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The following is a listing of fictional characters from the HBO series, The Wire. Template:Spoiler

Police

Command

Ervin Burrell

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Played by Frankie R. Faison

Ervin "Erv" Burrell was Deputy Commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department in season one. At that time, he hastily assembled a task force under Lt. Cedric Daniels' command in order to placate Judge Phelan, who was furious that Avon Barksdale's men had been able to beat a murder charge in his courtroom by buying off a witness. From the beginning, Burrell was unsupportive of the unit, hoping to make a few quick arrests to satisfy the judge and then bury the case. As Daniels' team began investigating donations from Barksdale's organization to local politicians, Burrell grew increasingly hostile towards them, threatening to expose Daniels' shady past if he didn't close down the investigation. When the task force seized Barksdale money being carried by a state senator's driver, Burrell ordered Daniels to return it to avoid embarrassing the senator. He was responsible for a failed sting operation which resulted in the shooting of Det. Kima Greggs. When the case ended, Burrell reassigned Daniels to evidence control as punishment for defying him.

He later went on to become Acting Commissioner in season 2, when he was forced to bring Daniels out of evidence control and place him in command of his former team, in order to secure the support of Major Stan Valchek in his campaign to become commissioner. He finally became Commissioner in season 3.

William A. Rawls

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Played by John Doman
  • Played by: John Doman
  • Appears in: Season One: "The Target", "The Cost", "Sentencing", Season Two, Season Three

Rawls was a Major and commanding officer of homicide in Season 1. He is a careerist, concerned only with maintaining the case clearance record of his unit. He was enraged when McNulty went around him to Judge Phelan to encourage further investigation of the Barksdale organization. He confronted McNulty about his insubordination and told him he had his attention. Rawls used Homicide Det. Santangelo as an inside man in Lt. Daniels' Barksdale detail. Rawls used Sgt. Jay Landsman to handle much of his communication with the men under his command in homicide.

Following the shooting of Det. Greggs in a buy bust gone wrong Rawls became personally involved in the investigation. His first action was to insist that all non-essential personnel, including Gregg's friends in her detail, leave the crime scene. He later spoke to a distraught McNulty and reassured him that he was not ultimately responsible for the shooting but again expressed his hatred for his subordinate. When McNulty convinced Daniels to go around his superiors and try to involve the FBI in the Barksdale case Rawls' got a chance for revenge - he reassigned McNulty to the marine unit after telling him he would like to see him land on his feet and asking where he didn't want to go.

During season 2, Rawls was promoted to colonel (partly on the basis of McNulty's work on the Barksdale case), but McNulty remained a thorn in his side. When McNulty came across a body on marine patrol, Rawls managed to convince another homicide unit that the case belonged to them. McNulty used wind and tide charts to prove that the death occurred in Rawls' jurisdiction. When thirteen dead women were found in a cargo container at the ports, Rawls again tried to avoid responsibility for the investigation, and McNulty again found proof that the deaths fell under Rawls' jurisdiction, earning McNulty a permanent spot on his list of enemies. Nonetheless, Rawls was forced to pull McNulty out of marine patrol and return him to Daniels' unit during the Sobotka investigation.

However, these cases proved to be a boon for Rawls, as all of them were solved by Daniels' team at the end of season 2; this was undoubtedly one reason he was promoted to Deputy Commissioner of Operations in season 3, when Burrell became Commissioner.

Rawls is a potential closet homosexual as he was briefly shown at a gay bar in Season 3.

Howard "Bunny" Colvin

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Played by Robert Wisdom

Maj. Howard "Bunny" Colvin was forced to retire after his experiment with creating areas of amnesty for the drug trade was discovered by his superiors. These "free zones" became known as "Hamsterdam", so named after Amsterdam's liberal drug laws.

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Played by Jay Landsman

Dennis Mello

Lt. Mello was Major "Bunny" Colvin's second in command and confidante before Colvin's forced retirement. Ironically, there is also a character Jay Landsman who was named after the actor who plays Dennis Mello.

Raymond Foerster

Major Raymond Foerster was commanding officer of the Baltimore narcotics division in Season One. When Judge Phelan questioned Deputy Commissioner Burrel about the Barksdale operation it was Majors Foerster and Rawls who faced his subsequent wrath and demands for more information. Foerster's response was to ask Lt. Daniels for a report and he then assigned Daniels and his team to the Barksdale detail.

