LIST OF CHARACTERS FROM THE WIRE

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.

Contents

The Law

The Street

School system

The Docks

Starring cast

Current

Formerly starring

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

References

The Law

Main articles: 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.

The Street

Main articles: Street level characters of The Wire

Characters in this section range from homeless drug addicts up to drug king-pins in charge of entire criminal empires.

School system

Main articles: School system of The Wire

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

The Docks

Main articles: Characters from the docks of The Wire

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

Starring cast

Current

Actor/Actress	Character	Position
Dominic West	Jimmy McNulty	Major Case Unit Detective
John Doman	William Rawls	Deputy Police Commissioner of Operations (formerly Major/Colonel)
Frankie R. Faison	Ervin Burrell	Police Commissioner (formerly Deputy Ops)
Aidan Gillen	Tommy Carcetti	Mayor of Baltimore (formerly City Councilman)
Seth Gilliam	Ellis Carver	DEU Sergeant (formerly Narcotics/Major Case Detective)
Domenick Lombardozzi	Thomas "Herc" Hauk	Major Case Unit Sergeant (formerly Narcotics/Major Case Detective)
Deirdre Lovejoy	Rhonda Pearlman	Chief State's Attorney in charge of Violent Crimes (formerly Assistant State's Attorney)
Clarke Peters	Lester Freamon	Major Case Unit Detective (formerly Homicide Detective; also worked in Pawn Shop Unit)
Wendell Pierce	Bunk Moreland	Homicide Detective
Lance Reddick	Cedric Daniels	Criminal Investigations Commander (formerly Lieutenant/Major/Colonel)
Andre Royo	Bubbles	Confidential Informant/Street Goods Store Operator
Sonja Sohn	Kima Greggs	Major Case Unit Detective (formerly Narcotics/Homicide Detective)
Jim True-Frost	Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski	Teacher (formerly Major Case Unit Detective)
Glynn Turman	Clarence Royce	Former Mayor of Baltimore
Robert Wisdom	Howard "Bunny" Colvin	Retired (Former Major with Police, and former teacher of sorts)
Reg E. Cathey	Norman Wilson	City Hall Chief of Staff under Carcetti
Chad L. Coleman	Dennis "Cutty" Wise	Youth Boxing Instructor (Former Gang Enforcer)
Jamie Hector	Marlo Stanfield	Drug Kingpin
Michael K. Williams	Omar Little	Stick-up man
Corey Parker Robinson	Leander Sydnor	Major Case Unit Detective
Paul Ben-Victor	Spiros Vondas	Organized Crime Underboss
Amy Ryan	Beadie Russell	Officer

Formerly starring

Actor/Actress	Character	Position
Idris Elba	Stringer Bell	Drug kingpin
Wood Harris	Avon Barksdale	Drug lord
Larry Gilliard Jr.	D'Angelo Barksdale	Crew chief
Chris Bauer	Frank Sobotka	Union treasurer-secretary
Bill Raymond	The Greek	Organized Crime Boss
J. D. Williams	Bodie Broadus	Crew Chief (formerly Drug Dealer)

A to Z

A

★ Aimee

★ Artis, Anton "Stinkum"

★ Asher, Jimmy

B

★ Bailey, John

★ Baker, Brian

★ Barksdale, Avon

★ Barksdale, Brianna

★ Barksdale, D'Angelo

★ Ben-Eleazer, Eton

★ Bernard

★ Bell, Russell "Stringer"

★ "Big Roy"

★ Blocker, Wendell "Orlando"

★ Rupert Bond

★ Bratten, Savino

★ Brice, De'Londa

★ Brice, Namond

★ Brice, Roland "Wee-Bey"

★ Broadus, Preston "Bodie"

★ Brown, Bobby

★ Brother Mouzone

★ "Bubbles"

★ Burrell, Ervin

★ Butchie

C

★ Campbell, Naresse

★ Carcetti, Thomas "Tommy"

★ Carr, Malik "Poot"

★ Carver, Ellis

★ Castor, Aaron

★ Cheryl

★ "Chess"

★ Cole, Ray

★ Colicchio, Anthony

★ Colvin, Howard "Bunny"

★ Country

★ Coxson, Nat

★ Crutchfield, Michael

D

★ D'Agostino, Theresa

★ Daniels, Cedric

★ Daniels, Marla

★ Dante

★ Davis, R. Clayton "Clay"

★ Dawson, Zenobia

★ The Deacon

★ Delores

★ Demper, Steven

★ DiBiago, Bruce

★ Diggins, Claude

★ Donette

★ "Donut"

★ Donnelly, Marcia

★ Dozerman, Kenneth

E

F

★ "Fat-Face" Rick

★ Fitzhugh, Terrence "Fitz"

★ Foerster, Raymond

★ Frazier, Warren

★ Frazier, Randall

★ Freamon, Lester

★ "Frog"

★ "Fruit"

G

★ Garrick, Lloyd "Truck"

★ Gerard

★ Gerry

★ Glekas, George "Double G"

★ Gray, Anthony

★ "The Greek"

★ Greggs, Shakima "Kima"

H

★ Hauk, Thomas "Herc"

★ Hilton, Marquis "Bird"

★ Holley, Vernon

I

★ Innes, Shardene

J

★ Jamal

★ Judkins, Crystal

★ Justin

★ Johnson, Herbert De'Rodd "Puddin"

K

★ Kenard

★ Kimmy

★ Koutris, Ernst

★ Krawczyk, Andy

L

★ "La La"

★ Lamar

★ Lambert

★ Landsman, Jay

★ Lee, Michael

★ Levy, Maurice

★ "Little Big Roy"

★ "Little Kevin"

★ "Little Man"

★ Little, Omar

M

★ Mahone, Patrick

★ Malatov, Sergei "Serge"

★ Marimow, Charles

★ Massey, Caroline

★ "Maui"

★ McArdle, "White" Mike

★ McGinty, Shaun "Shamrock"

★ McNulty, Elena

★ McNulty, Jimmy

★ McNulty, Michael

★ McNulty, Sean

★ Mello, Dennis

★ Metcalf,"Monk"

★ Mithcell, 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

★ "Phil-Boy"

★ Polk, Augustus

★ Pryzbylewski, Roland "Prez"

Q

R

★ Rawls, William

★ Reed, Bobby

★ Renaldo

★ Reese, Amanda

★ Rico

★ "Ronnie Mo"

★ Royce, Clarence

★ Russell, Beadie

S

★ Sampson, Grace

★ Santangelo, Michael

★ Sapper

★ Sherrod

★ "Slim Charles"

★ Sobotka, Frank

★ Sobotka, Joan

★ Sobotka, Louis

★ Sobotka, Nick

★ Sobotka, Ziggy

★ Spamanto, Johnny "Fifty"

★ "Squeak"

★ Stanfield, Marlo

★ Sterling

★ Stewart, "Proposition" Joe

★ Stokes, Albert

★ Sydnor, Leander

T

★ Tank

★ Taylor, Marvin

★ Tilghman, Dwight

★ Tyson, Darnell

U

V

★ Valchek, Stanislaus

★ Vinson

★ Vondas, Spiros

W

★ Wagstaff, Melvin "Cheese"

★ Wagstaff, Randy

★ Wallace

★ Walker, Eddie

★ Walon

★ Watkins, Odell

★ Weeks, Johnny

★ Weems, Duquan "Dukie"

★ Williams, Karim

★ Williamson, Kintell

★ Wilson, Norman

★ Wise, Dennis "Cutty"

★ Withers, Claudell

★ Wright, Brandon

X

Y

Z

References