# List of The Wire characters

The following is a listing of fictional characters from the HBO series, The Wire. Note that some characters' allegiances or positions may have changed over time; and, although the series has ended, the placement below is generally meant to reflect their most recent situation. Also, some specific plot lines may be revealed in a character's description.

## Appearances
### Main cast

| Actor | Character | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Episode count |
| Actor | Character | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Episode count |
| Dominic West | Jimmy McNulty | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | 56 |
| John Doman | William Rawls | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | 46 |
| Idris Elba | Russell "Stringer" Bell | Main | Main | Main | | | 36 |
| Frankie R. Faison | Ervin Burrell | Main | Main | Main | Main | Recurring | 40 |
| Lawrence Gilliard Jr. | D'Angelo Barksdale | Main | Main | | | | 18 |
| Wood Harris | Avon Barksdale | Main | Main | Main | | Guest | 32 |
| Deirdre Lovejoy | Rhonda Pearlman | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | 44 |
| Wendell Pierce | William "The Bunk" Moreland | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | 54 |
| Lance Reddick | Cedric Daniels | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | 58 |
| Andre Royo | Reginald "Bubbles" Cousins | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | 40 |
| Sonja Sohn | Kima Greggs | Main | Main | Main | Main | Main | 56 |
| Chris Bauer | Frank Sobotka | | Main | | | | 12 |
| Paul Ben-Victor | Spiros "Vondas" Vondopoulos | | Main | | Guest | Recurring | 15 |
| Clarke Peters | Lester Freamon | Recurring | Main | Main | Main | Main | 54 |
| Amy Ryan | Beatrice "Beadie" Russell | | Main | Guest | Recurring | Recurring | 20 |
| Aidan Gillen | Tommy Carcetti | | | Main | Main | Main | 35 |
| Jim True-Frost | Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski | Recurring | Recurring | Main | Main | Guest | 45 |
| Robert Wisdom | Howard "Bunny" Colvin | | Guest | Main | Main | Guest | 25 |
| Seth Gilliam | Ellis Carver | Recurring | Recurring | Main | Main | Main | 50 |
| Domenick Lombardozzi | Thomas "Herc" Hauk | Recurring | Recurring | Main | Main | Main | 53 |
| J. D. Williams | Preston "Bodie" Broadus | Recurring | Recurring | Main | Main | | 37 |
| Michael K. Williams | Omar Little | Recurring | Recurring | Main | Main | Main | 42 |
| Corey Parker Robinson | Leander Sydnor | Recurring | | Main | Main | Main | 38 |
| Reg E. Cathey | Norman Wilson | | | | Main | Main | 23 |
| Chad Coleman | Dennis "Cutty" Wise | | | Recurring | Main | Guest | 20 |
| Jamie Hector | Marlo Stanfield | | | Recurring | Main | Main | 32 |
| Glynn Turman | Clarence Royce | | | Recurring | Main | Guest | 16 |
| Clark Johnson | Augustus Haynes | | | | | Main | 10 |
| Tom McCarthy | Scott Templeton | | | | | Main | 10 |
| Gbenga Akinnagbe | Chris Partlow | | | Recurring | Recurring | Main | 26 |
| Neal Huff | Michael Steintorf | | | | Recurring | Main | 11 |
| Jermaine Crawford | Duquan "Dukie" Weems | | | | Recurring | Main | 20 |
| Tristan Wilds | Michael Lee | | | | Recurring | Main | 22 |
| Michael Kostroff | Maurice Levy | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Guest | Main | 21 |
| Michelle Paress | Alma Gutierrez | | | | | Main | 10 |
| Isiah Whitlock, Jr. | Clay Davis | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Main | 22 |

