- David Simon
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 writer of the highly acclaimed original HBO series "The Wire" - Dominic West
Dominic West (born October 15, 1969) is an English actor. - Ed Burns
Ed Burns is an Emmy Award winning television writer. He usually works with his writing partner David Simon. They have collaborated on "The Corner" and "The Wire". Burns is a former Baltimore detective and public school teacher and often draws upon this experience for his writing. - Method Man
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 collective, Wu-Tang Clan. He has appeared in films and TV shows such as "CSI, How High, The Wire, Garden State", and "Soul Plane", among others. He took his stage name from the 1979 film "The Fearless Young Boxer", also known as "Method Man". - Idris Elba
Idris Elba (born September 6, 1972) is a British television, theatre, and film actor who has starred in both British and American productions. Elba is also a DJ under the moniker DJ Big Driis / Big Driis the Londoner, and a hip-hop soul recording artist. - Lance Reddick
Lance Reddick is an American actor born in Baltimore, Maryland. He studied at Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York and Yale University. Whilst trying to embark on a career as a singer and paying the bills with part time jobs, he injured his back, forcing him to quit. Thereafter, he changed direction, being accepted at Yale's graduate school for drama. He has since worked in theatre, film and TV starring in two episodes of "Law & Order". - Wendell Pierce
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 Wire" as Detective Bunk Moreland. He also played a crooked policeman on Third Watch named Conrad "Candyman" Jones. An interview with him is part of Spike Lee's 2006 HBO documentary "When the Levees Broke", regarding the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. He also appeared in Spike Lee's 1996 movie, "GET ON THE BUS".. - Sonja Sohn
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 and co-written the script for the film "Slam". Her most notable role is as Detective Shakima Greggs on "The Wire". She is now living in Baltimore with her husband, Adam Plack and daughter, Sophia Wang, while her eldest daughter, Sakira Wang, lives in New York City. - Burial
Burial is the working name of an anonymous dubstep musician from London. Burial's eponymous debut album was released in 2006 to critical acclaim, including being named as Album of the Year in "The Wire" magazine. - Michael K. Williams
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 recurring role on "Alias" and played James, a policeman, in singer R. Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet". He has also made brief appearances on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", "Boston Legal", "The Sopranos", "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit", and "Third Watch". - Simon Reynolds
Simon Reynolds (born 1963 in London), is an influential British music critic who is well-known for his writings on electronic dance music and for coining the term "post-rock". Besides electronic dance music, Reynolds has written about a wide range of artists and musical genres, and has written books on post-punk and rock. He has contributed to "Melody Maker" (where he first made his name), "The New York Times", "Village Voice", "Spin", … - Andre Royo
Andre Royo (born July 17, 1968]] in the Bronx, New York) is an American actor of Cuban heritage. He is best known for his role on the HBO program "The Wire" as "Bubbles".He also had a small role in John Singleton's 2000 remake of the film "Shaft". Andre attended Mount St. Michael Academy in the Bronx, NY from 1982 through 1986 alongside such notables as Sean "Diddy" Combs and Craig Grant (Oz). - Tristan Wilds
Tristan Wilds (born Tristan Paul Mack Wilds on July 15, 1989 in Staten Island, New York) actor currently starring on the HBO original series "The Wire" as Michael Lee. Tristan started acting at age seven; however, it was not until 2003 that he began acting professionally. He was first seen in the mini-series "Miracle's Boys" on The N (alongside Julito McCullum), playing A.J. After the show ended, … - Jamie Hector
Jamie Hector is an African American actor of Haitian descent who is best known for his portrayal as Marlo Stanfield on the critically acclaimed HBO series, "The Wire." - Wood Harris
Wood Harris, born Sherwin David Harris (born October 17, 1969), is an American actor who previously starred in the television drama "The Wire". He was born in Chicago, Illinois to John and Mattie Harris, and holds a Bachelors of Arts in Theater Arts from Northern Illinois University (NIU) and a Masters of Arts from New York University. He is the younger brother of actor Steve Harris. - Clarke Peters
Clarke Peters was born Peter Clarke April 7 1952) is an American actor, singer, and writer. Clarke Peters grew up in Englewood, NJ and graduated from Dwight Morrow High School in 1970. Born in New York City, Peters earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Book of a Musical for writing the revue "Five Guys Named Moe". As an actor, he has appeared on Broadway in "The Iceman Cometh" (1999), which won him the Theatre World Award, … - Felicia Pearson
Felicia 'Snoop' Pearson (also known as Snoop From The Wire) born on May 18, 1980 in Baltimore, Maryland is an African American actress and rapper, known for her role on the HBO series "The Wire" as a character named after herself. - Gbenga Akinnagbe
Gbenga Akinnagbe (born on December 12, 1978) is an African American actor, currently guest-starring on the HBO original series "The Wire" as Chris Partlow. - Larry Gilliard Jr.
