Michael Parks, the actor who has performed in many Quentin Tarantino works such as "Kill Bill" and the sequel "Kill Bill 2: Battle Royale of Love" in the past, has unfortunately passed away on the 9th local time in the United States, at the age of 77.
According to KUGOU. TV reported that Michael Parks, a veteran actor who has acted in more than 100 movies and TV series including "Kill Bill", the sequel "Kill Bill 2: Battle Royale of Love", "Yaguo Mission" and so on, was confirmed by his agency and director friend Kevin Smith on the 9th local time in the United States that he had unfortunately passed away at the age of 77, and the cause of death has not yet been made public.
Michael Parks has appeared in over 100 films and TV series in the past.
California-born Michael Parks, before entering the show business, made a living by picking fruit, digging ditches, driving trucks, and fighting forest fires, until 1961 when he officially debuted on the TV show "The Real McCoys", and later became the famous director Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, and Kevin Smith and others' favorite royal characters in theatrical works such as Michael Parks. The Texas forester character "Earl McGraw" in "Kill Bill" actually appeared not only once, but appeared in many works written or directed by Quentin Tarantino, including "The Night's Hunt" before "Kill Bill", and later in "The Execution Chamber", all of which repeatedly played this same role and were impressive.
Michael Parks' Texas forester character Earl McGraw has actually appeared in several Quentin Tarantino's works.
Kevin Smith, the director of "Human Walrus" who cooperated with Michael Parks, announced the bad news of his friend's unfortunate death through his own Instagram today, in addition to calling him his own "cinematic muse", he also said with pleasure: "Michael was and will always be the best actor I know", revealing that in fact, he has been fascinated by him since "The Night Hunt" and vowed to write a script for this actor after that. Later, after becoming a screenwriter and director, he tailored the scripts for the two films "Red State" and "Human Walrus", which was a dream come true for him, so it was really a great honor for him to have the honor of meeting such an outstanding actor and working with him further, and sadly said: "Goodbye, old friend, we will meet again later."
"Human Walrus" director Kevin Smith (bottom pictured right) today on his Instagram emotional tribute to idol and friend Michael Parks (top & bottom left).