### Recurring cast

| Actor | Character | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Episode count |
| Actor | Character | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Episode count |
| Delaney Williams | Jay Landsman | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | 45 |
| Robert F. Chew | Joseph "Proposition Joe" Stewart | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | 24 |
| Maria Broom | Marla Daniels | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | 16 |
| Tray Chaney | Malik "Poot" Carr | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Guest | 26 |
| Melanie Nicholls-King | Cheryl | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Guest | Guest | 15 |
| Callie Thorne | Elena McNulty | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Guest | Guest | 12 |
| Michael Hyatt | Brianna Barksdale | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Guest | | 12 |
| Doug Olear | Terrance "Fitz" Fitzhugh | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | | Recurring | 13 |
| Leo Fitzpatrick | Johnny Weeks | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | | | 15 |
| Shamyl Brown | Donette | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | | | 12 |
| Hassan Johnson | Roland "Wee-Bey" Brice | Recurring | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | Guest | 20 |
| Susan Rome | Ilene Nathan | Recurring | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | | 7 |
| Erik Todd Dellums | Dr. Randall Frazier | Recurring | Recurring | Guest | | | 6 |
| Nat Benchley | Augustus Polk | Recurring | Recurring | | | Guest | 8 |
| Robert F. Colesberry | Ray Cole | Recurring | Recurring | | | | 8 |
| Michael Salconi | Michael Santangelo | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | 25 |
| Ed Norris | Ed Norris | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | 22 |
| Brian Anthony Wilson | Vernon Holley | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | 19 |
| Antonio Cordova | Michael McNulty | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | Guest | Guest | 10 |
| Eric Gershowitz | Sean James McNulty | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | Guest | Guest | 10 |
| Peter Gerety | Daniel Phelan | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | | Recurring | 15 |
| Wendy Grantham | Shardene Innes | Recurring | Guest | | | Guest | 11 |
| Richard DeAngelis | Raymond Foerster | Recurring | | Recurring | Guest | | 15 |
| Tony D. Head | Bobby Reed | Recurring | | Recurring | Guest | | 10 |
| Bobby J. Brown | Robert "Bobby" Brown | Recurring | | Guest | Recurring | Recurring | 12 |
| Steve Earle | Walon | Recurring | | | Guest | Recurring | 8 |
| Chris Clanton | Savino Bratton | Recurring | | | | Recurring | 8 |
| Michael B. Jordan | Wallace | Recurring | | | | | 13 |
| Clayton LeBouef | Wendell "Orlando" Blocker | Recurring | | | | | 8 |
| Brandon Price | Anton "Stinkum" Artis | Recurring | | | | | 8 |
| Michael Kevin Darnall | Brandon Wright | Recurring | | | | | 4 |
| Al Brown | Stanislaus "Stan" Valchek | Guest | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | 19 |
| Michael Willis | Andy Krawczyk | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | 15 |
| Method Man | Melvin "Cheese" Wagstaff | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | 13 |
| S. Robert Morgan | Butchie | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | Guest | 10 |
| Kelli R. Brown | Kimmy | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | | 11 |
| Richard Burton | Shaun "Shamrock" McGinty | | Recurring | Recurring | | | 20 |
| Michael Potts | Brother Mouzone | | Recurring | Recurring | | | 7 |
| DeAndre McCullough | Lamar | | Recurring | Recurring | | | 6 |
| Edwina Findley | Tosha Mitchell | | Recurring | Recurring | | | 4 |
| Benay Berger | Amanda Reese | Guest | Recurring | Guest | | Recurring | 8 |
| Bill Raymond | The Greek | | Recurring | | | Recurring | 10 |
| Pablo Schreiber | Nick Sobotka | | Recurring | | | Guest | 13 |
| Jeffrey Pratt Gordon | Johnny "Fifty" Spamanto | | Recurring | | | Guest | 13 |
| Luray Cooper | Nat Coxson | | Recurring | | | Guest | 12 |
| Chris Ashworth | Sergei Malatov | | Recurring | | | Guest | 11 |
| Richard Pelzman | Little Big Roy | | Recurring | | | Guest | 7 |
| Gary "D.Reign" | Frog | | Recurring | | | Guest | 4 |
| James Ransone | Ziggy Sobotka | | Recurring | | | | 12 |
| Charley Scalies | Thomas "Horseface" Pakusa | | Recurring | | | | 12 |
| Bus Howard | Vernon "Ott" Motley | | Recurring | | | | 8 |
| Jeffrey Fugitt | Claude Diggins | | Recurring | | | | 7 |
| Jill Redding | Delores | | Recurring | | | | 7 |
| Kristin Proctor | Aimee | | Recurring | | | | 6 |
| Kelvin Davis | La La | | Recurring | | | | 6 |
