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== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Reddick currently resides in [[Los Angeles, CA]] with his wife, Stephanie. In addition to his acting career, Reddick also stars in the [[YouTube]] web series DR0NE, of which he is a co-producer. He is also a promoter for Cree Light Bulbs television advertisements.
Reddick currently resides in [[Los Angeles, CA]] with his wife, Stephanie. In addition to his acting career, Reddick also stars in the [[YouTube]] web series DR0NE, of which he is a co-producer. He is also a promoter for Cree Light Bulbs.


==Filmography==
==Filmography==

Revision as of 02:46, 24 July 2013

Lance Reddick
Reddick at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2010.
Born (1962-06-07) June 7, 1962 (age 62)[1]
Alma materUniversity of Rochester
Yale University
Occupation(s)Stage, film, television actor, musician, singer

Lance Reddick (born June 7, 1962) is an American theater, film and TV actor and musician. He is best known for his roles as Cedric Daniels in The Wire and Phillip Broyles in Fringe. He is also known for playing Detective Johnny Basil on Oz and for his appearances as Matthew Abbadon in the fourth and fifth seasons of Lost. Previously Reddick also starred in two episodes of Law & Order.

Life and career

Reddick was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He attended Friends High School in Baltimore, graduating in 1980. As a teenager, he studied music both at the Peabody Preparatory Institute, and a summer program teaching music theory and composition, The Walden School.[2] After attending the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester, he moved to Boston in the 1980s, then enrolled in the Yale School of Drama in 1991.[3]

He was cast as Cedric Daniels in the acclaimed HBO series The Wire after having also auditioned for the roles of Bubbles and Bunk Moreland.[4]

Reddick joined ABC's hit series Lost in 2008,[5][6] where he played Matthew Abaddon, an employee of Charles Widmore, in multiple episodes.[5] He was the third of five actors from Oz to star in the drama (along with Harold Perrineau, Ken Leung, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Fred Koehler). 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.[5]

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[7] 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 ass. But he's also one of the good guys."[8] 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 2008-09 television season. However, Abrams stated that while being a series regular on Fringe, he would do episodes of Lost whenever required.[9]

Personal life

Reddick currently resides in Los Angeles, CA with his wife, Stephanie. In addition to his acting career, Reddick also stars in the YouTube web series DR0NE, of which he is a co-producer. He is also a promoter for Cree Light Bulbs.

Filmography

Film and Television
Year Film Role Notes
1996 New York Undercover Oscar Griffin Episode The Enforcers
Swift Justice Jim Stark Episode Bad Medicine
1997 The Nanny Stage hand Episode Fair Weather Fran
What the Deaf Man Heard George Thacker TV movie
1998 Great Expectations Anton Le Farge
The Fixer Tyrell Holmes TV Movie
Witness to the Mob Foreman Trial 2 TV movie
Godzilla Soldier on Manhattan Bridge Uncredited
The Siege FBI Agent Floyd Rose
1999 The West Wing D.C. Police Officer Episode In Excelsis Deo
2000 Falcone Det. Willis Simms Episodes Windows, That's Amore and But Not Forgotten
I Dreamed of Africa Simon
The Corner Marvin Episodes Corner Boy Blues and Everyman's Blues
2000–2001 Oz Desmond Mobay / John Basil / Det. Johnny Basil 12 episodes
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Dr. Taylor 6 episodes
2001 Don't Say a Word Arnie
2001–2004 Law & Order Capt. Gasana / FBI Special Agent Jamal Atkinson Episodes Soldier of Fortune and City Hall
2002 Bridget Black
Keep the Faith, Baby J. Raymond Jones TV Movie
100 Centre Street Kwame Sekou Episode Fathers
2002–2008 The Wire Lt. / Maj. / Col. Cedric Daniels 58 episodes
2003 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Jack Bernard Episode Probability
2004 Brother to Brother James Baldwin
2005 Independent Lens James Episode Brother to Brother
2005–2006 CSI: Miami FBI Agent David Park Episodes Vengeance, 10-7 and One of Our Own
2006 Dirty Work Manning
2007 Numb3rs Lieutenant Steve Davidson Episode End of Watch
2008 Tennessee Frank
2008–2009 Lost Matthew Abaddon 4 episodes
2008–2013 Fringe Phillip Broyles 100 episodes
2009 The Way of War The Black Man
2010 Jonah Hex Smith
Svetlana Lance Episode Snatchengil for the Stars
2011 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Reggie Episode Frank's Brother
Steve Niles' Remains Ramsey
2012 Won't Back Down Charles Alberts
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Falcon Episode "Nightmare in Red"
Tron: Uprising Cutler Various Episodes
Drone Nissen YouTube film
2013 St. Sebastian Ives
Beware the Batman Ra's al Ghul Voice role
White House Down General Caulfield
Oldboy Daniel Newcombe
2014 Search Party Filming

Discography

  • (2007) Contemplations & Remembrances [10]

References

  1. ^ http://www.foxnebraska.com/Global/story.asp?s=10479141
  2. ^ Esther Landau (2007). "Recitative: The Walden School Alumni Newsletter Fall 2007".
  3. ^ Mark Blankenship. "Lance Reddick-An Exclusive Interview with the Critical Condition". Retrieved 2009-02-25.
  4. ^ http://www.hobotrashcan.com/2005/10/25/one-on-one-with-lance-reddick-2/
  5. ^ a b c Jeff Jenssen (2007). "Lost Five Fresh Faces". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
  6. ^ "Wire star gets Lost". Zap2It. 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
  7. ^ "Noble and Reddick Board Abrams' Fringe". Comingsoon.net. 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
  8. ^ "One on One with Lance Reddick". HoboTrashcan. 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-13.
  9. ^ "J.J. Abrams Takes Us to the Fringe". IGN. 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-29. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ http://www.amazon.com/Contemplations-Remembrances/dp/B0040EQ5OC

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