Lance Reddick, Star of ‘The Wire’ and ‘John Wick,’ Dies at 60
Here are 6 things you (probably) didn’t know.
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A back injury forced him to re-evaluate his career plans, and he enrolled at the Yale School of Drama.
He graduated from Yale in 1994 with a Master of Fine Arts Degree.
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Reddick is an "intense, multi-talented" actor known for his deep, resonant voice and affinity for accents.
He made his television debut in an episode of New York Undercover in 1994.
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Reddick became typecast as powerful authority figures such as police detectives and FBI agents.
Appeared in the music video for Jay-Z and Beyoncé's "'03 Bonnie & Clyde".
04
He is a huge Comic book fan and Batman is one of his favorite characters.
Meryl Streep and Daniel Day-Lewis among his greatest inspirations as an actor
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Reddick was much sought-after as a voice actor for animations and video games.
He occasionally gets to demonstrate his piano skills over the course of the TV series Bosch (2014)
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He released an album of his compositions entitled Contemplations & Remembrances in 2007