Actor Matthew Posey, who starred in various westerns, including the Oscar-winning film No Country for Old Men (2007), The Magnificent Seven (2016), and Lonesome Dove (1989). Has died. He was 68 years old.
Posey’s death was announced by Ochre House Theater, the non-profit Dallas, Texas theater company the actor co-founded in 2008. According to the memorial page on the theater’s website, Posey died on October 2, “leaving behind a lifetime of memories and countless people.”
The Dallas, Texas native graduated with a bachelor’s degree in theater arts from Texas Tech University, later completing a master’s in film at the American Film Institute, working in Los Angeles for 12 years before returning to Dallas as a company member at Undermain Theater, according to his obituary.
On screen, Posey came to prominence in films such as the acclaimed No Country for Old Men, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, in addition to the 2016 remake of The Magnificent Seven. On television, the actor appeared in the iconic ’80s miniseries Lonesome Dove, alongside the Dallas reboot, Walker, Texas Ranger, the Pierce Brosnan-led western The Son, and more recently, the biographical true crime drama Love & Death, released in 2023. In September, he played a bartender in Brothers, alongside Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey.
In 2017, Posey made national headlines after he was shot in the face in an unprovoked attack at the Cold Beer Company bar in Dallas, sustaining non-life-threatening injuries. Little over a month later, Posey returned to the stage at Ochre House.
“They said it’s pretty remarkable. One centimeter over and it would have been over, you know all over for me,” Posey said (via CBS). “This guy shot me in the face but he didn’t rob me of my life.”
No cause of death has been given regarding the actor’s passing as of October 27. He is survived by his partner, Suzanne Thomas.
