Silas Stone is a scientist who formerly worked at S.T.A.R. Labs and is the father of Victor Stone. ... While on his deathbed after years of failing to make it up to his son due to him dying from radiation poisoning caused by a monster the Teen Titans were fighting, Silas finally reconciled with Cyborg as he passes away.

Why did cyborgs dad sacrifice himself?

Silas Stone (Joe Morton), whose work on the mysterious Mother Box relics led to turning his half-dead son Victor (Ray Fisher) into the superhuman Cyborg. ... Stone sacrifices himself in an effort to superheat the final Mother Box to make it easy for the Justice League to track.

Why does Cyborg hate his dad?

Joe Morton, who plays Dr. Silas Stone, recently spoke to Comic Book Movie about one aspect of Cyborg's character we are going to see in Justice League: he resents what his father (Joe Morton) did to save him. ... Victor wasn't able to make a choice when it came to becoming Cyborg.