The Wire Cast
November 20, 2009
Name: Dominic West
Character: Officer James “Jimmy” McNulty
Dominic West:
Dominic West (born 15 October 1969 in Sheffield, Yorkshire) is an English actor best known for his role as Detective Jimmy McNulty in the HBO drama series The Wire.
Name: Lance Reddick
Character: Colonel Cedric Daniels
Lance Reddick: is an American theater, film and TV actor, born in Baltimore, Maryland. He starred in The Wire as Cedric Daniels, appeared in Oz as Detective Johnny Basil and appeared in the fourth and fifth seasons of Lost. He now has a prominent role in Fringe. Previously Reddick also starred in two episodes of Law & Order. He appeared in the 2003 Jay-Z/Beyoncé “’03 Bonnie & Clyde” video as the lead police officer.
Name: Wendell Pierce
Character: Detective William “Bunk” Moreland
Wendell Pierce: (born December 8, 1962) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of Detective Bunk Moreland on HBO drama The Wire. Pierce was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and attended Benjamin Franklin High School. He starred in all five seasons of the HBO drama The Wire as Detective Bunk Moreland. He was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Support Actor in a Drama Series for the role in 2007.
Name: Sonja Sohn
Character: Detective Shakima “Kima” Greggs
Sonja Sohn: is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Detective Kima Greggs on the hit HBO drama The Wire. Sohn is of East African and Korean heritage. Before she was an actress, Sohn was a slam poet, having written lyrics and co-written the script for the film Slam. Throughout the five seasons of the HBO series The Wire, she held a starring role as Detective Kima Greggs. She has also guest starred on many episodes of Cold Case as Toni Halstead, the love interest of starring character Nick Vera. Sohn won the supporting television actress award at the 2008 Asian Excellence Awards for her character on The Wire.
Name: Idris Elba
Character: Russell “Stringer” Bell
Idris Elba: (born 6 September 1972) is a British television, theatre, and film actor who has starred in both British and American productions. Idris Elba grew up in Hackney, East London. One of his first acting roles was in the soap opera Family Affairs.[3] He has worked in a variety of TV roles including Ultraviolet and The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. He is also known for playing Russell “Stringer” Bell, the drug dealer who aspired to become a high powered businessman, in HBO’s The Wire.
Name: Frankie Faison
Character: Police Commissioner Ervin H. Burrell
Frankie Faison: Burrell was the character played by Faison; an officer in the Baltimore Police Department who ascended from Deputy Commissioner of Operations to Commissioner over the course of the show. He was fired by Mayor Tommy Carcetti for falsifying crime statistics.
Name: Larry Gilliard, Jr.
Character: D’Angelo Barksdale
Larry Gilliard, Jr.: (born September 22, 1971) is an American character actor who has appeared in films, television series and theatre. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of D’Angelo Barksdale on the HBO drama series The Wire, a role which earned him much critical acclaim.
Name: Wood Harris
Character: Avon Barksdale
Wood Harris: (born October 17, 1969) is an American actor, perhaps best known for his roles as Avon Barksdale in the HBO television drama The Wire and as Julius Campbell in the motion picture Remember the Titans.
Name: Deirdre Lovejoy
Character: Assistant State’s Attorney Rhonda Pearlman
Deirdre Lovejoy: (born 30 June 1962) is an American actress. She is most notable for appearance on the HBO program The Wire (as Rhonda Pearlman). She graduated from the University of Evansville with an undergraduate degree in theatre.
Name: John Doman
Character: Deputy Commissioner for Operations William A. Rawls
John Doman: (born January 9, 1945) is an American actor. Doman was born in Philadelphia, PA and is an alumnus of Northeast Catholic High School. He is a 1963 graduate and a member of the School’s Hall of Fame. He is best known for playing Deputy Police Commissioner William Rawls on HBO series, The Wire from 2002 to 2008.
Name: Andre Royo
Character: Bubbles
Andre Royo: is mostly known for his starring role on the HBO program The Wire as drug addict and confidential informant “Bubbles” since the show’s first season. He also appeared in the 2005 movie G, which was based on The Great Gatsby.