When Daniels investigation became drawn out and relied upon wiretaps and surveilance Foerster took the side of Deputy Commissioner Burrel against Daniels when he tried to explain the neccessity of this technique to reach the heads of the organization. Foerster and Burrel's insistence on using buy busts led to the operation that resulted with the shooting of Det. Greggs. Foerster visited her in the hospital with many other command officers and appeared anxious when trying to find a tape recorder to replay the last transmissions before she was shot. Foerster took over as commander of the homicide division when Rawls was promoted.

Stanislaus Valchek

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Major Stanislaus Valchek played by Al Brown
  • Played by: Al Brown
  • Appears in: Season One, Season Two, Season Three

Major Valchek is Det. "Prez" Prezbylewski's father-in-law. He appeared only briefly in season one, trying to smooth over Prez's drunken blinding of a fourteen-year-old.

Valchek was the impetus behind the Sobotka investigation in season two. He was involved in a feud with Frank Sobotka over a pair of stained glass windows the two men had donated to a local church. When Sobotka refused to withdraw his window (which was larger and more ornate than Valchek's), Valchek ordered his subordinates to begin harassing Sobotka and his union, putting parking tickets on their cars and pulling them over for breathalyzer tests. Eventually he grew curious as to how Sobotka's destitute union could afford the expensive window, and asked then-Dep. Commissioner Burrell for a special unit devoted to investigating Sobotka, with Prez as the commander. Since Valchek was well-connected with City Hall, Burrell obliged. When Prez informed Valchek that the unit was not doing its job, he demanded a more serious group from Burrell, threatening to derail his quest to become Commissioner if he did not agree. Burrell then recreated Daniels' task force. As the investigation progressed, Sobotka ceased to be the primary target, and Valchek grew furious. He confronted Daniels' team publicly, and in the process, was punched by his son-in-law.

Major Case Unit

Cedric Daniels

Daniels is an officer in the Baltimore Police Department and direct commanding officer of many of the shows characters.

Main article: Cedric Daniels

James "Jimmy" McNulty

McNulty is a dedicated Baltimore Police Detective with many personal problems.

Main article: Jimmy McNulty

Shakima "Kima" Greggs

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Played by Sonja Sohn
  • Played by: Sonja Sohn
  • Appears in: Season One, Season Two, Season Three

Kima was a narcotics detective in season one, working alongside Det. Carver and "Herc" Hauk. She outshone her colleagues on several occasions - Carver was sometimes embarassed at her abilities as she was the junior detective in the trio. She cultivated a relationship with "Bubbles", a Baltimore drug addict, who became a useful confidential informant.

She was assigned the task of putting a file together on the Barksdale organization in the controversy generated by the acquittal of D'Angelo Barksdale. She was then assigned to the Barksdale detail and made lead Detective by Lt. Daniels.

Kima's informant Bubbles was invaluable in identifying Barksdale organization members on the street and working out the methods of their operation.

She was shot and wounded in an undercover operation. She recovered and joined the investigation of Frank Sobotka under Lt. Daniels. She continued working with Lt. Daniels when the Major Case Unit was formed. She has become friends with McNulty and they often work together.

Lester Freamon

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Played by Clarke Peters
  • Played by: Clarke Peters
  • Appears in: Season One, Season Two, Season Three

When the Barksdale detail formed Freamon had been working in the pawnshop unit for over thirteen years - he was glad to be out doing some real police work again. He had been a homicide detective but had upset his superiors and been reassigned to a job they knew he would dislike (a fate which McNulty later shared). Freamon worked under Daniels on the Sobotka investigation and joined the Major Case Unit. Freamon's calm and collected approach to police work has put him in the position of mediator between McNulty and Daniels. He served as a mentor to Prez and the other younger cops in the unit. Freamon has a hobby of making dollhouse miniature furniture and earns a steady stream of income from it.

In the Barksdale detail Freamon was a patient presence, manning the wiretaps and helping Prez discover his talent for communications work. After other detectives had tried and failed to get a picture of Barksdale, he found an old boxing photo of the drug lord, finally giving the unit a face to put with the name. In the aftermath of a futile police raid on the Barksdale stash, he discovered D'Angelo's pager number, a major break in the case. He worked with Kima to find an informant in Orlando's club (a Barksdale front), eventually helping recruit Shardene Innes. He tried to smooth the relationship between McNulty and Daniels. It was Freamon who began digging into the Barksdale organization's financial records and money trail and found their political connections. Freamon also helped young Det. Sydnor to shine in the detail by assigning him tasks like following the paper trail.

Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski

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Played by Jim True-Frost
  • Played by: Jim True-Frost
  • Appears in: Season One, Season Two, Season Three

Prez first appeared completely incompetent, having once shot up his own patrol car and radioed for help, thinking he was under attack. Because he was Valchek's son-in-law, he remained on the force instead of being immediately fired. When he joined the Barksdale detail, he introduced himself to the other officers by accidentally shooting a wall. Later, he, Herc, and Carver drunkenly incited a near-riot in the Barksdale towers; in the process, he blinded a teenager in one eye. Suspended from street duty, Prez grew bored and began playing with the pager codes the Barksdale crew used, eventually breaking them and making a major contribution to the case. Under Freamon's mentorship, he discovered a facility for wiretap work and for chasing the paper trail, eventually becoming a valuable member of the team.

In season three, Prez left the police force after shooting another officer in a case of night time mistaken identity.

Leander Sydnor

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Played by Corey Parker Robinson

Sydnor was a member of the Barksdale detail and later worked in the Major Case Unit. Sydnor was assigned to the Barsdale detail after Daniels made a special request of another officer to give him his best detective to balance out taking the erratic Det. Prezbylewski. In the Barksdale detail he often worked with Det. Freamon who became something of a mentor to him. He helped Freamon to dig into the Barksdale organization's paper trail.

Beatrice "Beadie" Russell

  • Played by: Amy Ryan
  • Appears in: Season Two, Season Three

Off. Beadie Russell was a port policewoman at the beginning of season two. She was a familiar face around Sobotka's docks, and was friendly with him. While on patrol, she noticed a cargo container with broken customs seals. Curious, she explored it, and found thirteen dead bodies. Having no real experience with homicide work, she was overwhelmed when the investigation fell to her; but eventually the Baltimore homicide unit took responsibility, after Det. McNulty proved the case lay under Col. Rawls' jurisdiction. She was reassigned to work with Dets. Moreland and Freamon, and eventually joined Lt. Daniels' unit; although they initially viewed her as a liability, she proved her worth, convincing an old boyfriend to give her a key piece of information in the investigation, persuading Sobotka to give them access to the port computer system, and taking a shine to surveillance work. She was the single mother of two young children, which made it difficult for her to work the long hours necessary for the investigation, but she perservered.

She was charmed by the incorrigible McNulty, but did not get involved with him during season two. In season three, she was no longer with Daniels' unit, but appeared briefly at the end of the season when McNulty, having become a patrolman, visited her.

Caroline Massey

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Played by Joilet F Harris

Officer Massey joined the show in season three as a member of the major case unit. She was particularly adept at deciphering the slang used Barksdale drug dealers on wiretaps of cellular phones.

Homicide

William "Bunk" Moreland

  • Played by: Wendell Pierce
  • Appears in: Season One, Season Two, Season Three

Bunk is a Homicide Detective and was McNulty's partner in homicide before he moved to the Barksdale detail. He is serious about his work, but has two weaknesses off the job: women (despite being married with two children) and alcohol. In season one he served as McNulty's lone ally in the homicide unit, keeping him apprised of the happenings there. He and McNulty reviewed the old Deidre Kresson murder and the William Gant murder, building cases against Barksdale soldiers Wee-Bey and Bird respectively. At the end of season one, he was partnered with Lester Freamon, after McNulty had been demoted to harbor patrol.

In season two, he was temporarily assigned to Daniels' detail for the Sobotka investigation. He and Freamon persuaded Daniels to fight to bring McNulty back to the unit, in spite of Rawls' dislike of the rebellious former detective. Once the case was finished, he returned to homicide.

McNulty and Bunk remain friends and drinking buddies. Bunk has an ongoing association with Omar Little who acts as an informant for him on occasion.

Ed Norris

  • Played by: Ed Norris
  • Appears in: Season Three

Ed Norris is a homicide detective.

Jay Landsman

Jay Landsman is a Homicide Seargent who finds the misfortune of the cops in his unit a constant source of amusement. The character is based on and named after the real-life detective Jay Landsman, who ironically joined the cast and now plays Dennis Mello.

