R.I.P. Angus Cloud, Euphoria actor
Best known for his role as Fezco "Fez" O'Neill on Euphoria, Cloud was 25
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Angus Cloud, best known for his role as Fezco on Euphoria, has died. As confirmed by relatives to TMZ, Cloud died at his family’s home in Oakland, California. He was 25.
“It is with the heaviest heart that we had to say goodbye to an incredible human today,” Cloud’s family said in a statement. “As an artist, a friend, a brother, and a son, Angus was special to all of us in so many ways.”
“Last week, he buried his father and intensely struggled with this loss. The only comfort we have is knowing Angus is now reunited with his dad, who was his best friend. Angus was open about his battle with mental health, and we hope that his passing can be a reminder to others that they are not alone and should not fight this on their own in silence.”
Born on July 10, 1998, Cloud grew up in Oakland, California. The eldest of four, he attended the Oakland School for the Arts, the same high school as Zendaya, where he focused on theater tech. Cloud isn’t a trained actor by any stretch. Plucked off the street by a casting scout, who spotted him in Manhattan, Cloud found himself reading for the role of Fezco “Fez” O’Neill on HBO’s Euphoria. It was his first screen credit, and he almost missed the opportunity. “I was confused, and I didn’t want to give her my phone number,” he told GQ in 2019. “I thought it was a scam.”
Before Euphoria, Cloud moved to New York on a whim, where he worked at a “chicken and waffles joint” in Brooklyn. After two auditions for the show, he proudly called his boss to tell him he wouldn’t be in “today, tomorrow, or ever again.” The next thing he knew, he was on a first-class trip back to California, spending the entire ride “trying to learn how to act on the plane over there.”
Cloud’s ease on screen, playing the soft-spoken, drug-dealing best friend of Zendaya’s Rue, made him a fan favorite. Since Euphoria’s first season, Cloud starred in his first feature, a skateboarding drama, North Hollywood, starring Vince Vaughn and Miranda Cosgrove. He also appeared in music videos for Noah Cyrus and Juice WRLD.
Though Cloud’s personality and slow drawl led some to believe that he was just himself on screen, a criticism he took to heart.
“It does bother me,” Cloud told Variety, “when people are like, ‘It must be so easy! You get to go in and be yourself.’ I’m like, ‘Why don’t you go and do that?’ It’s not that simple. I brought a lot to the character. You can believe what you want. It ain’t got nothing to do with me.”
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He was great in Euphoria. I don’t know the details but anyone in the US can call 988 to talk to someone if they’re having dark thoughts.
I read he’d just watched The Idol.
Seriously, fuck you.
Great, now I’m going to hell for laughing at this. Are you happy? You’ve damned my soul for eternity.
Lol
This is so very sad. His was one of the most compelling characters on the show. For a first-timer his performances were amazing. I looked forward to seeing more of his work. The industry is brutal. So is the world right now. For those of us who have been around a while we are all struggling with the chaos gripping the world. My heart aches for all of the young folks trying to navigate it. They are not being supported with all of f*cking persistent ‘bootstrapping’ going on.
I could tell he was a “stunt casted” non-actor thrust into a pivotal role. Amazing coincident. Heart of the show…it’s very disturbing the show ended on Fez’s climatic s2 “death” cliffhanger. This is the final nail on any S3 ever happening. RIP
“The industry is brutal.”
Sorry, but did I miss the part where this has anything to do with the industry rather than his mental health and the death of his father?
Absolutely terrible news. He always kind of reminded me of Justin Pierce (Casper from Kids), who also died tragically at 25.He was by far the most interesting character on Euphoria to me. I was actually invested in his Fezco, who on paper could have easily been a stereotype and a one-note role, but Angus elevated it . And he had the most fascinating and unique eyes. RIP.
“Though Cloud’s personality and slow drawl led some to believe that he was just himself on screen, a criticism he took to heart.”Come on guys…
I’m a viewer, not a critic. I can only say that Angus Cloud, as Fez, was able to elicit emotional responses from me (both masks, as well as most that would fall in-between Comedy & Tragedy). In my book, that made him a talented actor – one I will miss.
I’m 55 and suicide is part of my genetics, as well as depression. In my darkest hours, around the age of 25, my uncle (who was on track to be a Catholic priest, but dropped out of the seminary) said to me, “Maybe this is all that there is.” Don’t get me wrong, it didn’t cure my depression, but it was enough to make me reconsider following in my father’s footsteps.
My heart goes out to Angus’s family and friends – those that truly knew him,a s well as anyone who struggles with that profoundly dark level of depression that makes death more attractive than life.
The above is the best I can do. It falls short.
Cloud isn’t a trained actor by any stretch. Plucked off the street by a casting scout, who spotted him in Manhattan, Cloud found himself reading for the role of Fezco “Fez” O’Neill on HBO’s Euphoria. That actually happens? Wow, would have been quite the career story had it not ended tragically for him.