Name: Chris Bauer
Character: Frank Sobotka
Chris Bauer: (born October 28, 1966) is an American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his starring role in the second season of HBO’s original series The Wire as Frank Sobotka and Billy Crystal’s directorial debut, 61*.
Name: Paul Ben-Victor
Character: Spiros “Vondas” Vondopoulos
Paul Ben-Victor: (born July 24, 1962) is an American actor. Fifteen years after beginning his television career with bit parts, Ben-Victor found himself cast in important roles on HBO dramas The Wire and Entourage, as well as making a 2006 appearance as Coach Lou on My Name is Earl.
Name: Clarke Peters
Character: Detective Lester Freamon
Clarke Peters: (born 7 April 1952) is an American actor, singer, writer and director best known for his role as Detective Lester Freamon on the HBO drama The Wire.
Name: Amy Ryan
Character: Officer Beatrice “Beadie” Russell
Amy Ryan: Ryan featured prominently in the second season of HBO’s The Wire, playing Port Authority Officer Beadie Russell.
Name: Aidan Gillen
Character: Mayor Thomas “Tommy” Carcetti
Aidan Gillen: (born Aidan Murphy; 24 April 1968) is an Irish stage and screen actor, best known in the UK for his role as Stuart Jones in the ground-breaking Channel 4 television series Queer as Folk. He is perhaps best known to US audiences for his role in HBO’s hit television series The Wire in which he plays Tommy Carcetti, a city councilman of Baltimore.
Name: Jim True-Frost
Character: Roland “Prez” Pryzbylewski
Jim True-Frost: born Jim True, (born July 31, 1966 in Greenwich, Connecticut) is an American stage, television and screen actor. He is most notable for his portrayal of Roland “Prez” Pryzbylewski for five seasons on the HBO program The Wire. He also appeared in an episode of David Simon’s Homicide: Life on the Street and the Law & Order episode Quit Claim.
Name: Robert Wisdom
Character: Howard “Bunny” Colvin
Robert Wisdom: (born September 14, 1953) is an American actor. He is a graduate of Columbia University.
Wisdom was born in Washington, D.C. to Jamaican parents. He starred in the last three seasons of HBO program The Wire as Howard “Bunny” Colvin.
Name: Reg E. Cathey
Character: Norman Wilson
Reg E. Cathey: (born August 18, 1958) is an African-German Stage, film and television actor.
One of his earliest roles was starring in the children’s television show Square One. He later had guest roles in episodes of shows such as Star Trek: The Next Generation and Homicide: Life on the Street. He played the villain Dirty Dee in the cult comedy film Pootie Tang. He has a starring role on the HBO series The Wire as Norman Wilson from the fourth season.
Name: Clark Johnson
Character: City Editor Augustus “Gus” Haynes
Clark Johnson: (born September 10, 1954), sometimes credited as “Clark ‘Slappy’ Jackson”, “Clarque Johnson”, and “J. Clark Johnson”, is an American actor and director who has worked in both television and film.
Name: Thomas McCarthy
Character: Scott Templeton
Thomas McCarthy: (born January 30, 1966) is an American actor, writer, and director who has appeared in several movies, including Meet the Parents and Good Night, and Good Luck, and television shows such as The Wire, Boston Public, Law & Order, and the Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation of Saint Maybe. McCarthy wrote and directed the independent films The Station Agent and The Visitor.
Name: Seth Gilliam
Character: Sergeant Ellis Carver
Seth Gilliam: (November 5, 1968) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his television roles as corrections officer-turned-prisoner Clayton Hughes on the HBO drama Oz, and as Baltimore police officer Ellis Carver on the HBO drama The Wire. On both of these series, he co-starred with Lance Reddick and J.D. Williams. His feature film credits include Private Sugar Watkins in the 1997 action movie Starship Troopers.