Narcotics

Ellis Carver

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Played by Seth Gilliam
  • Played by: Seth Gilliam
  • Appears in: Season One, Season Two, Season Three

Carver was a narcotics detective in season one; he joined the Barksdale detail along with his friends from narcotics, Kima and Herc. Herc and Carver often worked as a pair. When they intercepted the Barksdale crew's profits for a day by tailing Wee-Bey Brice, Herc considered keeping some of the money, but it was Carver who realised the wiretap might leave them exposed to the bosses. Some of the money went missing by accident, which led Carver to doubt Herc until it turned up and got both of them on the wrong side of Lt. Daniels. Carver took his sergeant's exam and passed while in the Barksdale detail. He acted as an insider in the unit for Dep. Commissioner Burrell, and when it was disbanded he had the chance to choose a job. He returned to narcotics with his old partner Herc in season three and worked under Major Colvin.

Thomas "Herc" Hauk

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Played by Domenick Lombardozzi

Herc worked with Carver and Kima in narcotics before joining the Barksdale detail. He and Carver worked closely together on the detail. They seized $20,000 when they pulled over Wee-Bey Brice on a tip from the wire. Herc considered keeping some but Carver talked him out of it because fo the risk of the actual amount being heard over the wiretap. When some of the money did go missing Carver suspected Herc but later apologised when they found it in their car. Herc's physical approach to policing did not gel with the team and he returned to narcotics in season three.

Michael Santangelo

In season one Santangelo was a detective in the homicide unit and followed McNulty into the Barksdale Detail where Rawls charged him with passing back information. He was demoted to officer at the end of season one. In season three he drives the narcotics wagon - a large prisoner transport vehicle used to round up drug dealers.

City Hall

Clayton "Clay" Davis

Senator Davis acts as a political consultant for Stringer Bell taking bribes from the Barksdale crew to influence political currents.

Clarence Royce

Mayor of Baltimore Clarence Royce

Coleman Parker

Chief of staff to Mayor Clarence Royce

Odell Watkins

State delegate Watkin's abcked Marla Bloom's campaign in season three.

Thomas "Tommy" Carcetti

Baltimore Councilman in Season 3

Theresa D'Agostino

Political consultant eventually recruited by Carcetti to work for him.

Anthony Gray

Baltimore Councilman in Season Three. Often called Tony by his friends who include councilman Carcetti.

Marla Daniels

  • Played by: Maria Broom
  • Appears in: Season One, Season Three

The estranged wife of Lt. Cedric Daniels. marla always had ambitions for her husband to progress in the police force and his failure to do so contributed to the demise of their relationship. Marla ran for office in season three, with the aid of Cedric posing as a contented (and uniformed) husband and she eventually sought a reconciliation. Cedric declined as he had become involved with Rhonda Perlman.

Daniel Phelan

  • Played by: Peter Gerety
  • Appears in: Season One, Season Two, Season Three

Judge Phelan is a friend of McNulty's and his intervention was instrumnetal in setting up the Barksdale detail.

Rhonda Perlman

  • Played by: Deirdre Lovejoy
  • Appears in: Season One, Season Two, Season Three

Assistant State's Attorney Rhonda Perlman has been the legal system liaison for all of Lt. Daniel's investigations on the show. She eventually got into a relationship with Daniels. She also had a casual relationship with McNulty.

The Street

Barksdale Crew

Avon Barksdale

  • Played by: Wood Harris
  • Appears in: Season One, Season Two, Season Three

Westside drug kingpin, the main target of the investigation in season one. Avon is hot-tempered and very concerned with his image on the street; though not as cerebral as Stringer, he is shrewd and intuitive. At the beginning of the series, he had control of the entire drug trade in West Baltimore. In season one, he dealt with his errant nephew, D'Angelo, who was having second thoughts about being involved in the family business. Though D'Angelo was shaken by the murder of the man who had testified against him, Avon persuaded him to remain loyal to the family. Then Barksdale's crew was attacked by Omar's. Avon's temper got the better of him, and he determined to have his revenge, placing a heavy bounty on their heads, murdering Omar's lover Brandon, and sending Stinkum and Wee-Bey to take out Omar himself. This resulted in a war which culminated in a failed assassination attempt on Avon.

When the police began investigating Avon, he very quickly realized that they were on to him, and set to work with Stringer to take measures against them. He finally incriminated himself on hidden camera at the end of season one, and was arrested.

