Actor Lance Reddick, known for his role as Lieutenant Cedric Daniels in ‘The Wire’ and as the doorman of the Continental Hotel in the ‘John Wick’ action franchise, died on Friday (3/17). He was 60 years old.
According to TMZ, the actor’s body was found at his home in the Studio City area of Los Angeles. And, as The Hollywood Reporter found out, the death was considered natural, but no further details were offered.
Lance Reddick was born on June 7, 1962 in the city of Baltimore in the US state of Maryland. He initially studied Music and only later dedicated himself to the theatre. His acting debut came in 1996 when he appeared in episodes of the series ‘New York Undercover’ and ‘Swift Justice’.
Other important roles were in the films “Great Expectations” (1998), by Alfonso Cuarón, “New York Under Siege” (1998), with Denzel Washington and Bruce Willis, and “Africa of My Dreams” (2000), with Kim Basinger .
In 2001, he began an 11-episode guest appearance on HBO’s ‘Oz’, a pioneering prison-set attraction, which helped establish him better. However, it wasn’t until the following year that Reddick broke out, playing one of the defining roles of his career – Lieutenant Cedric Daniels in “The Wire” – also known by his national title of “A Escuta”.
Created by David Simon, the series was groundbreaking in showing the war on drugs from both the police and drug dealers’ perspectives. Reddick appeared in a total of 60 episodes of the show between 2002 and 2008.
With the end of “The Wire”, Reddick began to show up in “Lost”, as a character related to the mystery of the plot, and soon changed to one of the main roles in the sci-fi series “Fringe” (2008-2013). He also appeared in productions such as ‘Law & Order’, ‘Numb3rs’ and ‘CSI: Miami’, until his comeback as LAPD Chief Irvin Irving, in the series ‘Bosch’ (2014-2021) , one of the biggest hits of the Amazon Prime Video streaming platform. The series was created by Eric Ellis Overmyer, who worked as a producer and writer of “The Wire”.
With a commanding presence, he also started acting in action films, such as ˜Jonah Hex – Bounty Hunter’ (2010), ˜Eaten Alive’ (2011), ˜The Attack’ (2013) and ˜The Guest’ (2014 ). )). And it was in this condition that he started playing the doorman of the Continental hotel in “Back to the Game” (2014), the first film in the action series “John Wick”, with Keanu Reeves.
At first, Reddick’s character was just a supporting character, but he gradually gained traction as the franchise progressed and soon began to have direct involvement in the storyline, alongside the protagonist. By the way, at the time of his death the actor was actively involved in the promotion of the new film in the series “John Wick 4: Baba Yaga”, which will be released next Thursday (23/3).
Among other action productions, he has also participated in the films ‘Invasion of the Secret Service’ (2019), ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ (2021) and the recent series ‘Resident Evil’ (2022).
In addition to “John Wick 4: Baba Yaga”, he also left unpublished works in the series of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians”, in the biopic “Shirley” and in the remake of “White Men Can’t Bury”.
Source: Terra
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