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
editMain cast
editRecurring cast
editActor | Character | Seasons | Episode count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
Delaney Williams | Jay Landsman | Recurring | 45 | ||||
Robert F. Chew | Joseph "Proposition Joe" Stewart | Recurring | 24 | ||||
Maria Broom | Marla Daniels | Recurring | 16 | ||||
Tray Chaney | Malik "Poot" Carr | Recurring | Guest | 26 | |||
Melanie Nicholls-King | Cheryl | Recurring | Guest | 15 | |||
Callie Thorne | Elena McNulty | Recurring | Guest | 12 | |||
Michael Hyatt | Brianna Barksdale | Recurring | Guest | 12 | |||
Doug Olear | Terrance "Fitz" Fitzhugh | Recurring | Recurring | 13 | |||
Leo Fitzpatrick | Johnny Weeks | Recurring | 15 | ||||
Shamyl Brown | Donette | Recurring | 12 | ||||
Hassan Johnson | Roland "Wee-Bey" Brice | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | Guest | 20 | |
Susan Rome | Ilene Nathan | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | 7 | ||
Erik Todd Dellums | Dr. Randall Frazier | Recurring | Guest | 6 | |||
Nat Benchley | Augustus Polk | Recurring | Guest | 8 | |||
Robert F. Colesberry | Ray Cole | Recurring | 8 | ||||
Michael Salconi | Michael Santangelo | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | 25 | ||
Ed Norris | Ed Norris | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | 22 | ||
Brian Anthony Wilson | Vernon Holley | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | 19 | ||
Antonio Cordova | Michael McNulty | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | Guest | 10 | |
Eric Gershowitz | Sean James McNulty | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | 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 | 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 | 19 | |||
Michael Willis | Andy Krawczyk | Recurring | 15 | ||||
Method Man | Melvin "Cheese" Wagstaff | Recurring | 13 | ||||
S. Robert Morgan | Butchie | Recurring | Guest | 10 | |||
Kelli R. Brown | Kimmy | Recurring | 11 | ||||
Richard Burton | Shaun "Shamrock" McGinty | Recurring | 20 | ||||
Michael Potts | Brother Mouzone | Recurring | 7 | ||||
DeAndre McCullough | Lamar | Recurring | 6 | ||||
Edwina Findley | Tosha Mitchell | 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 | 18 | |||
Anwan Glover | Slim Charles | Recurring | 27 | ||||
Felicia Pearson | Felicia "Snoop" Pearson | Recurring | 26 | ||||
Ryan Sands | Lloyd "Truck" Garrick | Recurring | 20 | ||||
Benjamin Busch | Anthony Colicchio | Recurring | 20 | ||||
Gregory L. Williams | Michael Crutchfield | Recurring | 19 | ||||
Edward Green | Spider | Recurring | 17 | ||||
Frederick Strother | Odell Watkins | Recurring | 15 | ||||
Rick Otto | Kenneth Dozerman | Recurring | 14 | ||||
Megan Anderson | Jen Carcetti | Recurring | 13 | ||||
Troj Marquis Strickland | Fat Face Rick | Recurring | 9 | ||||
Melvin Williams | The Deacon | Recurring | Guest | 11 | |||
Cleo Reginald Pizana | Coleman Parker | Recurring | 15 | ||||
Brandy Burre | Theresa D'Agostino | Recurring | 15 | ||||
Christopher Mann | Anthony "Tony" Gray | Recurring | 12 | ||||
Dravon James | Mrs. Grace Sampson | Recurring | 12 | ||||
Joilet F. Harris | Caroline Massey | Recurring | 10 | ||||
Justin Burley | Justin | 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 | 5 | |||
Thuliso Dingwall | Kenard | Guest | Recurring | 19 | |||
Kwame Patterson | Monk Metcalf | Recurring | 17 | ||||
Marlyne Afflack | Nerese Campbell | Recurring | 11 | ||||
Keenon Brice | Aaron "Bug" Manigault | Recurring | 11 | ||||
Dion Graham | Rupert Bond | Recurring | 8 | ||||
Darrell Britt-Gibson | Darius "O-Dog" Hill | Recurring | 8 | ||||
Shamika Cotton | Raylene Lee | Recurring | 8 | ||||
Donnie Andrews | Donnie | Recurring | 6 | ||||
Derrick Purvey | Big Guy | 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
editLaw 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
editThose involved in drug dealing and drug addicts alike are featured. Thieves and sex workers are also featured.
The Docks
editStevedores, their families, and the criminal organization that is involved in the smuggling through the Baltimore docks are featured.
The Politicians
editBoth honest and corrupt state and city officials depicted in the series are included in this section.
The Schools
editPupils, staff and employees in the school system are featured.
The Paper
editThe fifth season features an examination of a fictionalized version of The Baltimore Sun and introduced several journalist characters.
A to Z
editA
editB
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- 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
E
editF
edit- Fitzhugh, Terrance "Fitz"
- Fletcher, Mike
- Foerster, Raymond
- Frazier, Warren
- Frazier, Randall
- Freamon, Lester
- "Frog"
- "Fruit"
G
edit- Garrick, Lloyd "Truck"
- Gerard
- Gerry
- "Ghost"
- Glekas, George a.k.a. "Double G"
- Gray, Anthony
- "The Greek"
- Greggs, Shakima "Kima"
- Gutierrez, Alma
H
edit- Hauk, Thomas "Herc"
- Haynes, Augustus "Gus"
- Hendrix, Ricardo a.k.a. "Fat-Face Rick"
- Hilton, Marquis "Bird"
- Holley, Vernon
- "Hucklebuck"
- "Hungry Man"
I
editJ
editK
editSylvester kirk
L
edit- "La La"
- Lamar
- Lambert
- Landsman, Jay
- Lee, Michael
- Lee, Raylene
- Levy, Maurice
- "Little Big Roy"
- "Little Kevin"
- "Little Man"
- Little, Omar
- Luxenberg, Steven
M
edit- 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
editO
editP
edit- 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"
Q
editR
edit- Rawls, William
- Reed, Bobby
- Renaldo
- Reese, Amanda
- Rico
- "Ronnie Mo"
- Royce, Clarence
- Russell, Beatrice "Beadie"
S
edit- 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
editU
editV
editW
edit- 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