TV series
The Wire
Overview
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.
Details
- First air date
- 2002-06-02
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 5 seasons
- Episodes
- 60 episodes
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Network
- HBO
- Production
- Blown Deadline Productions, HBO
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Dominic West as Jimmy McNulty
- Lance Reddick as Cedric Daniels
- Sonja Sohn as Kima Greggs
- Wendell Pierce as Bunk Moreland
- Deirdre Lovejoy as Rhonda Pearlman
- John Doman as William Rawls
- Clarke Peters as Lester Freamon
- Domenick Lombardozzi as Herc Hauk
- Seth Gilliam as Ellis Carver
- Andre Royo as Bubbles
- Michael Kenneth Williams as Omar Little
- Jim True-Frost as Roland 'Prez' Pryzbylewski
Creators and crew
- David Simon - Creator
- Nina K. Noble - Executive Producer
- David Simon - Executive Producer
- Robert F. Colesberry - Executive Producer
- Nina K. Noble - Producer
- George Pelecanos - Producer
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