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Buddy Duress, the actor who appeared in two Safdie Brothers films, including the 2017 one. Good time starring Robert Pattinson, died last November of what his brother said this week was “cardiac arrest from a cocktail of drugs.” Duress was 38.
Duress’ death was announced on social media last week by director Jay Karales, whose upcoming film Massive state lottery characteristics Coercion. The cause of death was announced yesterday People by the actor’s brother, Christopher Stathis (Duress was born Michael C. Stathis).
“This man was an absolute treasure,” wrote Karales, known professionally as LowRes Wünderbred. “Without a doubt, Buddy Duress was one of the most entertaining people I have ever met and his stories were unrivaled. I remember seeing it in Good time in 2017 and saying: ‘This is what the future of acting should be like.’ That kind.’ He brought a certain authenticity and charisma to the screen that is no longer seen. It was a dream to get it. Massive state lotteryand I feel privileged to have been his director and his friend.”
Born in Queens, New York, in May 1985, his acting debut came in the 2014 Josh and Benny Safdie film. heaven knows what, starring Caleb Landry Jones and Arielle Holmes. The brothers reunited with Duress three years later for the crime drama. Good timein which he played Pattinson’s character’s drug trafficking accomplice.
The Safdies cast Duress in their 2014 drug addiction drama. heaven knows what a year after Josh Safdie met Duress following his release from New York’s Rikers Island on drug charges. After missing a scheduled appointment for an inpatient program, Duress was arrested again; heaven knows what It premiered at the New York Film Festival while Duress was locked up.
Even as he put together a film resume that included credits like Person to Person (2017), The Great Dark Days (2018), Beware of the Dog (2020), and funny pages (2022), among others, Duress continued to have run-ins with the law. in 2019 New York Post In an article titled “Buddy Duress Should Be a Big Star, But He Can’t Stay Out of Rikers,” it was reported that the actor was arrested several times that year, including for grand theft, menacing, criminal possession of brass knuckles and drugs, and for threatening to burn down his mother’s house in Queens.
At the time of publication article, Duress’s mother had asked him for a protective order. “I don’t blame her,” Duress told the Post in a phone interview from Rikers. “It’s not easy to live with me.”
In addition to his brother Christopher, Duress is survived by his mother Jo-Anne.