A brand new John Wick film is opening in theaters subsequent week, that includes lots of the franchise’s longtime stars — together with Lance Reddick, who performs Charon, the environment friendly concierge of the movie’s Continental Lodge. However in a stunning bit of stories, Reddick has died within the midst of the John Wick: Chapter 4 press tour. In line with TMZ, Reddick’s physique “was found at his Studio Metropolis house Friday morning round 9:30 AM. His reason for demise is at present unclear, however our legislation enforcement sources say it seems to be pure.” Reddick was solely 60 years outdated.
Additionally they be aware that Reddick was posting movies of himself to social media as lately as Wednesday morning — though they be aware he gave the impression to be in his house reasonably than attending the John Wick premiere in New York Metropolis.
Reddick was born and raised in Baltimore, a incontrovertible fact that got here in helpful for the function that first introduced Reddick to widespread consideration and acclaim, enjoying Lt. Daniels of the Baltimore Police Division on the basic HBO cop sequence The Wire. Reddick appeared on all 5 seasons of the present, stealing scenes along with his intense, no-nonsense line deliveries.
A graduate of the Yale College of Drama, Reddick additionally had recurring roles on Oz (as undercover cop Johnny Basil) and Misplaced (as Matthew Abaddon on the sequence fourth and fifth seasons). He then went on to play a starring function on 4 seasons of Fringe because the chief of the Fringe division, and on Bosch, the place he performed one other hardboiled cop. He was lately seen as Albert Wesker on Netflix’s Resident Evil TV present, and can quickly seem as Zeus in Disney’s upcoming Percy Jackson and the Olympians present. He has finished dozens of different visitor spots on tv sequence; since The Wire ended, he has by no means stopped working.
On the earth of movie, Reddick had roles in movies starting from White Home Down and Oldboy to The Visitor and Godzilla vs. Kong. As Charon, the right-hand man of Continental Lodge supervisor Winston, he was a gradual, dryly hilarious presence in each John Wick movie. He additionally has a supporting function within the upcoming John Wick spinoff movie Ballerina.
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That is simply horrible, stunning information. Reddick was a younger man, nonetheless very a lot in his prime as an actor. He ought to have had many years of roles nonetheless forward of him. What a tragedy.
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