By Associated Press
NEW YORK: Lance Reddick, a personality actor who specialised in intense, icy and probably sinister authority figures on TV and movie, together with “The Wire,” “Fringe” and the “John Wick” franchise, has died. He was 60.
Reddick died “suddenly” Friday morning, his publicist Mia Hansen mentioned in a press release, attributing his demise to pure causes. No additional particulars have been supplied.
Wendell Pierce, Reddick’s co-star on “The Wire” paid tribute on Twitter. “A man of great strength and grace,” he wrote. “As talented a musician as he was an actor. The epitome of class.” “John Wick — Chapter Four” director Chad Stahelski and star Keanu Reeves mentioned they have been dedicating the upcoming movie to Reddick and have been “deeply saddened and heartbroken at the loss.”
Reddick was usually put in a swimsuit or a crisp uniform throughout his profession, enjoying tall, taciturn and chic males of distinction. He was finest identified for his position as straight-laced Lt. Cedric Daniels on the hit HBO sequence “The Wire,” the place his character was agonizingly trapped within the messy politics of the Baltimore police division.
“The Wire” creator David Simon praised Reddick on Twitter: “Consummate professional, devoted collaborator, lovely and gentle man, loyal friend. Could go on, but no, I can’t go on. This is gutting. And way, way, way too soon.”
“I’m an artist at heart. I feel that I’m very good at what I do. When I went to drama school, I knew I was at least as talented as other students, but because I was a Black man and I wasn’t pretty, I knew I would have to work my butt off to be the best that I would be, and to be noticed,” Reddick instructed the Los Angeles Times in 2009.
Reddick additionally starred on the Fox sequence “Fringe” as a particular agent Phillip Broyles, the smartly-dressed Matthew Abaddon on “Lost” and performed the multi-skilled Continental Hotel concierge Charon in Lionsgate’s “John Wick” motion pictures, together with the fourth within the sequence that releases later this month.
“The world of Wick would not be what it is without Lance Reddick and the unparalleled depth he brought to Charon’s humanity and unflappable charisma. Lance leaves behind an indelible legacy and hugely impressive body of work, but we will remember him as our lovely, joyful friend and Concierge,” Lionsgate mentioned in a press release.
Reddick earned a SAG Award nomination in 2021 as a part of the ensemble for Regina King’s movie “One Night in Miami.” He performed recurring roles on “Intelligence” and “American Horror Story” and was on the present “Bosch” for its seven-year run.
His upcoming tasks embrace twentieth Century’s remake of “White Men Can’t Jump” and “Shirley,” Netflix’s biopic of former Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm. He was additionally slated to seem within the “John Wick” spinoff “Ballerina,” in addition to “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial.”
The Baltimore-born-and-raised Reddick was a Yale University drama faculty graduate who loved some success after faculty by touchdown visitor or recurring roles “CSI: Miami” and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.” He additionally appeared in a number of motion pictures, together with “I Dreamed of Africa,” “The Siege” and “Great Expectations.”
It was on season 4 of “Oz,” enjoying a doomed undercover officer despatched to jail who turns into an addict, that Reddick had a profession breakthrough.
“I was never interested in television. I always saw it as a means to an end. Like so many actors, I was only interested in doing theater and film. But ‘Oz’ changed television. It was the beginning of HBO’s reign on quality, edgy, artistic stuff. Stuff that harkens back to great cinema of the ’60s and ’70s,” he instructed The Associated Press in 2011.
“When the opportunity for ‘Oz’ came up, I jumped. And when I read the pilot for ‘The Wire,’ as a guy that never wanted to be on television, I realized I had to be on this show.”
Reddick attended the distinguished Eastman School of Music, the place he studied classical composition, and he performed piano. His first album, the jazzy “Contemplations and Remembrances,” got here out in 2011.
He had a recurring position as Jeffrey Tetazoo, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, on the CBS sequence “Intelligence.” On “American Horror Story: Coven,” he portrayed Papa Legba, the go-between between humanity and the spirit world.
Reddick is survived by his spouse, Stephanie Reddick, and youngsters, Yvonne Nicole Reddick and Christopher Reddick.
His demise was first reported by celeb web site TMZ.com.
