David Simon

male, 49 years old
baltimore sun, Executive Producer, journalist, Producer, author, Screenwriter…The New York Times, Homicide A Year on the Killing Streets, TheWire, Homicide Life on the Street, the baltimore sun
David Simon (born 1960) is an American author, journalist, and writer/producer of television shows based on his books. He is the creator and head...
Ed Burns

Ed Burns

male
emmy award, David Simon, Emmy, the corner, TheWire
Ed Burns is an Emmy Award winning television writer. He usually works with his writing partner David Simon. They have collaborated on "The Corner"...
Method Man

Method Man

male, 39 years old
hip hop, East Coast Rapper, Wu-Tang Clan member, soul plane, TheWire, csi…The Fearless Young Boxer
Method Man (born Clifford Smith, April 1, 1971 in Staten Island, New York) is an American rapper, record producer, actor, and member of the hip hop...
Idris Elba

Idris Elba

male, 37 years old
film actor, television actor, From hackney, English, Home Box Office, HBO…TheWire, Big Driss The Londoner
Idris Elba (born September 6, 1972) is a British television, theatre, and film actor who has starred in both British and American productions. Elba...
Lance Reddick

Lance Reddick

male
Yale University, Cedric Daniels, Detective Johnny Basil, Desmond Mobay/Detective Johnny Basil, Law & Order Special Victims Unit cast, Law & Order cast…TheWire, The Siege actor
Lance Reddick is an American actor born in Baltimore, Maryland. He studied at Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York and Yale University....

Wendell Pierce

male, 46 years old
from New Orleans, third watch, Conrad "Candyman" Jones, Recurring Police Officer in Third Watch, When the Levees Broke, Law & Order Trial by Jury cast…TheWire
Wendell Pierce (b. December 8, 1962, in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American actor. He is most notable for appearance on the HBO program "The...
Sonja Sohn

Sonja Sohn

female
Shakima Greggs, Slam poet, Slam poetry, African American, slam, Forever Blue…TheWire, The Killing Zone, bringing out the dead, Bringing Out the Dead actress
Sonja Sohn is an American actress of African and Korean American heritage. Before she was an actress, Sohn was a slam poet, having written lyrics...

Burial

male
musician, Electronic musician, Music from London, English, TheWire, The Wire magazine
Burial is the working name of an anonymous dubstep musician from London. Burial's eponymous debut album was released in 2006 to critical acclaim,...
Michael K. Williams

Michael K. Williams

male, 43 years old
from New York City, It's a Stick Up, Killa Season, From Brooklyn, actor, the soprano…Trapped in the Closet, TheWire
Michael Kenneth Williams (born ca. 1966, Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor. In addition to playing Omar Little on "The Wire", he had a...