--- title: Brad Bufanda: Veronica Mars Actor Dies by Suicide at 34 description: Brad Bufanda, an actor from the television series Veronica Mars, died at the age of 34 canonical: https://time.com/5009529/brad-bufanda-veronica-mars-suicide-death/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-11-03T18:53:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T18:06:48.454Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: 'Veronica Mars' Actor Brad Bufanda Dies by Suicide at 34 og:description: "We are completely devastated" og:url: https://time.com/5009529/brad-bufanda-veronica-mars-suicide-death/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta222dd47077bae6a/6988e48cbc6cfca7883e3cd9/gettyimages-105319848.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: "A Cinderella Story" World Premiere - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Veronica Mars' Actor Brad Bufanda Dies by Suicide at 34 twitter:description: "We are completely devastated" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta222dd47077bae6a/6988e48cbc6cfca7883e3cd9/gettyimages-105319848.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Veronica Mars_ Actor Brad Bufanda Dies by Suicide at 34 by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Nov 3, 2017 6:53 PM CUT  Brad Bufanda during "A Cinderella Story" World Premiere - Arrivals at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California, United States. Brad Bufanda during "A Cinderella Story" World Premiere - Arrivals at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California, United States.Photo by SGranitz—WireImage/Getty by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Nov 3, 2017 6:53 PM CUT Brad Bufanda, an actor from the television series [_Veronica Mars,_](http://time.com/3339445/veronica-marks-spinoff-play-it-again-dick/ "undefined")died by suicide at the age of 34. [The Hollywood Reporter](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/veronica-mars-actor-brad-bufanda-dies-at-34-1054711 "undefined") confirmed the death with Bufanda’s rep Kirsten Solem. Solem said that the family is asking for privacy. “We are completely devastated for he was an extremely talented young actor and wonderful, caring human being. He was reviving his career having just completed two movies, and we are shocked and saddened by his passing,” Solem told the _Hollywood Reporter._ Bufanda died Wednesday shortly after midnight, Ed Winter of the[ Los Angeles County](http://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/10944/ride-along-with-jay-leno-in-an-la-county-sheriffs-office-1978-chevy-nova-9c1 "undefined") Coroner’s Office told the _Hollywood Reporter_. He jumped from a building before being found by a transient, officials said. A spokesperson for the Coroner’s Office [told _People_](http://people.com/tv/veronica-mars-actor-brad-bufanda-dead-suicide/ "undefined") that an autopsy had been completed and the death was ruled a suicide. The spokesperson added that Bufanda died from blunt traumatic injuries related to the suicide. Bufanda appeared in _Veronica Mars,_ _Malcolm in the Middle, CSI: Miami_ and [_Days of Our Lives._](http://time.com/4092440/casey-allen-moss-arrested-arizona-bar/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5009529/brad-bufanda-veronica-mars-suicide-death/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5009529/brad-bufanda-veronica-mars-suicide-death/"},"headline":"Veronica Mars Actor Brad Bufanda Dies by Suicide at 34","datePublished":"2017-11-03T18:53:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T18:06:48.454Z","description":"\"We are completely devastated\"","url":"https://time.com/5009529/brad-bufanda-veronica-mars-suicide-death/","keywords":["celebrities","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta222dd47077bae6a/6988e48cbc6cfca7883e3cd9/gettyimages-105319848.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Marie Segarra","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta222dd47077bae6a/6988e48cbc6cfca7883e3cd9/gettyimages-105319848.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"A Cinderella Story\" World Premiere - Arrivals","caption":"\"A Cinderella Story\" World Premiere - Arrivals","creditText":"Photo by SGranitz—WireImage/Getty","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5009529/brad-bufanda-veronica-mars-suicide-death/","name":"Veronica Mars Actor Brad Bufanda Dies by Suicide at 34"}}]}] ```