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We have tragic news to report from Hollywood today.
Stephen Hibbert, the actor who appeared in some of the biggest films of the 1990s, has died.
He was only 68 years old.
News of Hebert’s death comes thanks to a statement from his three children, Ronnie, Rosalind, and Greg.
“Our father, Stephen Hibbert, passed away unexpectedly this week. His life was filled with love and dedication to the arts and his family. He will be deeply missed by many,” they wrote.
According to a report from TMZ, Hibbert died of a heart attack in Denver on Monday.
After starting his career as a writer for shows like Late Night with David Letterman, Mad TVand Boy meets worldHibbert met Quentin Tarantino while they were both performing with the improv troupe The Groundlings.
“Quentin and I acted out a master-slave scenario to a casting director,” he recalled in a 2024 interview with AARP (via Page Six).
“He walked me around the office and I cringed. I felt like I’d been training my whole working life for the chance to audition for a role like this. Oh wow!”
This performance led to Hibbert’s most famous role:
Although he never showed his face and didn’t have a single line of dialogue, Hibbert made a good impression as “The Gimp” in the 1994 classic. Pulp Fiction.
More than 30 years later, Hibbert’s scene remains one of the most referenced and parodied in the entire film.
Later in his career, Hibbert worked as a “screenplay doctor”, writing screenplays for modern classics such as… a partner and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.
He also had a small role in the last film.
Again, Hibbert was not a top-tier name. But his remarkable contributions to some of the biggest film and TV projects of the 1990s and 2000s deserve recognition.
Our thoughts go out to Hibbert’s friends and family during this very difficult time.
