Lance Reddick, Star of ‘The Wire’ and ‘John Wick,’ Dies at 60
A prolific actor, he also starred in the Amazon series “Bosch” and had recently branched out into video games like Horizon Zero Dawn and the Destiny franchise.
Lance Reddick, a prolific actor who gained fame playing a police commander on the Baltimore crime drama “The Wire”,
And later had prominent roles in the “John Wick” movie franchise and the Amazon series “Bosch,” died on Friday. He was 60.
His death was confirmed by his publicist, Mia Hansen. She did not say where he died or cite a cause.
Mr. Reddick was having some success as a stage actor when, in 1996, he began landing small roles on “New York Undercover,” “The West Wing” and other television series
Even then he was often playing law enforcement figures, and he would be doing so when his breakthrough came in 2002:
He was cast as Lt. Cedric Daniels, the principled head of the investigation unit, on “The Wire,”