Larry Gilliard Jr. is a New York City-based, African-American character actor who has had a long career appearing in mostly independent films, television shows and Off-Broadway productions. Gilliard studied acting at Juilliard School, Baltimore School for the Arts, American Academy of Dramatic Arts and The Acting Studio, Inc.. He made his film debut with the lead role in the 1991 film "Straight Out of Brooklyn". - Glynn Turman
Glynn Turman (born January 31, 1946 in New York, New York) is a stage, television, and film actor. He was married to Aretha Franklin (1978 - 1984) and now is married to Joann with whom he has a child. - David Toop
David Toop (born 5 May 1949) is an English musician, author, and as of 2001 was visiting Research Fellow in the Media School at London College of Communication. He was a prominent contributor to the British magazine "The Face". He is a regular contributor to "The Wire", the U.K. based music magazine. - Richard Burton
Richard Burton is a Baltimore, Maryland, city council employee and runs the "Believe" campaign. He was a rapper before becoming involved in Martin O'Malley's first Mayoral campaign after meeting him in 1998. When O'Malley became mayor, Burton was involved in his Believe campaign and became the campaign's director in 2002. The Believe campaign aims to reduce drug trafficking, drug violence and drug use in Baltimore. Burton has also appeared as a recurring character, … - Aidan Gillen
Aidan Gillen, born Aidan Murphy, (24 April 1968) in Dublin, is an Irish actor. Gillen began his acting career as a teenager with Dublin Youth Theatre, before moving to London, where he now lives. He is best known in England for his role as Stuart Alan Jones in the ground-breaking British television series, "Queer as Folk", and its sequel, "Queer as Folk 2". - John Doman
John Doman (born 9 January 1945 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actor. He has a starring role in the HBO series, "The Wire", as Deputy Police Commissioner William Rawls. He also had a cameo as a child molester pretending to be a cop in the 2003 film "Mystic River". He guest starred in the "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" episode "Shakaar". - Callie Thorne
Calliope "Callie" Thorne (born November 20, 1969 in Massachusetts) is an American actress best known for her role as Sheila Keefe, the 9/11 widow of Jimmy, who was the cousin of Tommy Gavin (Denis Leary) on "Rescue Me." Thorne studied Theatre and Dramatic Literature at Wheaton College in Massachusetts and at The Lee Strasberg Institute in New York. In addition to "Rescue Me", she has had guest spots on such series as "ER" (2005 - 2006), … - Seth Gilliam
Seth Gilliam (November 5, 1968) is an American actor. He is most notable for appearances on the HBO programs "Oz" (as Clayton Hughes) and "The Wire" (as Ellis Carver). On both of these appearances, he co-starred with Lance Reddick and J.D. Williams. He was directly cast alongside both of these actors. His feature film credits include Private Sugar Watkins in the 1997 action movie "Starship Troopers". - Deirdre Lovejoy
Deirdre Lovejoy (born June 30, 1962 in Abilene, Texas) is an American actress. She is most notable for appearance on the HBO program "The Wire" (as Rhonda Pearlman). - Robert Wisdom
Robert Wisdom (born September 14, 1953) is an American actor. Wisdom was born in Washington, D.C. to Jamaican parents. He has appeared on the HBO program "The Wire" as Howard "Bunny" Colvin, and has also starred in the 2004 films "Barbershop 2: Back in Business" and "Ray", and the 2007 film "Freedom Writers". He has landed a regular role on season 3 of Prison Break playing the role of a Panamanian drug kingpin. - Jim True-Frost
Jim True-Frost, a.k.a. 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 four seasons on the HBO program "The Wire". A New York-based actor, True-Frost has been an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago since 1989. Prior to that, he was a member of Remains Theater, … - Ben Watson