NEW YORK: Lance Reddick, a personality actor who specialised in intense, icy and probably sinister authority figures on TV and movie, together with “The Wire,” “Fringe” and the “John Wick” franchise, has died. He was 60.
Reddick died “suddenly” Friday morning, his publicist Mia Hansen mentioned in a press release, attributing his demise to pure causes. No additional particulars have been supplied.
Wendell Pierce, Reddick’s co-star on “The Wire” paid tribute on Twitter. “A man of great strength and grace,” he wrote. “As talented a musician as he was an actor. The epitome of class.” “John Wick — Chapter Four” director Chad Stahelski and star Keanu Reeves mentioned they have been dedicating the upcoming movie to Reddick and have been “deeply saddened and heartbroken at the loss.”googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Reddick was usually put in a swimsuit or a crisp uniform throughout his profession, enjoying tall, taciturn and chic males of distinction. He was finest identified for his position as straight-laced Lt. Cedric Daniels on the hit HBO sequence “The Wire,” the place his character was agonizingly trapped within the messy politics of the Baltimore police division.
“The Wire” creator David Simon praised Reddick on Twitter: “Consummate professional, devoted collaborator, lovely and gentle man, loyal friend. Could go on, but no, I can’t go on. This is gutting. And way, way, way too soon.”
“I’m an artist at heart. I feel that I’m very good at what I do. When I went to drama school, I knew I was at least as talented as other students, but because I was a Black man and I wasn’t pretty, I knew I would have to work my butt off to be the best that I would be, and to be noticed,” Reddick instructed the Los Angeles Times in 2009.
Reddick additionally starred on the Fox sequence “Fringe” as a particular agent Phillip Broyles, the smartly-dressed Matthew Abaddon on “Lost” and performed the multi-skilled Continental Hotel concierge Charon in Lionsgate’s “John Wick” motion pictures, together with the fourth within the sequence that releases later this month.
“The world of Wick would not be what it is without Lance Reddick and the unparalleled depth he brought to Charon’s humanity and unflappable charisma. Lance leaves behind an indelible legacy and hugely impressive body of work, but we will remember him as our lovely, joyful friend and Concierge,” Lionsgate mentioned in a press release.
Reddick earned a SAG Award nomination in 2021 as a part of the ensemble for Regina King’s movie “One Night in Miami.” He performed recurring roles on “Intelligence” and “American Horror Story” and was on the present “Bosch” for its seven-year run.
His upcoming tasks embrace twentieth Century’s remake of “White Men Can’t Jump” and “Shirley,” Netflix’s biopic of former Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm. He was additionally slated to seem within the “John Wick” spinoff “Ballerina,” in addition to “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial.”
The Baltimore-born-and-raised Reddick was a Yale University drama faculty graduate who loved some success after faculty by touchdown visitor or recurring roles “CSI: Miami” and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.” He additionally appeared in a number of motion pictures, together with “I Dreamed of Africa,” “The Siege” and “Great Expectations.”
It was on season 4 of “Oz,” enjoying a doomed undercover officer despatched to jail who turns into an addict, that Reddick had a profession breakthrough.
“I was never interested in television. I always saw it as a means to an end. Like so many actors, I was only interested in doing theater and film. But ‘Oz’ changed television. It was the beginning of HBO’s reign on quality, edgy, artistic stuff. Stuff that harkens back to great cinema of the ’60s and ’70s,” he instructed The Associated Press in 2011.
“When the opportunity for ‘Oz’ came up, I jumped. And when I read the pilot for ‘The Wire,’ as a guy that never wanted to be on television, I realized I had to be on this show.”
Reddick attended the distinguished Eastman School of Music, the place he studied classical composition, and he performed piano. His first album, the jazzy “Contemplations and Remembrances,” got here out in 2011.
He had a recurring position as Jeffrey Tetazoo, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, on the CBS sequence “Intelligence.” On “American Horror Story: Coven,” he portrayed Papa Legba, the go-between between humanity and the spirit world.
Reddick is survived by his spouse, Stephanie Reddick, and youngsters, Yvonne Nicole Reddick and Christopher Reddick.
His demise was first reported by celeb web site TMZ.com.