Each good protagonist wants a foil, and that is precisely what Reddick personified on the Amazon collection “Bosch.” Based mostly on Michael Connelly’s collection of novels, the present follows LAPD detective Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver), a cop with an aversion to following the principles. His boss is Chief of Police Irvin Irving (Reddick), a politically-minded man who’s perpetually rankled by Bosch’s avoidance of correct process.

Enjoying one other authoritative cop may need appeared like treading well-worn territory for Reddick, and he, too, was hesitant to take the position at first. “It is a job that I nearly did not do, I nearly turned it down,” he instructed Specific. “I did not need to play one other commanding officer in legislation enforcement, but it surely ended up being one of many highlights of my profession.” Certainly, in contrast to the righteous, straight-laced leaders he performed in “The Wire” and “Fringe,” Irving was far more keen on maneuvering by means of the politics of the division and climbing up the ladder to achieve extra energy for himself. Although one thing of an antagonist at instances, Reddick ensured that Irving was by no means merely a villain.

As creator Michael Connelly tweeted in regards to the late actor, “He took a personality who was paper-thin within the books and made Irvin Irving multi-dimensional, machiavellian, intriguing and even sympathetic.”