Ben Watson (born 1956) is a British writer on music and culture of Marxist views, known especially for his writings on Frank Zappa. Watson is well-known as a regular contributor to The Wire, as well as the author of numerous books, often entailing studies of popular culture from the perspective of Marxist aesthetics. - Domenick Lombardozzi
Domenico "Domenick" Lombardozzi (born on March 25 1976, in Bronx, New York) is an actor. - Frankie Faison
Frankie Faison (born Frank R. Faison on June 10, 1949 in Newport News, Virginia), also credited often as Frankie R. Faison, is an American actor. Faison is 6'2" and he studied drama at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois. He is married to Jane Mandel and they live in Montclair, New Jersey. - Dj /rupture
DJ /rupture is the pseudonym of Jace Clayton, a New York-based breakcore producer and DJ. He used to play in the drum and bass collective " Toneburst", and DJ'ed in Boston during the late 1990s. His standard setup involves three turntables, on which he creates complicated mixes—such as one with a cappella vocals, the second with a beats, and the third with ambient effects. DJ /rupture's first big break came in 2001 with "Gold Teeth Thief", … - J. D. Williams
J.D. Williams (born May 22, 1978 in Newark, New Jersey) is an African-American actor notable for his starring roles in the HBO television programs "Oz" and "The Wire". Williams has appeared as Preston "Bodie" Broadus in all four seasons of "The Wire". He has also appeared in another show David Simon created, "Homicide: Life on the Street", guest starring in the episode "The Why Chromosome" as Casper. - Jay Landsman
Jay Landsman is a retired homicide detective and actor. He was featured in David Simon's book about the Baltimore homicide unit "Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets". According to the book, Landsman was the last of his family line on the Baltimore Police Force. His brother Jerry was a detective on the force who left in the 1980s and their father was the force's first Jewish district commander. - Christopher Willits
Christopher Willits is a musician and multimedia artist located in San Francisco. His musical focus is characterized by guitar with computer software processing and improvisation, which generates a large palette of possible sounds including; melodic rhythms, grainy textures, and smooth drones. Willits' music is electroacoustic in nature, in that both analogue and digital worlds are fused into one. - David Keenan
David Keenan is a Scottish writer and musician. He is the author of "England's Hidden Reverse", a biography of Coil, Current 93 and Nurse With Wound, a regular contributor to "The Wire", and proprietor of Volcanic Tongue, a shop, distributor, record label and mailorder service. He also curates the Subcurrent festival, held annually in Glasgow. In 2005 he was the creative consultant for the Instal festival, … - Chris Bauer
Mark Christopher Bauer (born October 28, 1966) is an American film and television actor. Bauer was born in Los Angeles, California and graduated from Miramonte High School in Orinda, California, in 1984, playing on the Championship football team of the same year. Later, he attended the University of San Diego and graduated from the Yale School of Drama. Bauer played Lloyd Gettys in the 1997 movie "The Devil's Advocate", … - David Stubbs
David Stubbs is a British journalist. He was born on September 13, 1962 in London, but grew up in Leeds, where he was educated in part at St Michael's College. It was here that he first began to demonstrate his caustic style of music review, in particular a review of Gary Numan's album, Telekon, where he described the opening as "16 consecutive synthesised farts". - Jermaine Crawford
Jermaine Crawford (born in 1992) is an African-American actor currently guest-starring on the HBO original series "The Wire" as Duquan "Dukie" Weems. Crawford started performing at the age of three. His experience includes various professional projects. He's had prominent roles in the theatrical productions of "Children of Eden" at the Ford Theatre directed by David Bell; "Carousel" and "The Miracle Worker" at the Olney Theatre, …
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