Lance Reddick
Lance Reddick
Lance Reddick is an American actor and musician. He is best known for portraying Cedric Daniels in The Wire and Phillip Broyles in Fringe. He is also known for playing Detective Johnny Basil on Oz and Matthew Abbadon in the fourth and fifth seasons of Lost...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth31 December 1962
CityBaltimore, MD
CountryUnited States of America
created drew situations statement
'The Wire' really drew on a lot of real-life situations and real-life organizations - it created fiction to make a social statement about reality.
best drama knew man talented work
When I went to drama school, I knew I was at least as talented as other students, but because I was a black man and I wasn't pretty, I knew I would have to work my butt off to be the best that I would be, and to be noticed.
allowed characters range wide
'Pigeonholed' isn't the right word, because I feel like I've had a very wide range of characters that I've been allowed to play.
character opportunity careers
As I got further into my career, as a character of color, if I was going to have the types of opportunities I felt I deserved, and continue to have them, I was going to have to start creating those opportunities for myself.
mean quality tvs
I'm interested not just in projects that I'll be starring in, but producing film and TV that's really quality and great for adults and when I say 'great for adults,' it doesn't mean without humor, because I'm also interested in doing comedy.
art journalism art-is
Art is art, and journalism is journalism.
friendly quality way
Because of the way tech is changing, and becoming cheaper and user-friendly, it's becoming easier to make films cheaply, maintaining quality.
want victim ifs
Don't be a victim; if you want to make movies, make movies.
growing-up growing would-be
Growing up, I never imagined I would be an actor.
jobs stuff journalism
I can only speak as an American, but most journalism here isn't doing its job any more. It's about selling stuff.
studying-music grew conservatory
I grew up studying music. I went to conservatory.
careers acting helping
I started acting almost on a whim to help my music career.
heart artist
I'm an artist at heart.
ifs
If you're going to come at me, come at me respectfully, and I will respond respectfully.