It is Cult Faction’s sad duty to announce that actor Brian Tarantina has passed away at the age of 60 years old. TMZ is reporting that “law enforcement sources tell us that the veteran actor was found dead early Saturday morning in his Manhattan apartment from what we’re told appeared to be a fatal drug overdose.”

Throughout his career Tarantina made a number of memorable appearances on the big and small screen including The Equaliser, Sledge Hammer!, Miami Vice, Uncle Buck, Born on the Fourth of July, Jacob’s Ladder, Carlito’s Way, The Jerky Boys, Spin City, Donnie Brasco, Oz, Summer of Sam, The Sopranos, Gilmore Girls, Heroes, The Black Donnellys, Grand Theft Auto IV, Fringe, Blue Bloods, and BlacKkKlansman.