For five years, he played Lieutenant Cedric Daniels in the cult series TheWire. American actor Lance Reddick died suddenly on Friday, his agent told the media, adding that he died of “natural causes”. He was 60 years old.
According to the TMZ website, police discovered the lifeless body of Lance Reddick at his home in Studio City, a northern suburb of Los Angeles on Friday morning. The actor, on the poster of the 4th episode of the saga John Wickhad not made it to the premiere of the film in New York on Wednesday, posting photos on social networks where we saw him with his dogs in his living room.
A cop look
Lance Reddick had over 100 credits in his filmography. With his deep voice and intimidating gaze, he often played the role of policeman or federal agent, in TheWireby David Simon, but also in the series oz And fringe and Bosch. In the cinema, in addition to John Wick, we had also seen him in White House Down, Angel has Fallen And godzilla vs kong. He had also played voice actors in several video game blockbusters, including Horizon Zero Dawn And destiny.
Ben Stiller, James Gunn, Patton Oswalt… Many Hollywood stars have paid tribute to him, starting with Isiah Whitlock Jr and Wendell Pierce, from TheWire, who mourn their “friend”. Stephen King, he is watching the cult HBO series again and hails “a wonderful actor and man”.