Lance Reddick, a character actor who specialized in intense, icy and possibly sinister authority figures on TV and film, including B次元官网网址淭he Wire,B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淔ringeB次元官网网址� and the B次元官网网址淛ohn WickB次元官网网址� franchise, has died. He was 60.
Reddick died B次元官网网址渟uddenlyB次元官网网址� Friday morning, his publicist Mia Hansen said in a statement, attributing his death to natural causes. His death was first reported by celebrity website TMZ.com.
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Reddick was often put in a suit or a crisp uniform during his career, playing tall taciturn and elegant men of distinction. He was best known for his role as straight-laced Lt. Cedric Daniels on the hit HBO series B次元官网网址淭he Wire,B次元官网网址� where his character was agonizingly trapped in the messy politics of the Baltimore police department.
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The Baltimore-born-and-raised Reddick was a Yale University drama school graduate who enjoyed some success after school by landing guest or recurring roles B次元官网网址淐SI: MiamiB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址淟aw & Order: Special Victims Unit.B次元官网网址� He also appeared in several movies, including B次元官网网址淚 Dreamed of Africa,B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淭he SiegeB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址淕reat Expectations.B次元官网网址�
It was on season four of B次元官网网址淥z,B次元官网网址� playing a doomed undercover officer sent to prison who becomes an addict, that Reddick had a career breakthrough.
B次元官网网址淚 was never interested in television. I always saw it as a means to an end. Like so many actors, I was only interested in doing theater and film. But B次元官网网址極zB次元官网网址� changed television. It was the beginning of HBOB次元官网网址檚 reign on quality, edgy, artistic stuff. Stuff that harkens back to great cinema of the B次元官网网址�60s and B次元官网网址�70s,B次元官网网址� he told The Associated Press in 2011.
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Reddick attended the prestigious Eastman School of Music, where he studied classical composition, and he played piano. His first album, the jazzy B次元官网网址淐ontemplations and Remembrances,B次元官网网址� came out in 2011.
Reddick had a recurring role as Jeffrey Tetazoo, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, on CBSB次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淚ntelligence.B次元官网网址� On B次元官网网址淎merican Horror Story: Coven,B次元官网网址� Reddick portrayed Papa Legba, the go-between between humanity and the spirit world.
Reddick is survived by his wife, Stephanie Reddick, and children, Yvonne Nicole Reddick and Christopher Reddick.
B次元官网网址擬ark Kennedy, The Associated Press
