We Own This City

***We Own This City*** is a 2022 HBO miniseries. The series is based on the book *We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops and Corruption* by Justin Fenton, a former crime reporter for the *Baltimore Sun*. The book focuses on corruption in the Baltimore Police Department. The show was developed for television by David Simon (also a one time crime reporter for the *Baltimore Sun*) and George Pelecanos. The pair are joined by long-time producing partner Nina K. Noble as Executive Producer, they first collaborated together on the series *The Wire* in 2002. The series is directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green who also serves as an Executive Producer. The fifth Executive Producer is Ed Burns, a retired police officer and frequent collaborator with Simon and Pelecanos. Former HBO executive Kary Antholis is the sixth and final Executive Producer. Former *Baltimore Sun* reporter William F. Zorzi is a Co-Executive Producer and writer. D. Watkins is also a writer for the show.

The miniseries consists of six-hour long episodes. It chronicles the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force. The book shows the corruption and moral collapse that befell an American city in which the policies of drug prohibition and mass arrest were championed at the expense of actual police work.

The series stars Jon Bernthal as Sergeant Wayne Jenkins, Josh Charles as Officer Daniel Hersl, and Jamie Hector as Detective Sean M. Suiter.

## Episodes

* "Part One"
* "Part Two"
* "Part Three"
* "Part Four"
* "Part Five"
* "Part Six"

## Cast

### Main

* Jon Bernthal as Sergeant Wayne Jenkins, BPD officer and leader of the Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF)
* Wunmi Mosaku as Nicole Steele, an attorney assigned to the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice
* Jamie Hector as Detective Sean M. Suiter, BPD homicide unit and former violent repeat offenders unit officer
* McKinley Belcher III as Detective Momodu "G-Money" Gondo, BPD officer and GTTF member
* Darrell Britt-Gibson as Detective Jemell Rayam, BPD GTTF member
* Josh Charles as Detective Daniel Hersl, BPD GTTF member
* Dagmara Dominczyk as Special Agent Erika Jensen, FBI agent investigating the GTTF
* Rob Brown as Detective Maurice Ward, BPD GTTF member
* Don Harvey as Sergeant John Sieracki, BPD officer embedded with FBI task force
* David Corenswet as Corporal David McDougall
* Larry Mitchell as Detective Scott Kilpatrick

### Supporting

#### Recurring

* Delaney Williams as Commissioner Kevin Davis, BPD Commander (6 episodes)
* Ian Duff as Assistant US Attorney Ahmed Jackson, DOJ Civil Rights team (5 episodes)
* Lucas Van Engen as Assistant US Attorney Leo Wise, Public Corruption Task Force (5 episodes)
* Christopher R. Anderson as Deputy Commissioner Dean Palmere, a BPD Commander and Jenkins' supporter (5 episodes, 2 uncredited)
* Celeste Oliva as Lieutenant Marjorie German, Jenkins' supervisor (4 episodes)
* Robert Harley as Detective Marcus Taylor, a BPD Officer and GTTF member (4 episodes)
* Ham Mukasa as Evodio Hendrix, a BPD Officer and GTTF member (4 episodes)
* Joey Palestina as Detective Michael Fries, a BPD Officer, Narcotics detective and Jenkins' former partner (4 episodes)
* Seth Hurwitz as Donald Stepp, Jenkins' fence (4 episodes)
* Ken Arnold as Charlie Gibson, DOJ Civil Rights Office (4 episodes)
* Bobby J. Brown as Sergeant Thomas Allers, a BPD Officer and GTTF member (4 episodes, 1 uncredited)
* Noah Silas as Detective Jonathan Jones, BPD Homicide Unit and Suiter's partner (4 episodes, 1 uncredited)
* Thaddeus Street as James Otis, Baltimore resident (3 episodes)
* Chris Clanton as Officer Brian Hairston, a BPD Officer (3 episodes)
* Casey Gomes as Assistant US Attorney Derek Hines, Public Corruption Task Force (3 episodes)
* Curt Morlaye as Antonio "Brill" Shropshire, drug organization leader (3 episodes)
* Aristeo F. Kardia as Detective Ryan Guinn, a BPD Officer and former member of the GTTF and violent repeat offender unit (3 episodes, 1 uncredited)
* Leah Pressman as Kirsty Jenkins, Wayne's wife (3 episodes, 1 uncredited)
* Levar Lewis Jr. as a Man, at Jenkins' stash house raid (3 episodes, 1 uncredited)
* Imani Nia Robinson as Nicole Suiter, Detective Suiter's wife (3 episodes, 2 uncredited)
* Treat Williams as Detective Brian Grabler, an instructor at the BPD Academy (2 episodes)
* Gabrielle Carteris as Assistant US Attorney Andrea Smith, Federal Narcotics Prosecutor (2 episodes)
* Tray Chaney as Gordon Hawk, Harford County Narcotics Taskforce (2 episodes)
* Nathan E. Corbett as Tariq Toure, a West Baltimore author and community activist (2 episodes)
* Eoin O'Shea as Sergeant Keith Gladstone, a BPD Officer and Jenkins' mentor (2 episodes)
* Dave Johnson as Brad Rosenthal, DOJ (2 episodes)
* Antoinette Green as Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh (2 episodes)
* Rupal Pujara as Vanita Gupta, Deputy Assistant Attorney General in charge of the civil rights division (2 episodes)
* Dawn A. Douglas as a Woman, at Jenkins' stash house raid (2 episodes)
* Benjamin Bass as Officer James Kostoplis, a BPD Officer and GTTF member (2 episodes)
* Sylvester Kirk as Glyn Kyle Wells, Brill's enforcer (2 episodes)
* Victor Dobro as Detective John Clewell, a BPD Officer and GTTF member (2 episodes, 1 uncredited)
* Kevin Murray as Gary Proctor, Allers' attorney (2 episodes, 1 uncredited)
* Marcellus Shepard as Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Gordon Johnson, commander of the FBI Baltimore Field Office (2 episodes, 1 uncredited)
* Paige Carter as Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake (2 episodes, 1 uncredited)
* Melvin T. Russell as Aaron "Black" Anderson, drug dealer (2 episodes, 1 uncredited)
* Shalet Monique as Te'Ana, Aaron Anderson's girlfriend (2 episodes, 1 uncredited)
* Joe Pistone as Detective Jason Giordano, a BPD Officer and Rayam's former partner (2 episodes, both uncredited)

