Lance Reddick, actor of John Wick and The Wire, died at 60

He perfectly embodied the cop on screen, especially in the series Oz et The Wire. American actor Lance Reddick is dead Friday March 17, 2023 in Los Angeles, announced his agent to several American media. “He died suddenly of natural causes,” said Mia Hansen. He was 60 years old.

Hit series like Oz, New York, special unit, The Wire…

Lance Reddick was born in Baltimore. His career began in the early 2000s, first in the mini-series The Corner by David Simon, or even in a few episodes of New York, special unit. He also plays a supporting role in the prison series Oz, broadcast on HBO, where he plays a policeman.

But it is especially in the excellent series The Wire, still on HBO and directed by David Simon, that her performance is acclaimed. He embodies in the foreground a policeman who evolves throughout the five seasons, in a Baltimore plagued by violence and corruption.

Alongside Keanu Reeves

Lance Reddick continues his roles on the small screen, in Les Experts : Miami from 2005 to 2006, then in Lost from 2008 to 2009, and in Fringe. His passage on the big screen is a little more discreet, but we see it in White House Down by Roland Emmerich and in particular the four films John Wickalongside Keanu Reeves.

He was also unable to go to the preview of the last part of the franchise, at the cinema on Wednesday March 22 in France. He had posted a photo of himself in his living room with his dogs.

“The embodiment of class”

Many figures of American cinema have paid tribute to him, such as Wendel Piercehis sidekick in The Wirewho salutes “a man of great strength, a talented musician and actor, the embodiment of class”.

Lance Reddick leaves behind a wife and two children.

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