List of characters from The Wire

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The following is a listing of fictional characters from the HBO series, The Wire. Note that some characters' allegiances or position have changed over time; the placement below is generally meant to reflect their current or most recent situation.

[edit] The Law

Main article: Law enforcement characters of The Wire

Law enforcement is an integral part of The Wire and characters in this field range from those enforcing the law at street level up to those setting laws city wide.

[edit] The Schools

Main article: School system of The Wire

This section includes the pupils, staff and Education board employees from the school system depicted on the show.

[edit] The Docks

Main article: Characters from the docks of The Wire

This section includes the Stevedores and their families as well as the criminal organization that controls smuggling through the Baltimore docks.

[edit] The Paper

Main article: Journalists of The Wire

The fifth season included an examination of a fictionalised version of The Baltimore Sun and introduced several journalist characters.

[edit] Starring cast

Actor/Actress	Character	Position
Dominic West	Jimmy McNulty	Homicide Detective (formerly Major Case Unit Detective and Patrol Officer)
Reg E. Cathey	Norman Wilson	Mayoral Deputy Chief of Staff (formerly Campaign Manager)
John Doman	William Rawls	Police Commissioner (formerly Major/Colonel)
Aidan Gillen	Tommy Carcetti	Mayor of Baltimore (formerly City Councilman)
Clark Johnson	Augustus Haynes	City Desk Editor of The Baltimore Sun
Deirdre Lovejoy	Rhonda Pearlman	Assistant State's Attorney in charge of Violent Crimes
Tom McCarthy	Scott Templeton	General Assignments Reporter atThe Baltimore Sun Metro Desk
Clarke Peters	Lester Freamon	Major Case Unit Detective (formerly Homicide and Pawn Shop Unit Detective)
Wendell Pierce	Bunk Moreland	Homicide Detective
Lance Reddick	Cedric Daniels	Deputy Commissioner for Operations (formerly Lieutenant/Major/Colonel/CID Commander)
Andre Royo	Bubbles	Soup kitchen volunteer and newspaper vendor (formerly drug addict & police informant)
Sonja Sohn	Kima Greggs	Homicide Detective (formerly Narcotics and Major Case Unit Detective)
Seth Gilliam	Ellis Carver	Western District Sergeant in Charge (formerly Narcotics and Major Case Unit Detective)
Domenick Lombardozzi	Thomas "Herc" Hauk	Defense investigator (formerly Narcotics Detective and Major Case Unit Sergeant)
Michael K. Williams	Omar Little	Stick-up man
Gbenga Akinnagbe	Chris Partlow	Drug organization chief enforcer
Jamie Hector	Marlo Stanfield	Drug Kingpin
Neal Huff	Michael Steintorf	Mayoral Chief of Staff
Jermaine Crawford	Duquan "Dukie" Weems	Corner boy (formerly middle school student)
Corey Parker Robinson	Leander Sydnor	Major Case Unit Detective
Tristan Wilds	Michael Lee	Drug organization enforcer and crew chief (formerly middle school student)
Michael Kostroff	Maurice Levy	Defense attorney
Michelle Paress	Alma Gutierrez	Police beat reporter for The Baltimore Sun City Desk
Isiah Whitlock, Jr.	Clay Davis	Maryland State Senator

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Actor/Actress	Character	Position
Chris Bauer	Frank Sobotka	Union secretary-treasurer
Paul Ben-Victor	Spiros "Vondas" Vondopoulos	Organized Crime Underboss
Idris Elba	Russell "Stringer" Bell	Drug kingpin
Frankie R. Faison	Ervin Burrell	Police Commissioner (formerly Deputy Commissioner for Operations)
Larry Gilliard Jr.	D'Angelo Barksdale	Drug organization crew chief
Wood Harris	Avon Barksdale	Drug lord
Amy Ryan	Beatrice "Beadie" Russell	Port Police Officer
Jim True-Frost	Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski	Teacher (formerly Major Case Unit Detective)
Robert Wisdom	Howard "Bunny" Colvin	Retired (Former Major with Police Department, and former teacher of sorts)
Chad L. Coleman	Dennis "Cutty" Wise	Youth boxing instructor (former gang enforcer)
Glynn Turman	Clarence Royce	Former Mayor of Baltimore
J. D. Williams	Preston "Bodie" Broadus	Drug organization crew chief (formerly drug dealer)

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v • d • e The Wire
Episode list · Season 1 · Season 2 · Season 3 · Season 4 · Season 5 Writers & Directors · David Simon
Characters
Police:	Jimmy McNulty	Kima Greggs	"Bunk" Moreland	Lester Freamon	Ellis Carver	Leander Sydnor
Command:	Ervin Burrell	William Rawls	Cedric Daniels	Stanislaus Valchek	Raymond Foerster	Jay Landsman
School:	Roland Pryzbylewski	Howard Colvin	Namond Brice	Michael Lee	Randy Wagstaff	Duquan Weems
Street:	Omar Little	Bubbles	Dennis Wise	Chris Partlow	Snoop	Wee-Bey Brice
Kingpins:	Avon Barksdale	Stringer Bell	Marlo Stanfield	Proposition Joe	Spiros Vondas	The Greek
Dealers:	Bodie Broadus	D'Angelo Barksdale	Poot Carr	Wallace	Cheese	Slim Charles
Politics:	Tommy Carcetti	Clarence Royce	Clay Davis	Norman Wilson	Michael Steintorf	Nerese Campbell
Courthouse:	Rhonda Pearlman	Maurice Levy	"Herc" Hauk	Daniel Phelan	Rupert Bond	Ilene Nathan
Docks:	Frank Sobotka	Nick Sobotka	Ziggy Sobotka	Beadie Russell	Sergei Malatov	Horseface
Journalists:	Augustus Haynes	Scott Templeton	Alma Gutierrez	Thomas Klebanow	James Whiting	Mike Fletcher

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