Name: Domenick Lombardozzi
Character: Officer Thomas “Herc” Hauk
Domenick Lombardozzi: (born March 25, 1976) is an American actor best known for his role as Thomas “Herc” Hauk on The Wire. Lombardozzi was inspired to act by the film State of Grace.
Name: J. D. Williams
Character: Preston “Bodie” Broadus
J. D. Williams: Darnell “J.D.” Williams (born May 22, 1978 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American actor with starring roles in the HBO television programs Oz and The Wire.
Name: Michael K. Williams
Character: Omar Little
Michael K. Williams: (born November 22, 1966) is an American actor. He has received critical acclaim for his portrayal of Omar Little on The Wire.
Name: Corey Parker Robinson
Character: Detective Leander Sydnor
Corey Parker Robinson: (born February 9, 1975) is an American actor. He may be best known for appearing on the HBO program The Wire as Detective Leander Sydnor. He also appeared in Wire creator David Simon’s earlier The Corner as R.C., a young drug dealer and in ER in the the episode 19 / Season 5 as student Antoine Bell.
Name: Chad Coleman
Character: Dennis “Cutty” Wise
Chad Coleman: Chad Coleman is an American film and television actor. He had a starring role on the HBO series The Wire as reformed criminal Dennis “Cutty” Wise.
Name: Jamie Hector
Character: Marlo Stanfield
Jamie Hector: (born October 7, 1975) is an American actor who is known for his portrayal of Marlo Stanfield on the critically acclaimed HBO series The Wire.
Name: Glynn Turman
Character: Former Mayor Clarence V. Royce
Glynn Turman: (born January 31, 1947) is an American stage, television, and film actor as well as a writer, director, and producer. He is perhaps best known for his roles as high school student Leroy “Preach” Jackson in the 1975 coming-of-age film Cooley High, math professor and retired Army colonel Bradford Taylor on the NBC sitcom A Different World, and fictional Baltimore mayor Clarence Royce on the HBO drama series The Wire.
Name: Gbenga Akinnagbe
Character: Chris Partlow
Gbenga Akinnagbe: (born December 12, 1978) is a Nigerian-American actor, best known for his role as drug dealer Chris Partlow on the HBO original series The Wire.
Name: Neal Huff
Character: Chief of Staff Michael Steintorf
Neal Huff: screen credits include The Wedding Banquet (1993), Big Daddy (1999), and The Good Shepherd (2006). On television he has been featured in Law & Order, The Wire, and Six Degrees.
Name: Jermaine Crawford
Character: Duquan “Dukie” Weems
Jermaine Crawford: (born in 1992) is an African-American actor best known for appearing on the HBO original series The Wire as Duquan “Dukie” Weems. He is a cousin to fellow Wire castmember and actor Tristan Wilds.
Name: Tristan Wilds
Character: Michael Lee
Tristan Wilds: (born July 15, 1989) is an American actor known for his portrayal of Michael Lee on the HBO original series The Wire as well as playing Dixon Wilson in the Beverly Hills, 90210 spin off 90210.
Name: Felicia Pearson
Character: Felicia “Snoop” Pearson
Felicia Pearson: (born May 18, 1980) is an African-American actress, author, and rapper. She is best known for playing an eponymous character on The Wire. She has written a memoir, Grace After Midnight.
Name: Michael Kostroff
Character: Maurice “Maury” Levy
Michael Kostroff: (born May 22, 1961) is an American actor. He appeared on the HBO program The Wire as defense attorney Maurice Levy. Kostroff starred in the fifth season of the series and appeared in all four earlier seasons as a guest star.
Name: Michelle Paress
Character: Alma Gutierrez
Michelle Paress: is an American actress. She stars in the HBO program The Wire as reporter Alma Gutierrez. Paress joined the cast in the show’s fifth season. She is married to a former star of the show, actor Larry Gilliard Jr.
Name: Isiah Whitlock, Jr.
Character: State Senator R. Clayton “Clay” Davis
Isiah Whitlock, Jr.: (born September 13, 1954) is an American actor. He is most famous for his role on the HBO show, The Wire as corrupt state senator Clay Davis.