| Teddy Cañez | George "Double G" Glekas | | Recurring | | | | 5 |
| Lance Irwin | Maui | | Recurring | | | | 5 |
| Lev Gorn | Eton Ben-Eleazer | | Recurring | | | | 5 |
| Robert Hogan | Louis Sobotka | | Recurring | | | | 4 |
| Brook Yeaton | "White" Mike McArdle | | Recurring | | | | 4 |
| Tom Mardirosian | Kristos Koutris | | Recurring | | | | 3 |
| Jay Landsman | Dennis Mello | | Guest | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | 18 |
| Anwan Glover | Slim Charles | | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | 27 |
| Felicia Pearson | Felicia "Snoop" Pearson | | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | 26 |
| Ryan Sands | Lloyd "Truck" Garrick | | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | 20 |
| Benjamin Busch | Anthony Colicchio | | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | 20 |
| Gregory L. Williams | Michael Crutchfield | | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | 19 |
| Edward Green | Spider | | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | 17 |
| Frederick Strother | Odell Watkins | | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | 15 |
| Rick Otto | Kenneth Dozerman | | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | 14 |
| Megan Anderson | Jen Carcetti | | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | 13 |
| Troj Marquis Strickland | Fat Face Rick | | | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | 9 |
| Melvin Williams | The Deacon | | | Recurring | Recurring | Guest | 11 |
| Cleo Reginald Pizana | Coleman Parker | | | Recurring | Recurring | | 15 |
| Brandy Burre | Theresa D'Agostino | | | Recurring | Recurring | | 15 |
| Christopher Mann | Anthony "Tony" Gray | | | Recurring | Recurring | | 12 |
| Dravon James | Mrs. Grace Sampson | | | Recurring | Recurring | | 12 |
| Joilet F. Harris | Caroline Massey | | | Recurring | Recurring | | 10 |
| Justin Burley | Justin | | | Recurring | Recurring | | 10 |
| Brandon Fobbs | Fruit | | | Recurring | Guest | | 8 |
| Norris Davis | Vinson | | | Recurring | | Recurring | 7 |
| Ernest Waddell | Dante | | Guest | Recurring | | | 9 |
| Leonard A. Anderson | Gerard | | | Recurring | | | 7 |
| Brandan T. Tate | Sapper | | | Recurring | | | 6 |
| Melvin Jackson, Jr. | Bernard | | | Recurring | | | 4 |
| Mia Arnice Chambers | Squeak | | | Recurring | | | 4 |
| Gary D'Addario | Gary DiPasquale | | Guest | | Recurring | Recurring | 5 |
| Thuliso Dingwall | Kenard | | | Guest | Recurring | Recurring | 19 |
| Kwame Patterson | Monk Metcalf | | | | Recurring | Recurring | 17 |
| Marlyne Afflack | Nerese Campbell | | | | Recurring | Recurring | 11 |
| Keenon Brice | Aaron "Bug" Manigault | | | | Recurring | Recurring | 11 |
| Dion Graham | Rupert Bond | | | | Recurring | Recurring | 8 |
| Darrell Britt-Gibson | Darius "O-Dog" Hill | | | | Recurring | Recurring | 8 |
| Shamika Cotton | Raylene Lee | | | | Recurring | Recurring | 8 |
| Donnie Andrews | Donnie | | | | Recurring | Recurring | 6 |
| Derrick Purvey | Big Guy | | | | Recurring | Recurring | 5 |
| Maestro Harrell | Randy Wagstaff | | | | Recurring | Guest | 14 |
| Julito McCullum | Namond Brice | | | | Recurring | Guest | 14 |
| Tootsie Duvall | Marcia Donnelly | | | | Recurring | Guest | 12 |
| Ramón Rodríguez | Renaldo | | | | Recurring | Guest | 8 |
| Rashad Orange | Sherrod | | | Guest | Recurring | | 7 |
| Dan DeLuca | Dr. David Parenti | | | | Recurring | | 11 |
| Nathan Corbett | Donut | | | | Recurring | | 9 |
| Sandi McCree | De'Londa Brice | | | | Recurring | | 9 |
| Taylor King | Zenobia Dawson | | | | Recurring | | 9 |
| Jonnie Louis Brown | Eddie Walker | | | | Recurring | | 7 |
| Stacie Davis | Miss Duquette | | | | Recurring | | 6 |
| Tyrell Baker | Little Kevin | | | | Recurring | | 6 |
| Boris McGiver | Charles Marimow | | | | Recurring | | 6 |
| Alfonso Christian Lover | Old Face Andre | | | | Recurring | | 6 |
| Richard Hildebird | Claudell Withers | | | | Recurring | | 5 |
| Gene Terinoni | Jimmy Asher | | | | Recurring | | 3 |
| Bill Zorzi | Bill Zorzi | Guest | | | | Recurring | 9 |
| Michael Stone Forrest | Frank Barlow | Guest | | | | Recurring | 4 |
| Todd Scofield | Jeff Price | | | Guest | | Recurring | 8 |
| David Costabile | Thomas Klebanow | | | | | Recurring | 9 |
| Sam Freed | James Whiting | | | | | Recurring | 9 |
| Brandon Young | Mike Fletcher | | | | | Recurring | 9 |
| Donald Neal | Jay Spry | | | | | Recurring | 7 |
| Robert Poletick | Steven Luxenberg | | | | | Recurring | 7 |
| Thomas J. McCarthy | Tim Phelps | | | | | Recurring | 7 |
| Dennis Hill | Christeson | | | | | Recurring | 5 |
| Kara Quick | Rebecca Corbett | | | | | Recurring | 5 |
| Bruce Kirkpatrick | Roger Twigg | | | | | Recurring | 4 |

