Lance Reddick has died at the age of 60. The Wire actor’s death was confirmed by law enforcement at his Studio City home on Friday morning.
Though Reddick’s cause of death was not immediately clear, it appeared to be a result of natural causes, per TMZ.
Just one day before his death, Reddick shared a sweet Instagram post about his four dogs. He was seen sitting on a couch with the pets rallied around him.
The post was a sponsorship with his upcoming film John Wick 4 and Hard Rock hotels. “On screen and off, it’s no surprise I love spoiling my dogs,” he wrote in the caption.
The comments on the post were flooded quickly after the reports of Reddick’s death broke on Friday, with fans offering grief and condolences to the actor’s loved ones.
Reddick was in the middle of a press tour for John Wick 4, which is scheduled to premiere on March 24.
Ben Stiller shared one of the first tributes to the star, writing, “Lance Reddick was an beautiful and compelling actor. And a beautiful person.”
Alongside his role as Charon in the John Wick series, Reddick was known for his television roles in Resident Evil, Bosch, Lost and Oz, notably playing Cedric Daniels in The Wire. His film credits include Godzilla vs. Kong, One Night in Miami, White House Down and The Guest, to name a few.
At the time of his death, Reddick had a list of projects in development including his role of Zeus in 2024’s Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, the Jack Harlow-led White Men Can’t Jump reboot, Shirley, St. Sebastian and the John Wick spinoff Ballerina.
Lance Reddick was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Dorothy Gee and Solomon Reddick. 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.
Reddick studied classical music composition at University of Rochester‘s Eastman School of Music, earning a Bachelor of Music degree. He moved to Boston, Massachusetts in the 1980s. Reddick attended the Yale School of Drama in the early 1990s, receiving a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1994.
