list of the wire characters
starring cast
Table:
hideActor/Actress
Character
Starring seasons
Guest seasons
Episode count
Position

Dominic West

Jimmy McNulty

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

—

56

Homicide Detective (formerly Major Case Unit Detective and Patrol Officer)

Larry Gilliard, Jr.

D'Angelo Barksdale

1, 2

—

18

Drug organization crew chief

Lance Reddick

Cedric Daniels

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

—

58

Deputy Commissioner for Operations (formerly Lieutenant/Major/Colonel/CID Commander)

Idris Elba

Russell "Stringer" Bell

1, 2, 3

—

36

Drug Kingpin

Wood Harris

Avon Barksdale

1, 2, 3

5

32

Drug Kingpin

Sonja Sohn

Kima Greggs

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

—

56

Homicide Detective (formerly Narcotics and Major Case Unit Detective)

Wendell Pierce

Bunk Moreland

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

—

54

Homicide Detective

John Doman

William Rawls

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

—

46

Police Commissioner (formerly Major/Colonel/Deputy Commissioner for Operations)

Frankie Faison

Ervin Burrell

1, 2, 3, 4

5

40

Police Commissioner (formerly Deputy Commissioner for Operations)

Deirdre Lovejoy

Rhonda Pearlman

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

—

44

Assistant State's Attorney in charge of Violent Crimes

Andre Royo

Bubbles

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

—

40

Soup kitchen volunteer and newspaper vendor (formerly drug addict and police informant)

Clarke Peters

Lester Freamon

2, 3, 4, 5

1

54

Major Case Unit Detective (formerly Homicide and Pawn Shop Unit Detective)

Chris Bauer

Frank Sobotka

2

—

12

Union secretary-treasurer

Amy Ryan

Beatrice "Beadie" Russell

2

3, 4, 5

20

Port Police Officer

Paul Ben-Victor

Spiros "Vondas" Vondopoulos

2

4, 5

15

Organized Crime Underboss

Seth Gilliam

Ellis Carver

3, 4, 5

1, 2

50

Western District Sergeant in Charge (formerly Narcotics and Major Case Unit Detective)

Domenick Lombardozzi

Thomas "Herc" Hauk

3, 4, 5

1, 2

52

Defense investigator (formerly Narcotics Detective and Major Case Unit Sergeant)

J. D. Williams

Preston "Bodie" Broadus

3, 4

1, 2

37

Drug organization crew chief (formerly drug dealer)

Jim True-Frost

Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski

3, 4

1, 2, 5

45

Teacher (formerly Major Case Unit Detective)

Michael K. Williams

Omar Little

3, 4, 5

1, 2

42

Stick-up man

Corey Parker Robinson

Leander Sydnor

3, 4, 5

1

37

Major Case Unit Detective

Aidan Gillen

Tommy Carcetti

3, 4, 5

—

35

Mayor of Baltimore (formerly City Councilman)

Robert Wisdom

Howard "Bunny" Colvin

3, 4

2, 5

25

Retired (Former Major with Police Department, and former teacher of sorts)

Jamie Hector

Marlo Stanfield

4, 5

3

31

Drug Kingpin

Chad Coleman

Dennis "Cutty" Wise

4

3, 5

20

Youth boxing instructor (former gang enforcer)

Glynn Turman

Clarence Royce

4

3, 5

16

Former Mayor of Baltimore

Reg E. Cathey

Norman Wilson

4, 5

—

23

Mayoral Deputy Chief of Staff (formerly Campaign Manager)

Michael Kostroff

Maurice Levy

5

1, 2, 3, 4

21

Defense attorney

Isiah Whitlock, Jr.

Clay Davis

5

1, 2, 3, 4

17

Maryland State Senator

Gbenga Akinnagbe

Chris Partlow

5

3, 4

30

Drug organization enforcer and crew chief

Tristan Wilds

Michael Lee

5

4

22

Drug organization enforcer and crew chief (formerly middle school student)

Jermaine Crawford

Duquan "Dukie" Weems

5

4

20

Corner boy (formerly middle school student)

Neal Huff

Michael Steintorf

5

4

11

Mayoral Chief of Staff

Clark Johnson

Augustus Haynes

5

—

10

City Desk Editor of The Baltimore Sun

Tom McCarthy

Scott Templeton

5

—

10

General Assignments Reporter atThe Baltimore Sun Metro Desk

Michelle Paress

Alma Gutierrez

5

—

10

Police beat reporter for The Baltimore Sun City Desk

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