## The Law

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

## The Street

Those involved in drug dealing and drug addicts alike are featured. Thieves and sex workers are also featured.

## The Docks

Stevedores, their families, and the criminal organization that is involved in the smuggling through the Baltimore docks are featured.

## The Politicians

Both honest and corrupt state and city officials depicted in the series are included in this section.

## The Schools

Pupils, staff and employees in the school system are featured.

## The Paper

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

## A to Z

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

### A

* Aimee
* Artis, Anton "Stinkum"
* Asher, Jimmy

### B

* Bailey, John
* Baker, Brian
* Barksdale, Avon
* Barksdale, Brianna
* Barksdale, D'Angelo
* Barlow, Frank
* Ben-Eleazer, Eton
* Bernard
* Bell, Russell "Stringer"
* "Big Guy"
* "Big Roy"
* Blocker, Wendell "Orlando"
* Bond, Rupert
* Bratton, Savino
* Brice, De'Londa
* Brice, Namond
* Brice, Roland "Wee-Bey"
* Broadus, Preston "Bodie"
* Brown, Bobby
* Brother Mouzone
* "Bubbles"
* Burrell, Ervin
* Butchie

### C

* Campbell, Nerese
* Cantrell, Walter
* Carcetti, Jen
* Carcetti, Thomas "Tommy"
* Carr, Malik "Poot"
* Carver, Ellis
* Castor, Aaron
* Cheryl
* "Chess"
* Christeson
* Cole, Ray
* Colicchio, Anthony
* Colvin, Howard "Bunny"
* Country
* Cousins, Reginald "Bubbles"
* Coxson, Nat
* Crutchfield, Michael

### D

* D'Agostino, Theresa
* Daniels, Cedric
* Daniels, Marla
* Dante
* Davis, R. Clayton "Clay"
* Dawson, Zenobia
* The Deacon
* "Dee-Dee"
* Delores
* Demper, Steven
* DiBiago, Bruce
* DiPasquale, Gary
* Diggins, Claude
* Donette
* Donnie
* "Donut"
* Donnelly, Marcia
* Dozerman, Kenneth

