‘Good Time’ star Buddy Duress dead at 38, cause of death revealed
nypost.comto People that the actor died in Nov. 2023.His cause of death was a “cardiac arrest from a drug cocktail,” Stathis said.The Queens native made his acting debut in Josh and Benny Safdie’s film “Heaven Knows What” in 2014, which he landed shortly after being released from Rikers Island after serving for drug-related charges.Born in Queens in May 1985, Duress went to Robert Louis Stevenson High School in Manhattan.He kickstarted his acting career a decade ago, and appeared in several films including, “Funny Pages,” “Flinch,” “Beware of Dog,” and “The Mountain.”Duress had two more projects slated to be released later this year, titled “Skull” and “Mass State Lottery,” according to his IMDb page, The actor had a long history of legal troubles and had been in and out of jail at least 10 times on charges ranging from heroin possession to identity theft.
In 2019, The Post reported that comedian Pete Davidson was such a fan of Duress that he wanted him to audition for his “Untitled Judd Apatow — Pete Davidson Comedy,” directed by Apatow.
The film eventually ended up being titled “The King of Staten Island” and released in 2020.“I could have done the [Apatow] movie.
But instead, I am here in jail,” Duress said at the time.“He asked me if he could get another shot [in showbiz]. ‘If not,’ he said, ‘I could kill myself now.’ He is a wildly talented actor.
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