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Writer and actor Stephen Hibbert - best known for playing the eerie character known as - has died at the age of 68.
A family member confirmed to TMZ that Hibbert passed away from a heart attack in Denver on Monday.
His children - Ronnie, Rosalind and Greg - shared a heartfelt statement following his sudden death.
'Our father, Stephen Hibbert, passed away unexpectedly this week,' they told the outlet. 'His life was full of love and dedication to the arts and his family. He will be dearly missed by many.'
Born in Fleetwood, England, Hibbert began building a career in television writing in the 1980s, landing early work on Late Night with David Letterman.
He later wrote for several animated children’s series during the 1990s and contributed scripts to shows including MADtv and Boy Meets World.
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Writer and actor Stephen Hibbert - best known for playing the eerie character known as The Gimp in Pulp Fiction - has died at the age of 68
It was his brief - and unforgettable - appearance in Quentin Tarantino’s cult classic Pulp Fiction that cemented his place in pop-culture history
He also penned the 1994 comedy It's Pat: The Movie, starring SNL vet Julia Sweeney.
Hibbert also appeared in several film roles during his career, including a small part as a prison guard in the 1999 comedy Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.
In the film’s infamous pawn shop basement sequence, Hibbert's character appears when the shop owner orders his accomplice to 'bring out the Gimp'
Emerging from a locked box, the eerie figure is dressed head-to-toe in a black leather bondage suit with a zippered mask and leash
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He later had another brief on-screen role in The Cat in the Hat.