He was incarcerated for season 2, but was nonetheless active. Wee-Bey informed Avon that a prison guard, Tillman, was harassing him, in retaliation for the murder of a relative. Avon contrived to import tainted heroin into the prison where he was being held, causing numerous deaths. When the warden began an investigation, Avon came forth as an "informant", accusing Tillman of the crime. His soldiers framed Tillman, and Avon's sentence was reduced in exchange for the bogus information.

He was arrested again at the end of season 3.

Brianna Barksdale

  • Played by: Michael Hyatt
  • Appears in: Season One, Season Two, Season Three

D'Angelo's mother and Avon's sister.

D'Angelo Barksdale

D'Angelo is the nephew of Avon Barksdale who through the Barksdale crew controls most of the drug trade in West Baltimore. As part of the organization D'Angelo ran drug sales in a tower building and later in the projects. He worked with Bodie, Poot and Wallace. D'Angelo dated Shardene Innes and they lived together for a short time. When she was told by police that her friend Keesha had been killed, she moved out, accusing D'Angelo of seeing her as trash that could easily be discarded.

Over the course of the first season, D'Angelo grew more and more ambivalent about the drug trade. He was arrested while running drugs in New Jersey; when Stringer Bell came to talk to him, Bell as much as admitted to ordering Wallace's execution. As a result, D'Angelo decided to turn state's witness; however, a visit by his mother convinced him of his duty to his family. He took the brunt of the responsbility for the Barksdale empire's crimes and was sentenced to 20 years in jail.

While in jail, D'Angelo turned to snorting heroin. Wee-Bey complained to Avon that a guard named Tillman was victimizing him. As Avon controlled the prison drug trade, he smuggled in heroin laced with rat poison, had some planted in Tillman's car, and took credit as the informant when prisoners' deaths and illnesses made the news. In order to protect D'Angelo, Avon convinced him to give up his drug habit. When he realized the reason for Avon's concern, he was disgusted, and told his mother that he wanted nothing more to do with his family. While working in the prison's library, he was strangled with a belt at the behest of Stringer Bell, who feared that he would inform on the family.

Russell "Stringer" Bell

  • Played by: Idris Elba
  • Appears in: Season One, Season Two, Season Three

Avon Barksdale's second-in-command and the strategist behind the Barksdale crew. He often tries to temper Avon's bloodthirsty nature. Though not as vengeful as Avon, Stringer is utterly ruthless, being completely devoted to his work, and eliminating any threats to the Barksdale organization. During season one he had his hands full dealing with Omar's crew, after they stole some of Barksdale's stash. As Avon grew increasingly suspicious that the police were watching him, Stringer took precautions to smoke out any informants and to counter wiretaps. When it came time for Avon to clean house, Stringer ordered the murder of Wallace, who had been a key witness in the killing of Omar's lover. Stringer assumed command of the Barksdale crew when Avon was arrested at the end of season one.

During season two his relationship with Avon began to fray, as Stringer secretly agreed to share Barksdale territory with Proposition Joe in exchange for Joe's higher-quality heroin, an idea which Avon had vehemently opposed. When D'Angelo cut himself off from his family, Stringer grew worried that he might turn on them, and had him strangled in prison, with Avon none the wiser. Finally, when Avon hired Brother Mouzone to chase Proposition Joe's dealers out of the Barksdale towers, Stringer had to maneuver carefully to preserve his alliance with Joe while keeping it secret from Avon; he solved his problem by tricking Omar Little into shooting Mouzone. After Mouzone returned home, Avon grudgingly agreed to Stringer's proposal, but the two were no longer as close as they had been before.

Although he and Avon were the best of friends, the two simultaneously betrayed each other in season 3. Stringer gave the police information leading to Avon's arrest, and Avon told Brother Mouzone where to find Stringer, leading to Stringer's murder.

Wendell "Orlando" Blocker

Orlando acted as a front operator for the Barksdale crew and ran their strip club, Orladno's.

