Conor Angus Cloud Hickey

Conor Angus Cloud Hickey was born in Oakland, California, to an Irish family. He attended the School of Production Design at Oakland School for the Arts alongside Zendaya. Working at a chicken and waffle restaurant in Manhattan in 2018, Cloud was approached on the street by casting scout Jennifer Venditti, who believed he had the ideal raw charisma for a new HBO series.

Initially suspecting a scam, Cloud auditioned and was cast as Fezco, a high-school dropout and drug dealer with a gentle heart, on Sam Levinson's hit teen drama Euphoria. His unvarnished authenticity, slow drawl, and tender chemistry with Zendaya (Rue) and Maude Apatow (Lexi) turned Fezco into the moral conscience and emotional center of the series. Cloud also starred in films including North Hollywood (2021) and the vampire thriller Abigail (2024). Struggling with deep grief following the death of his father one week prior, Cloud tragically died of an accidental overdose at his childhood home at age 25.