Lance Reddick, 'The Wire' and 'John Wick' star, dies at 60
Source: AP
By MARK KENNEDY 14 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) Lance Reddick, a character actor who specialized in intense, icy and possibly sinister authority figures on TV and film, including The Wire, Fringe and the John Wick franchise, has died. He was 60.
Reddick died suddenly Friday morning, his publicist Mia Hansen said in a statement, attributing his death to natural causes.
Wendell Pierce, Reddicks 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 said they dedicating the upcoming film to Reddick and were deeply saddened and heartbroken at the loss.
Reddick was often put in a suit or a crisp uniform during his career, playing tall taciturn and elegant men of distinction. He was best known for his role as straight-laced Lt. Cedric Daniels on the hit HBO series The Wire, where his character was agonizingly trapped in the messy politics of the Baltimore police department.
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Kaleva
(36,394 posts)FalloutShelter
(11,897 posts)Love him Im everything. Most recently Bosch.
RIP Lance
Dyedinthewoolliberal
(15,608 posts)Good actor...... RIP sir, you left too soon. I say that as someone older than you.
Skittles
(153,275 posts)great actor
sybylla
(8,533 posts)I just can't believe he's gone. I am heartbroken.
Haggis 4 Breakfast
(1,454 posts)He was hypnotic. If you have read any of Michael Connolly's "Bosch" novels since watching the HBO series, you know he fits the roll perfectly. Right down to the jaw grinding !
Sky Jewels
(7,194 posts)I can't help but think that for many, Covid is doing long-term damage to organs that give out suddenly. (Disclaimer: I don't know if that is what happened in his case.)
richdj25
(164 posts)Rest in peace Lance. Loved your roles.
Aristus
(66,520 posts)That sure described his small, one-episode-only role as a DC cop trying to track down anyone who might know a homeless man who froze to death on The National Mall.
This was in one of the most moving, astonishingly lovely episodes of The West Wing.
Reddick played the cop as smart, thorough, and mission-first. The characters one mistake was failing to note that the homeless man was a Korean War veteran.
Luciferous
(6,087 posts)Farmer-Rick
(10,235 posts)I thought he was great. So sad.
GB_RN
(2,403 posts)As the chief of LA Police, Irvin Irving. Fucking Bosch.
Well worth watching, with Titus Welliver as the titular character, Detective Hieronymus Harry Bosch.
Skittles
(153,275 posts)I agree, watching him and Titus was very entertaining indeed.
Bristlecone
(10,144 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,483 posts)R.I.P.
electric_blue68
(15,012 posts)Too young.
I haven't see the other shows.
Saw him in Fringe which I watched in full in '22, after not being able to see it past a part of S2 in it's original run.
He was great, and yeah, tall somewhat taciturn, intense, and elegant. His character barely really smiled so it's nice to see a photo where he's doing that.
Fly well, raven.
Mosby
(16,409 posts)yardwork
(61,771 posts)Thank you for posting it here.
Haggis 4 Breakfast
(1,454 posts)ratchiweenie
(7,755 posts)canuckledragger
(1,671 posts)I remember him from Fringe, but he's also lent his voice to many many a video game and such, which is where I heard him the most playing Destiny 2.
Loved his character in the John Wick films.
Sorry to see him go so soon.