Roland "Wee-Bey" Brice

  • Played by: Hassan Johnson
  • Appears in: Season One, Season Two, Season Three

Soldier in the Barksdale crew. Wee-Bey was responsible for picking up money from the projects and was once stopped by Herc and Carver who took 20,000 dollars from him - this was a small loss to the massive Barksdale organization. He also was one of Avon's most feared enforcers, responsible for the deaths of Orlando Blocker, Nakeesha Lyles, Barksdale soldier Little Man, Omar's lover Brandon, and Avon's lover Deidre, among many others, and the shooting of Det. Kima Greggs. Wee-Bey made an attempt on Omar Little's life, which ended in his being shot in the leg. He defended Avon against Omar when the stickup man used their pager communication system to lure Avon to a payphone. Wee-Bey had the distinction of being one of the few people to best Omar in a gunfight as he hit him in the arm and forced his retreat in this encounter. Wee-Bey was imprisoned with Avon after the Barksdale detail's investigation in season one, serving life without parole for the numerous murders he committed.

Preston "Bodie" Brodus

  • Played by: J.D. Williams
  • Appears in: Season One, Season Two, Season Three

Barksdale dealer who has slowly risen through the ranks over the shows run. Bodie began working under D'Angelo Barksdale in the projects. He was arrested and sentenced to juvenile detention but he walked out and was soon dealing again. Bodie was friends with Poot and Wallace - two other members of D'Angelo's team.

Malik "Poot" Carr

  • Played by: Tray Chaney
  • Appears in: Season One, Season Two, Season Three

Barksdale dealer who has slowly risen through the ranks over the shows run. In season one Poot worked in the Projects under D'Angelo Barksdale and was friends with Bodie and Wallace. He is depicted as having a very active sex life. In season one the Barksdale detail listen in on him having phone sex with a girlfriend.

Donette

  • Played by: Shamyl Brown
  • Appears in: Season One, Season Two, Season Three

D'Angelo's girlfriend in season one and mother of his child. Later Donette got involved with Stinger Bell.

Shardene Innes

D'Angelo's girlfriend in season one and a dancer at Orlando's. Shardene and D'Angelo moved in together after seeing each other for a while. Shardene begins co-operating with the Barksdale detail when Lester and Kima show her the body of Keesha - another dancer from the club. D'Angleo had told her that Keesha had been taken to hospital following an overdose at a party, in reality she was raped, wrapped in a carpet and dumped. Shardene moved out of D'Angelo's place soon after she agreed to co-operate with the police.

Maurice "Maury" Levy

Barksdale crew lawyer.

Ronnie Mo

  • Played by:
  • Appears in: "Sentencing"

Ronnie Mo ran the pit for the Barksdale crew before D'Angelo Barksdale. Ronnie Mo's tenure ended when he was arrested. He worked with Bodie, Poot and Wallace. Ronnie Mo was arrested again, by Det. Hauk, when the Barksdale investigation came to an end with many warrants issued. He was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment because of his prior felonies.

Wallace

Hopper in the Barksdale crew's projects organization under D'Angelo Barksdale and friends with Poot and Boadie. Wallace showed the signs of a half finished education - he could identify famous people on currency better than the rest of his crew but sometimes struggled with the math of dealing. He also took responsibility for his numerous younger brothers and sisters; he was seen packing their lunches, seeing them off to school and helping them with their homework. After Omar robbed the project's stash and killed several Barksdale crew members Wallace spotted his accomplice Brandon playing pinball and called this information in to D'Angelo. Brandon was tortured to death and his body was dropped in the alley outside Wallace's home. Wallace received 1/4 of the $2000 bounty on Brandon's head, but was sickened by the event and decided that he wanted out of "the game". He approached D'Angelo and told him he wanted to go back to school - D'Angelo gave him his blessing and some cash. Poot soon found that Wallace had spent the money on drugs and was spending most of his time at home.

Walalce was picked up by the police and agreed to cooperate with the Barksdale detail, he revealed Stinger Bell's involvement in killing Omar's boy. In order to keep him safe until the time came to testify, the detail sent Wallace to live with his grandmother in Cambridge. Wallace got bored of life away from Baltimore and kept in contact with Poot. He later returned to the low-rise projects and asked to get involved in the trade again. Bodie suggested he would have to take a demotion but D'Angelo welcomed him back. Stringer Bell became suspicious of Wallace's return and questioned D'Angelo about him - D tried to reassure Stringer. Stringer was unconvinced and assigned Bodie to kill Wallace. Bodie and Poot spent the day with Wallace and took him home. Bodie revealed their intentions once they had him cornered and Wallace begged for mercy because of their friendship. Bodie eventually worked up the nerve to kill Wallace and Poot took the gun and finished him off.

