Lance Reddick

Lance Reddick (June 7, 1962, Baltimore, Maryland - March 17, 2023, Studio City, California) was an American actor, voice actor and musician. He was best known for playing Cedric Daniels in The Wire and Phillip Broyles in Fringe. He was also known for portraying Detective Johnny Basil on Oz and Matthew Abaddon in Lost. Additionally, he provided both the voice and likeness for video game characters Martin Hatch in Quantum Break, Sylens in Horizon Zero Dawn and Commander Zavala in the entire Destiny franchise in addition to Sam Wilson/Falcon in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. He played Chief Irvin Irving on the Amazon Prime series Bosch (2014-2020). 
==Early life==
Reddick was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He attended Friends School of Baltimore. As a teenager, he studied music at the Peabody Preparatory Institute and a summer program teaching music theory and composition at the Walden School. 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.
==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. He joined ABC's hit series Lost in 2008, where he played Matthew Abaddon, an employee of Charles Widmore, in multiple episodes. 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 Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje instead.
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 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." 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 20082009 television season. However, Abrams stated that while being a series regular on Fringe, he would do episodes of Lost whenever required. He appeared in the 2013 thriller White House Down. He stars in the YouTube web series DR0NE, of which he is a co-producer.
He 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.
In 2014, Reddick appeared as Charon in the action thriller film John Wick, a role he has reprised in its two sequels.
In 2016, Reddick was cast in the post-apocalyptic horror film The Domestics.
The film was released on June 28, 2018.
He also voiced the character Sylens in the 2017 video game Horizon Zero Dawn. In 2018, Reddick was cast in the film Godzilla vs. Kong.
==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 	
2014	John Wick 	Charon 	
2015	Parallel Man: Infinite Pursuit 	Atlas 	VoiceShort film
2015	Fun Size Horror 	Oscar 	Short filmSegment: "The Collection"
2017	John Wick: Chapter 2 	Charon 	
2018	Little Woods 	Officer Carter 	
2018	Monster Party 	Milo 	
2018	The Domestics 	Nathan Wood 	
2019	John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum	Charon 	
2019	Angel Has Fallen 	Gentry 	Post-production
2020	Godzilla vs. Kong 	 	Post-production
2020	Sylvie 	Herbert 	Post-production
===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 	Johnny Basil 	12 episodes
20002001 	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 episodesNominated—Saturn Award for Best Guest Starring Role on TelevisionNominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television
2010 	Svetlana 	Lance 	Episode: "Snatchengil for the Stars"
2011 	Aqua Teen Hunger Force 	Freedom Cobra (voice) 	Episode: "Freedom Cobra"
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 Samberg Wears A Plaid Shirt And Glasses"
2013 	The Eric Andre Show 	Himself 	Episode: "Lance Reddick; Harry Shum Jr"
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 	50 episodesNominated—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: "Gay Wedding Advice"
2015 	Castle 	Keith Kaufman 	Episode: "Hollander's Woods"
2015 	Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories 	Joseph Zagen 	Episode: "Tornado"
2017 	Rick and Morty 	Alan Rails (voice) 	Episode: "Vindicators 3: The Return of Worldender"
2018–present	Corporate 	Christian DeVille 	6 episodes
2018 	American Horror Story: Apocalypse 	Papa Legba 	Episode: "Traitor"
2019 	DuckTales 	Lunaris (voice) 	3 episodes
2023 	Teenagers 	Alexander Morris (voice) 	8 episodes
===Video games===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2009	50 Cent: Blood on the Sand	Derek Carter 	
2014	Destiny 	Commander Zavala	
2016	Quantum Break 	Martin Hatch 	Also motion capture
2017	Payday 2 	Charon 	
2017	Horizon Zero Dawn 	Sylens 	
2017	Destiny 2 	Commander Zavala	
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