### F

* Fitzhugh, Terrance "Fitz"
* Fletcher, Mike
* Foerster, Raymond
* Frazier, Warren
* Frazier, Randall
* Freamon, Lester
* "Frog"
* "Fruit"

### G

* Garrick, Lloyd "Truck"
* Gerard
* Gerry
* "Ghost"
* Glekas, George a.k.a. "Double G"
* Gray, Anthony
* "The Greek"
* Greggs, Shakima "Kima"
* Gutierrez, Alma

### H

* Hauk, Thomas "Herc"
* Haynes, Augustus "Gus"
* Hendrix, Ricardo a.k.a. "Fat-Face Rick"
* Hilton, Marquis "Bird"
* Holley, Vernon
* "Hucklebuck"
* "Hungry Man"

### I

* Innes, Shardene

### J

* Jamal
* Judkins, Crystal
* Johnson, Herbert De'Rodd a.k.a. "Puddin"

### K

* Kenard
* Kimmy
* Klebanow, Thomas
* Koutris, Kristos
* Krawczyk, Andy
Sylvester kirk

### L

* "La La"
* Lamar
* Lambert
* Landsman, Jay
* Lee, Michael
* Lee, Raylene
* Levy, Maurice
* "Little Big Roy"
* "Little Kevin"
* "Little Man"
* Little, Omar
* Luxenberg, Steven

### M

* Mahon, Patrick
* Malatov, Sergei
* Manigault, Aaron "Bug"
* Manigault, Devar
* Marimow, Charles
* Massey, Caroline
* "Maui"
* McArdle, "White" Mike
* McGinty, Shaun "Shamrock"
* McNulty, Elena
* McNulty, Jimmy
* McNulty, Michael
* McNulty, Sean
* Mello, Dennis
* Metcalf,"Monk"
* Mitchell, Tosha
* Moreland, Bunk
* Motley, Vernon "Ott"

### N

* Nathan, Ilene
* Norris, Ed

### O

* "O-Dog"
* Old Face Andre

### P

* Pakusa, Thomas "Horseface"
* Parenti, David
* Parker, Coleman
* Partlow, Chris
* Pearlman, Rhonda
* Pearson, Felicia "Snoop"
* Perkins, Eunetta
* Perry
* Phelan, Daniel
* Phelps, Tim
* "Phil-Boy"
* Polk, Augustus
* Price, Damien Lavelle a.k.a. "Day Day"
* Price, Jeff
* Pryzbylewski, Roland "Prez"

### R

* Rawls, William
* Reed, Bobby
* Renaldo
* Reese, Amanda
* Rico
* "Ronnie Mo"
* Royce, Clarence
* Russell, Beatrice "Beadie"

### S

* Sampson, Grace
* Santangelo, Michael
* Sapper
* Sherrod
* "Slim Charles"
* Sobotka, Frank
* Sobotka, Joan
* Sobotka, Louis
* Sobotka, Nick
* Sobotka, Ziggy
* Spamanto, Johnny "Fifty"
* Spry, Jay
* "Squeak"
* Stanfield, Marlo
* Sterling
* Stewart, "Proposition" Joe
* Stokes, Albert
* Sydnor, Leander

### T

* Tank
* Taylor, Marvin
* Templeton, Scott
* Tilghman, Dwight
* Torret
* Twigg, Roger
* Tyson, Darnell

### V

* Valchek, Stanislaus
* Vinson
* Vondopoulos, Spiros "Vondas"

### W

* Wagstaff, Calvin "Cheese"
* Wagstaff, Randy
* Wallace
* Walker, Eddie
* Walon
* Watkins, Odell
* Weeks, Johnny
* Weems, Duquan "Dukie"
* Whiting, James
* Williams, Karim
* Williamson, Kintel
* Wilson, Norman
* Wise, Dennis "Cutty"
* Withers, Claudell
* Wright, Brandon

### Z

* Zorzi, Bill