#### Guests

* Anwan Glover as a David Baker, man stopped by Hersl ("Part One")
* Susan Rome as Mayor Rawlings-Blake's Aide ("Part One")
* Lyon Beckwith as Officer Booth, BPD patrolman at Steele's video incident ("Part One")
* Maurice Philogene as R. Robinson, Central District Commander ("Part One")
* Terri O'Neill as Linda Nelson, IAD ("Part One")
* David Hammond as Officer Ed Barber, Jenkins' BPD Field Training Officer ("Part Two")
* Michael Salconi as Young Moose's attorney ("Part Two")
* Stephanie Parker as R.G. French, a BPD Officer ("Part Two")
* Jeremy Gabriel as Sergeant Peter Gallagher, BPD Homicide Unit ("Part Two")
* Ariel McCullough as Dominique Jarvis ("Part Two")
* Bru Ajueyitsi as Officer Stanley Willis, BPD Patrol ("Part Two")
* Michael Darnell Croxton as Gary Brown, Rayam's home equity robbery ("Part Two")
* Domenick Lombardozzi as Stephen Brady, President of the Baltimore City Fraternal Order of Police ("Part Three")
* Shaun Woodland as Walter Collins, BPD Commander ("Part Three")
* Jermaine Crawford as Officer Jaquan Dixon, a dedicated young BPD patrolman ("Part Three")
* Michael Everett Johnson as Sergeant Billy Finch ("Part Three")
* Jason M. Jones as Officer Richard Miller, BPD Patrol ("Part Three")
* Maria Broom as Mrs Greene, witness in Suiter's case ("Part Three")
* Graham Wolfe as Detective Ben Frieman, a BPD Officer and Jenkins' former partner ("Part Four")
* Robert Poletick as Assistant State's Attorney Larry Nathans, a prosecutor working with the BPD homicide team ("Part Four")
* James Lewis as Judge Franklin Moore ("Part Four")
* Lorna Pruce as Sergeant Laverne Ellis, BPD Officer with Jenkins in the riots ("Part Four")
* Mike Sutton as Rod Rosenstein, US Attorney ("Part Five")
* Joy Jones as Tisha Edwards, Mayor's advisor ("Part Five")
* Michael J. Lyons as Jim Smith, Mayor's advisor ("Part Five")
* Prentiss Watson as Ronald Hamilton, drug dealer robbed by GTTF ("Part Five")
* Brian A. Wilson as Judge Andre Davis, Baltimore City Attorney ("Part Five")
* George Pelecanos as a Homicide Veteran ("Part Five")
* Sean W. Ryal as Defence Attorney Ivan Bates ("Part Six")
* Cornell D. Hills as Judge Barry Williams ("Part Six")
* Kim Tuvin as Judge Reed ("Part Six")
* Christopher Kaffman as Stephen Hale Levin, Jenkins' attorney ("Part Six")

### Background

* Emmanuel Kerry as Sergeant Robinson / P. Blackmon, BPD Officer
* Mark McKinnon as Officer Miles
* Al Sotto as a BPD Officer
* Corey Roberts as a BPD Officer
* Aaron McLoughlin as a BPD Officer
* Anita Moore as a BPD Officer
* Matthew Bernard as a BPD Officer
* Gina Jun as a BPD Officer
* Alex Anagnostidis as a BPD Officer
* Dan Matteuci as a Detective
* Matt Gulbranson as Detective
* Sam Lukowski as Detective
* Michael Garvey as Admin Sergeant
* Scott Teller as Detective Cruz
* Antonio Cortes as a Baltimore Resident (zip cuffed wearing yellow checked shirt and beanie)
* Jermel Wilson as a Baltimore Resident (car smasher)
* Steve "Steevieweevie" Jones as a Baltimore Resident (restaurant customer)
* Danny Cashman as an attorney
* Tammi Rogers as a Paralegal
* Richard Siegelman as a bartender
* Johnna Leary as a bartender
* Paula Black as Amy
* Unknown as L. Axilrod, BPD Officer
* Unknown as blonde GTTF Officer