Lance Reddick, ‘The Wire’ and ‘John Wick’ Star, Dies at 60

A brand new John Wick film is opening in theaters subsequent week, that includes most of the franchise’s longtime stars — together with Lance Reddick, who performs Charon, the environment friendly concierge of the movie’s Continental Resort. However in a stunning bit of stories, Reddick has died within the midst of the John Wick: Chapter 4 press tour. In response to TMZ, Reddick’s physique “was found at his Studio Metropolis dwelling Friday morning round 9:30 AM. His reason behind demise is at present unclear, however our legislation enforcement sources say it seems to be pure.” Reddick was solely 60 years previous.

Additionally they notice that Reddick was posting movies of himself to social media as just lately as Wednesday morning — though they notice he seemed to be in his dwelling reasonably than attending the John Wick premiere in New York Metropolis.

Reddick was born and raised in Baltimore, a undeniable fact that got here in helpful for the position that first introduced Reddick to widespread consideration and acclaim, taking part in Lt. Daniels of the Baltimore Police Division on the traditional HBO cop sequence The Wire. Reddick appeared on all 5 seasons of the present, stealing scenes along with his intense, no-nonsense line deliveries.

A graduate of the Yale College of Drama, Reddick additionally had recurring roles on Oz (as undercover cop Johnny Basil) and Misplaced (as Matthew Abaddon on the sequence fourth and fifth seasons). He then went on to play a starring position on 4 seasons of Fringe because the chief of the Fringe division, and on Bosch, the place he performed one other hardboiled cop. He was just lately seen as Albert Wesker on Netflix’s Resident Evil TV present, and can quickly seem as Zeus in Disney’s upcoming Percy Jackson and the Olympians present. He has accomplished dozens of different visitor spots on tv sequence; since The Wire ended, he has by no means stopped working.

On the earth of movie, Reddick had roles in movies starting from White Home Down and Oldboy to The Visitor and Godzilla vs. Kong. As Charon, the right-hand man of Continental Resort supervisor Winston, he was a gentle, dryly hilarious presence in each John Wick movie. He additionally has a supporting position within the upcoming John Wick spinoff movie Ballerina.

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That is simply horrible, stunning information. Reddick was a younger man, nonetheless very a lot in his prime as an actor. He ought to have had a long time of roles nonetheless forward of him. What a tragedy.