“The Wire” star Lance Reddick dies at age 60

American actor and “The Wire” police officer Lance Reddick has died. According to his management, he died on Friday at the age of 60, various American media reported unanimously. An exact cause of the sudden death was not initially given. Reddick started his acting career in the 90’s with appearances on the show “The West Wing”.

However, he gained worldwide attention with a role as a police officer in his hometown of Baltimore, Maryland: as Lieutenant Cedric Daniels in the groundbreaking drama series “The Wire”, Reddick led an organized crime investigative unit from 2002. . In this role, Reddick showed his strong acting presence with a character who was inherently reserved, strictly professional, and a little understated.

Reddick has appeared in many well-known TV series and movies – most recently “Godzilla vs. Kong” or the shows “Bosch”, “Lost” and “Fringe”. He filmed until shortly before his death: in the next few days, the action movie “John Wick: Chapter 4” is scheduled in Germany, in which Reddick plays the role of “Charon”, a janitor in a New York hotel. (sda/dpa)