Wallace's death was one of the factors that led D'Angelo to want to leave "the game" himself and drove a wedge between D'Angelo and Stringer.

Savino

Savino was a soldier in the Barksdale crew. Savino was first seen in the courtroom for D'Angelo Barksdale's murder trial. He was involved in the shooting of Det. Shakima Greggs and Orlando Blocker in a buy bust operation. Savino spoke to Orlando and went to get him his drugs but Wee-Bey and Little Man killed Orlando and injured Greggs. The barksdale crew had reealised Orlando was co-operating with the police and used baking soda instead of cocaine for the deal. Savino was later charged for the attempt to supply fake drugs and was expected to receive a three year sentence when he refused to co-operate. He was represented by Barksdale crew lawyer Maurice Levy.

Dennis "Cutty" Wise

Soldier in the Barksdale crew who did the last part of his time with Avon and Wee-Bey. When Wise was released he began working with the Barksdale crew again but decided it was no longer for him and set up a naighborhood boxing gym with financial backing from Avon.

Omar's Crew

Omar Little

Omar makes a living holding up drug dealers. Omar is a homosexual who has had several partners on the show. He began targeting the Barksdale crew specifically after they killed his boyfriend, Brandon. He has co-operated with the police, particularly McNulty and Bunk, in order to exact revenge on the Barksdale organization.

Omar got a shot at Avon Barksdale by trading stolen drugs with Eastside Drug Kingpin Proposition Joe in exchange for Avon's pager number. He tailed Avon, paged him and waited for him to emerge. Avon narrowly escaped when soldier Wee-Bey arrived and drove Omar off by shooting him in the arm.

Omar along with brother Mouzone eventually kill Stringer Bell

Brandon

Omar's boyfriend and a member of his crew. Brandon mistakenly used Omar's name in front of Barksdale dealers as they rob their stash in the low rise projects. Later he was captured by Barksdale's crew, tortured, and killed.

Bailey

Member of Omar's crew who assists him in robbing the Barksdale crew.

Others

"Bubbles"

  • Played by: Andre Royo
  • Appears in: Season One, Season Two, Season Three

Bubbles is a homeless heroin addict who often acts as a confidential informant for McNulty and Kima. He was best friend and mentor to Johnny Weeks. The two often pull various scams to get drug money.

Nakeesha Lyles

Lyles was a security guard at the building where D'Angelo Barksdale killed "Poo". She identified him for the police but when she appeared in court she changed her story. The Barksdale crew paid Lyles for changing her story. Later when they realised the police were closing on them they killed Lyles to prevent her revealing their deal. Wee-Bey Brice later confessed to her murder.

Brother Mouzone

Hitman hired by Avon Barksdale in season two as extra muscle.

Chris Paltrow

Marlo's primary soldier.

Marlo Stanfield

Drug dealer who got into a turf war with the Barksdale crew following Avon's release.

"Proposition" Joe Stewart

Eastside drug kingpin who goes into business with Stringer.

Waylon

A recovering addict who Bubbles and Johnny meet at a narcotics anonymous meeting. Bubbles sees him again in the projects trying to get his nephew to give up drugs. Bubble's conversations with Waylon help him realise that he wants to get clean.

Johnny Weeks

  • Played by: Leo Fitzpatrick
  • Appears in: Season One, Season Two, Season Three

Bubble's best friend and also an addict with notoriously bad luck. In the pilot episode he is beaten nearly to death after trying to pass counterfeit money to D'Angelo's operation; this spurs Bubbles to become an informant. While in the hospital for that beating, Johnny discovers he is HIV positive. In the season three finale he dies from an overdose and is discovered partially rat-eaten in the "Hamsterdam" free zone that Colvin had set up.

The Docks

Frank Sobotka

Union leader who worked with The Greek to smuggle goods through the Baltimore docks.

Nick Sobotka

Frank Sobotka's nephew. Nick was also a dock worker and was involved in his uncle's smuggling ring.

Chester "Ziggy" Sobotka

Frank Sobotka's son and Nick's cousin. Ziggy was ostensibly a dock worker but he was also involved in other criminal activity.

Sergei "Serge" Malatov

Muscle for The Greek.

Spiros "Vondas" Vondopoulos

Frank Sobotka's point of contact for his smuggling with The Greek.

"The Greek"

Mysterious figure who organized smuggling through the Baltimore docks.

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