Born on December 31, 1962 in Baltimore, Maryland, Lance Reddick began his acting career with roles on TV shows such as “New York Undercover” and “NYPD Blue” in the 1990s. He also made an impact as an undercover cop in season four of the awesome HBO prison series Oz. He is best known for his role as Lieutenant Cedric Daniels on the HBO series “The wire“ – in the opinion of many (including the author of these lines) the best series of all time. In the series, set in his hometown of Baltimore, he embodies one of the few consistently sincere characters in a world of corruption and crime.
Another major role Reddick got in the FOX series “Fringe”, where he played the FBI agent Phillip Broyles. Reddick has also been a regular at movie theaters – in movies like “White House Down”, “Oldboy”, “Angel Has Fallen”, “Godzilla vs. Kong” and most notably the “John Wick” series. In Chad Stahelski’s action films, he plays Charon, the Continental Hotel janitor who is unconditionally loyal to his boss. In “John Wick: Chapter 4He can be seen again in this role in the cinema from March 18, 2023.
Reddick has also left a lasting mark on the video game world. He voiced the character Commander Zavala in the still-popular online first-person shooters Destiny and Destiny 2. After news of his death broke, many gamers paid him their respects. They visited his character in the game, greeted him or sat next to each other in silence.
In addition to John Wick: Chapter 4, we will see Reddick in cinemas and new streaming productions in the near future. For example, Reddick should also play a role as Charon in the upcoming spin-off “John Wick”-“Ballerina”. In addition, before his death, the versatile actor was on camera for the upcoming remake of “White Boys Don’t Bring It” and the political biopic “Shirley”, produced for Netflix. He will also appear as Zeus in the upcoming new Percy Jackson series.
These are the last roles of the actor, who was found dead in his home on the morning of March 17, 2023. According to a representative for the actor, Reddick “died suddenly”, but it was “of natural causes”. He leaves behind a wife and three children.