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Lance Reddick had always dreamt of making a name for himself as a musician, never as an actor. His... (Learn more)

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Lance Reddick’s Milestones
Switched career path when he was accepted into Yale University's graduate school of drama
Worked at various odd jobs while trying to establish a career as a pop singer
1993 First job in theater was as the understudy for Jeffrey Wright as the character of Belize in “Angles in America”
1994 Cast in Anne Meara's Off-Broadway production of “After-Play”
1997 Made early TV appearance in “The Nanny” (CBS)
1998 Appeared in Edward Zwick’s “The Siege”
1998 Cast in first feature, Alfonso Cuarón's “Great Expectations”
2000 - 2001 Joined the cast of the HBO series “OZ” as Detective John Basil, a cop who goes undercover at the prison
2002 - 2008 Cast as Lieutenant Cedric Daniels in the second season of the HBO series “The Wire”
2004 Portrayed acclaimed writer James Baldwin in the film “Brother to Brother”
2008 Cast as Phillip Broyles, the head of a special government agency in the J. J. Abrams produced series “Fringe” (ABC)
2008 Had a recurring role on ABC’s “Lost” playing Matthew Abaddon, a ruthless corporate recruiter

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Born

in Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Education

  • Friends School of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD: A private Quaker high school
  • Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY:
  • Yale University, New Haven, CT: Graduated from the Yale School of Drama
  • University of Rochester, Rochester, NY: