Lance Reddick
| Lance Reddick | |
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Lance Reddick | |
| Born |
1962 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor, musician |
| Years active | 1996–present |
Lance Reddick is an American actor and musician. He is best known for portraying Cedric Daniels in The Wire and Phillip Broyles in Fringe. He is also known for playing Detective Johnny Basil on Oz and Matthew Abbadon in the fourth and fifth seasons of Lost.
Early life
Reddick was born in 1962 in Baltimore, Maryland. He attended Friends School of Baltimore, graduating in 1980. As a teenager, he studied music at the Peabody Preparatory Institute and a summer program teaching music theory and composition at the Walden School.[1] After attending the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester, he moved to Boston, Massachusetts in the 1980s and enrolled in the Yale School of Drama in 1991.[2]
Career
Reddick was cast as Cedric Daniels in the HBO series The Wire, after having also auditioned for the roles of Bubbles and Bunk Moreland.[3] He joined ABC's hit series Lost in 2008,[4][5] where he played Matthew Abaddon, an employee of Charles Widmore, in multiple episodes.[4] He was the third of five actors from the HBO hit series Oz to star in the drama. Producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse have said they were interested in Reddick for the part of Mr. Eko but he was unavailable due to filming The Wire so they approached Akinnuoye-Agbaje instead.[4]
Reddick released his debut album Contemplations & Remembrances in 2007 and in early 2008 he was cast in a key role for the pilot of Fringe[6] in which fellow Oz actor Kirk Acevedo also had a regular role. Reddick played Phillip Broyles, the head of an FBI department investigating paranormal activities. Reddick described the hard-driving character as "a real hard-ass, but he's also one of the good guys."[7] Like Lost, Fringe is co-created and produced by J. J. Abrams.
There was some doubt about whether Reddick could appear in both Lost and Fringe in the 2008–2009 television season. However, Abrams stated that while being a series regular on Fringe, he would do episodes of Lost whenever required.[8] He appeared in the 2013 thriller White House Down.[9] He stars in the YouTube web series DR0NE, of which he is a co-producer.
He recently voiced the character Commander Zavala in the 2014 video game Destiny. He also portrays the role of Chief Irvin Irving in the Amazon Prime series Bosch.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Great Expectations | Anton Le Farge | |
| 1998 | Godzilla | Soldier on Manhattan Bridge | Uncredited |
| 1998 | The Siege | FBI Agent Floyd Rose | |
| 2000 | I Dreamed of Africa | Simon | |
| 2001 | Don't Say a Word | Arnie | |
| 2002 | Bridget | Black | |
| 2004 | Brother to Brother | James Baldwin | |
| 2006 | Dirty Work | Manning | |
| 2008 | Tennessee | Frank | |
| 2009 | The Way of War | The Black Man | |
| 2010 | Jonah Hex | Smith | |
| 2011 | Remains | Ramsey | |
| 2012 | Won't Back Down | Charles Alberts | |
| 2013 | White House Down | General Caulfield | |
| 2013 | Oldboy | Daniel Newcombe | |
| 2014 | Faults | Mick | |
| 2014 | The Guest | Major Richard Carver | |
| 2014 | Search Party | Cal | |
| 2015 | Parallel Man: Infinite Pursuit | Atlas | Voice Short film |
| 2015 | Fun Size Horror | Oscar | Short film Segment "The Collection" |
| 2014 | John Wick | Charon | |
| 2017 | John Wick: Chapter 2 | Charon | Filming |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | New York Undercover | Oscar Griffin | Episode: "The Enforcers" |
| 1996 | Swift Justice | Jim Stark | Episode: "Bad Medicine" |
| 1997 | The Nanny | Stage Hand | Episode: "Fair Weather Fran" |
| 1997 | What the Deaf Man Heard | George Thacker | Television film |
| 1998 | The Fixer | Tyrell Holmes | Television film |
| 1998 | Witness to the Mob | Foreman Trial 2 | Television film |
| 1999 | The West Wing | DC Police Officer | Episode: "In Excelsis Deo" |
