was 45.

French died Friday in a hospital in his birthplace of Waco, Texas, writer-director Paul Sinacore told The Hollywood Reporter. He had battled a cancer that spread through his body over the past couple of years.

French will be seen alongside Eric Roberts in his final film, playing a detective in Sinacore’s upcoming historical drama Towpath, set in 1964 during the civil rights movement. Watch the trailer here.

“Samuel was a dear friend and an incredible actor,” Sinacore said. “Towpath wouldn’t exist without him, and the incredible intensity he brought to the role of Det. Bernard Crooke set the tone for the entire film. Together we were on an extraordinary journey, giving everything we had to realize a shared creative vision.