Tom Noonan, the actor best known for his roles in “RoboCop 2” and “Last Action Hero,” has died. He was 74.
Karen Sillas, Noonan’s “What Happened Was” co-star, announced the devastating news on Wednesday, according to the Daily Mail. She revealed that the late actor “passed peacefully” on Saturday.
“My dear friend and co-star, Tom Noonan passed peacefully on Valentine’s Day 2026,” Sillas began her touching Instagram announcement.
Getty Images “Working with him in his original off Broadway play, ‘What Happened Was…,’ at the Paradise Factory Theatre in the early nineties, was a turning point for me and my career that still resonates throughout my life and work as an actor,” she added.
Sillas, 62, went on to call her and Noona’s 1994 film adaptation of “What Happened Was” one of the “most iconic Indies in American cinema” before paying tribute to her late co-star and his legacy.
“What a privilege and crazy fun it was working with this man and calling him my friend to the end … may his Legacy continue to shine on,” she concluded.
