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Lance Reddick 
Reddick at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2010.Born December 31, 1969
Baltimore, MarylandOccupation Stage, film, television actor, musician, singer Lance Reddick (born December 31, 1969) is an American theater, film and TV actor and musician born in Baltimore, Maryland. He starred in The Wire as Cedric Daniels, appeared in Oz as Detective Johnny Basil and appeared in the fourth and fifth seasons of Lost. He now has a prominent role in Fringe. Previously Reddick also starred in two episodes of Law & Order.
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Life and career
Reddick joined ABC's hit series Lost in 2008,[1][2] where he played Matthew Abaddon, an employee of Charles Widmore, in multiple episodes.[1] He was the third of four actors from Oz to star in the drama (along with Harold Perrineau, Ken Leung and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje). 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.[1]
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[3] in which fellow Oz actor Kirk Acevedo also had a regular role. Reddick plays 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."[4] 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.[5]
He has also appeared in a 2007 Cadillac TV advertisement.
Filmography
Films
Year Title Role Notes 1997 What the Deaf Man Heard George Thacker TV movie 1998 Witness to the Mob Foreman Trial 2 TV movie The Siege FBI Agent Floyd Rose The Fixer Tyrell Holmes TV Movie Great Expectations Anton Le Farge 2000 I Dreamed of Africa Simon 2001 Don't Say a Word Arnie 2002 Bridget James Baldwin 2002 Keep the Faith, Baby Jay Raymond Jones TV Movie 2004 Brother To Brother James Baldwin 2006 Dirty Work Manning aka Bad City 2008 Tennessee Frank 2010 Jonah Hex Smith TV series
Year Title Role Notes 1996 New York Undercover Oscar Griffin Swift Justice Jim Stark 1999 The West Wing D.C. Police Officer 2000 The Corner Marvin Falcone Det. Willis Simms 2000-2001 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Dr. Taylor Oz Desmond Mobay / John Basil / Det. Johnny Basil 2001-2004 Law & Order Capt. Gasana / FBI Special Agent Jamal Atkinson 2002 100 Centre Street Kwame Sekou Keep the Faith, Baby Jay Raymond Jones 2002-2008 The Wire Cedric Daniels 2003 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Jack Bernard 2005 Independent Lens James TV Documentary 2005-2006 CSI: Miami FBI Agent David Park 2007 Numb3rs Lieutenant Steve Davidson 2008-2009 Lost Matthew Abaddon 2008-present Fringe Phillip Broyles 2010 Svetlana Lance 2011 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Reggie Discography
- (2007) Contemplations & Remembrances
References
- ^ a b c Jeff Jenssen (2007). "Lost Five Fresh Faces". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20053863_2,00.html. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
- ^ "Wire star gets Lost". Zap2It. 2007. http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-lancereddicklostcasting,0,5422680.story. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
- ^ "Noble and Reddick Board Abrams' Fringe". Comingsoon.net. 2008-01-24. http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=41185. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
- ^ "One on One with Lance Reddick". HoboTrashcan. 2008. http://www.hobotrashcan.com/interviews/lancereddick3.php. Retrieved 2008-03-13.
- ^ "J.J. Abrams Takes Us to the Fringe". IGN. 2008. http://au.tv.ign.com/articles/877/877771p2.html. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
External links
- Lance Reddick at the Internet Movie Database
- Interview at HoboTrashcan.com
- Official site
Categories:- Living people
- African American actors
- American film actors
- American television actors
- American stage actors
- Actors from Maryland
- People from Baltimore, Maryland
- 1969 births
- University of Rochester alumni
- Yale School of Drama alumni
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