William Bludworth

William John Bludworth is a fictional character in the Final Destination film series, portrayed by Tony Todd. As the most prominent recurring character in the franchise, he appears in Final Destination, Final Destination 2, Final Destination 5, and Final Destination Bloodlines. Bludworth also appears in the novelizations of the first two films, and Final Destination: Death of the Senses (2006). William Bludworth is a coroner, mortician, and the owner of Bludworth Funeral Homes, and has expert knowledge of Death and its forces or capacities. In the films, he appears as a mysterious and somewhat intimidating figure that the protagonists come across, usually after survivors begin dying. He would explain to them the nature of Death and its design and rules, and impart advice on how to cheat or navigate it, albeit in vague ways left up to the characters' interpretation. His nihilistic outlook and quite threatening tone towards the survivors often leaves the characters shaken.