Lance Reddick, a prolific actor who played Charon in all four John Wick films and was a series regular on The Wire, Fringe and Bosch among dozens of other roles spanning a quarter-century, died today.
He was 60. His rep at Portrait PR confirmed the news, saying he died of natural causes but not providing other details. The actor had been doing interviews for the upcoming John Wick: Chapter Four starring Keanu Reeves just this week.
Reddick began his screen career in the mid-1990s, guesting on such series as The Nanny and New York Undercover. Later in the decade, he appeared on the big screen in pics including Great Expectations and The Siege before recurring on HBO’s Emmy-winning 2000 miniseries The Corner, which was based on David Simon’s book. RELATED: The Film That Lit My Fuse: ‘The Wire’ And ‘John Wick’s Lance Reddick That same year, he join the cast of another gritty HBO drama, Oz, appearing in a dozen episodes.
Around that time, Reddick also did an arc on Law & Order: SVU. But perhaps his most famous role was would come next. Reddick was cast as Cedric Daniels in The Wire, another HBO drama that Simon-penned and also created.
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