| 2000 | Falcone | Det. Willis Simms | 3 episodes |
| 2000 | The Corner | Marvin | 2 episodes |
| 2000–2001 | Oz | Various | 12 episodes |
| 2000–2001 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Dr. Taylor | 6 episodes |
| 2001 | Law & Order | Captain Gasana | Episode: "Soldier of Fortune" |
| 2002 | 100 Centre Street | Kwame Sekou | Episode: "Fathers" |
| 2002 | Keep the Faith, Baby | J. Raymond Jones | Television film |
| 2002–2008 | The Wire | Cedric Daniels | 59 episodes |
| 2003 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Jack Bernard | Episode: "Probability" |
| 2004 | Law & Order | FBI Special Agent Jamal Atkinson | Episode: "City Hall" |
| 2005 | Independent Lens | James | Episode: "Brother to Brother" |
| 2005–2006 | CSI: Miami | FBI Agent David Park | 3 episodes |
| 2007 | Numb3rs | Lieutenant Steve Davidson | Episode: "End of Watch" |
| 2008–2009 | Lost | Matthew Abaddon | 4 episodes |
| 2008–2013 | Fringe | Phillip Broyles | 85 episodes Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Guest Starring Role on Television Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television |
| 2010 | Svetlana | Lance | Episode: "Snatchengil for the Stars" |
| 2011 | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Reggie | Episode: "Frank's Brother" |
| 2012 | The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes | Falcon | Voice 2 episodes |
| 2012 | Tron: Uprising | Cutler | Voice 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Wilfred | Dr. Blum | Episode: "Perspective" |
| 2013 | NTSF:SD:SUV:: | Senor Dicks | Episode: "TGI Murder" |
| 2013 | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Angelfire | Episode: "Andy Samburg Wears A Plaid Shirt And Glasses" |
| 2014 | Beware the Batman | Ra's al Ghul | Voice 3 episodes |
| 2014 | American Horror Story: Coven | Papa Legba | 3 episodes |
| 2014–present | Bosch | Deputy Chief Irvin Irving | 20 episodes Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television |
| 2014 | Intelligence | DCI Jeffrey Tetazoo | 5 episodes |
| 2014 | The Blacklist | The Cowboy | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Key & Peele | Johnson Family Member | Episode: "Alien Impostors" |
| 2015 | Castle | Keith Kaufman | Episode: "Hollander's Woods" |
| 2015 | Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories | Joseph Zagen | Episode: "Tornado" |
Video games
| Year | Title | Voice role |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand | Derek Carter |
| 2014 | Destiny | Commander Zavala[10] |
| 2016 | Quantum Break | Martin Hatch |
Discography
- 2007: Contemplations & Remembrances[11]
References
- ↑ Esther Landau (2007). "Recitative: The Walden School Alumni Newsletter Fall 2007". Waldenschool.org. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
- ↑ Mark Blankenship. "Lance Reddick-An Exclusive Interview with the Critical Condition". Retrieved 2009-02-25.
- ↑ "One on One with Lance Reddick". HoboTrashcan. 2005-10-25. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
- 1 2 3 Jeff Jenssen (2007). "Lost Five Fresh Faces". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
- ↑ "Wire star gets Lost". Zap2It. 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
- ↑ "Noble and Reddick Board Abrams' Fringe". Comingsoon.net. 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
- ↑ "One on One with Lance Reddick". HoboTrashcan. 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-13.
- ↑ "J.J. Abrams Takes Us to the Fringe". IGN. 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
- ↑ Luaine Lee (2013-06-18). "Lance Reddick, working his way up to 'White House Down'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
- ↑ Destiny - End Credits - IGN Video. IGN Video. 2014-09-11. Retrieved 2014-12-04.
- ↑ "Contemplations & Remembrances: Lance Reddick: MP3 Downloads". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lance Reddick. |
- Lance Reddick at the Internet Movie Database
- Interview at HoboTrashcan.com
- Official site