Actor Wilford Brimley, best known for his roles in the Oscar-winning movie Cocoon and The Firm, has died at the age of 85, the US media reported.

In Ron Howard’s 1985 Sci-Fi feature Cocoon, Brimley played a man in his 70s who together with the other residents of a Florida retirement home, discovers an alien energy source that rejuvenates them.

Another memorable role came alongside Tom Cruise in the 1993 legal thriller The Firm, where Brimley played a sinister security official for a law firm.