Actor Lance Reddick from ‘The Wire,’ ‘John Wick’ dead at 60
nypost.comtold TMZ that Reddick was found in his home in Studio City around 9:30 a.m.In his final Instagram post on Thursday, Reddick had just shared a sweet tribute to his dogs, writing, “On screen and off, it’s no surprise I love spoiling my dogs.”Prior to his “John Wick” fame, in which he played hotel manager Charon, he portrayed Cedrick Daniels, a fictional police officer in Baltimore in five seasons of “The Wire.”Born in Baltimore, Maryland on June 7, 1962, Reddick received a bachelor’s degree in music from the University of Rochester before heading to Boston and earning his master’s degree in fine arts from Yale.
His major break on television was the HBO drama “Oz” in 2000, in which he played an undercover detective, Johnny Basil for 12 episodes.
But his first big claim to fame was the HBO series “The Wire,” in which he played police lieutenant Cedric Daniels for five seasons.Reddick was especially proud of doing “The Wire,” as it was his first television pilot.“It wasn’t like I had all these other experiences in television and then, suddenly, this incredible experience.
My career at that point had largely been the theater, some guest stuff, and movies,” he told CBR last year regarding his fortunate career turn. “The grueling and nightmarish stories I heard later about working in television, I just didn’t know.
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