Book of Secrets with Lance Reddick: The Hunt for Hitler's Relics
6:10 pm - 7:05 pm, Sunday, April 5 on Blaze (Freeview) (64)
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The Hunt for Hitler's Relics
The host reveals that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler was so deeply into the occult, he established an organisation with a secret mission to track down and confiscate sacred relics. Lance also questions the success of the initiative
Documentary
News/Current Affairs
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Did You Know..
Lance Reddick
(Presenter)
Born:
December 31, 1969
in
Baltimore, Maryland
Best Known For:
The Wire, Lost and Fringe.
Early-life:
Lance Reddick was born on December 31, 1969, in Baltimore, Maryland. His mother taught instrumental music for 40 years, while his father was a high school English and Social Studies teacher and a public defender. Reddick attended the University of Rochester for one year as a physics major, before transferring to Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. He decided to try acting as a way to jumpstart his music career and secured a place at Yale School of Drama.
Career:
Two weeks after graduating from Yale in 1994, Reddick was cast as an understudy on Broadway in Angels in America. Other theatre roles followed, including the 2006 off-Broadway revival of August Wilson's 7 Guitars. His breakthrough TV role came in 2000 when he played John Basil on HBO's OZ. His role on HBO's The Wire brought Reddick a new legion of fans. His recent credits have included recurring roles in Lost and Fringe.
Quote:
"Acting was a fluke. I had acted in college, but it was never anything I took seriously."
Trivia:
He voices Commander Zavala in the video game Destiny.
