Lance Reddick died at the age of 60. The actor can be understood as a cult figure, due to his participation in relevant productions of the 21st century and others with a lesser depth. But in which he could still influence due to his characters. He may be known mainly for his role in the series The Wire and for having been part of john wick.
However, these roles are not the only valuable ones in an extensive filmography, including his time in various video game franchises in which he contributed his acting talent to other characters. Her film career began with Witness to the Moba production released in 1998.
A couple of years earlier, in 1996, he made his television debut as part of New York Undercover. These were the first steps until arriving, in 2002, after other projects, at The Wire. This series marks a before and after in his career. Not only because of the success of the HBO production, but also because of the importance of his character, the Lieutenant Cedric Danielswithin the story.
The best characters in the race
by Lance Reddick
A good part of Lance Reddick’s biggest roles were playing supporting characters. Not for that reason they were less significant in the plot of each series or movie in which he participated. Somehow, either by criteria in the selection of roles or by guidance from the production team, the feeling is that Reddick always found a way to be noticed in productions.
The Wire
This series was broadcast between 2002 and 2008, with a total of five seasons in which Reddick played Lieutenant Cedric Daniels, of the Narcotics department.
Due to his relationship with various members of other police departments, Lieutenant Cedric Daniels was a constant throughout the series. Beyond the role that he occupied in the security force, he in one way or another was involved in other cases. One of the aspects that he defined his role was the relationship he had with his wife, a relationship subject to lies and deceit to save face and get political gain.
The link with James ‘Jimmy’ McNulty (Dominic West), who was the protagonist of the series, served to describe a kind of father-son relationship between the experienced policeman and the impetuous young man. Their disputes are classic, due to the methods that each one preferred to use when resolving a case in {n The Wire.
lost
In this series, created by JJ Abrams and Damon LindeloffLance Reddick played matthew abbadon, an agent in charge of recruiting people and then moving them from one place to another. His participation in this series occurred after The Wire. lostwhich lasted from 2004 to 2010, was also a television phenomenon at the time.
Although the actor was in only four episodes, his participation gave rise to one of the most important roles of his career as an actor in TV series. Another production made by Bad Robot.
fringe
After the tremendous success of lostAbrams conceived another series with Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman while they were working on the soft reboot of star trek. It was released in September 2008 and was an instant success. Along with Anna Torv and John Noble and Joshua Jackson, Lance Reddick was one of the main actors in the production throughout its five seasons and one hundred episodes.
The series was a hybrid between science fiction, fantasy and drama, with, according to its creators, influences on the X Files, Twilight Zone or movies like Altered States, works by David Cronenberg and books by Michael Crichton. Initially, the series focused on one mystery each week, mutating into large story arcs that spanned the entire season.
Lance Reddick played the role of Phillip Broyles, an agent of the United States Department of Homeland Security, who heads the Fringe division. He also plays his parallel universe variant, Colonel Broyles. For many lovers of series and science fiction, this is the most representative role of the actor.
Fringe never had the audience of lost, and came to have times with very low figures. But its subject matter, performances, including Reddick’s, and exploration of parallel universes, made it a cult series.
Bosch
Bosch was a crime series that aired on Amazon Prime Video for seven seasons. Although after the end a kind of spin-off called Bosch: Legacy, with Titus Welliver repeating as Harry Bosch, the main character. The series takes inspiration from Michael Connelly’s books, City of Bones, echo park and The Concrete Blonde.
Lance Reddick played Police Chief Irvin Irving, one of the main characters of the series, and was present throughout all seasons. He was nominated for an award Saturn for his performance in 2015.
Bosch had a total of 68 episodes, as a police drama, it focused on one case for each episode. This was one of the series that in 2014, Amazon Prime Video allowed the audience to vote on whether or not it should continue after its pilot. Following the experiment, the company announced that it had ordered the recording of an entire season.
the saga john wick
Long before john wick was the commercial phenomenon that it is today and became a paradigm of action cinema, Lance Reddick was already part of the project. His passage through this franchise began with the first (an installment in which there was not much faith) and extended to the second, third and fourth films.
In this franchise he played Charon, the concierge at the Continental Hotel. He was one of the key characters in these movies. His role consisted of serving as a link between the site, a kind of embassy of peace within this universe, and John Wick, whom he attended at other times. Lance Reddick is part of the cast that will be in john wick 4which will be released on March 23. It is also expected to appear in ballerinahe spin-off that the franchise prepares with Ana de Armas and Keanu Reeves.
Other roles of Lance Reddick
Without reaching superstar status, Lance Reddick always found a way to make a space for himself in the film and television industryachieved prestige for his work, including American Horror Story, The Blacklist, Godzilla vs Kong,
His filmography, both in cinema and on television, describes a profile capable of adapting to various productions and formats. While there may be something of a commonplace character in the detective or police officer, his work goes far beyond that. As part of the important second-line or co-tragonal actors, his departure leaves a significant void within the entertainment industry.