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The Wire

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.

2002 |5 Seasons  | 60m |  Crime, Drama

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Cast

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Dominic West

Jimmy McNulty

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Lance Reddick

Cedric Daniels

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Sonja Sohn

Kima Greggs

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Wendell Pierce

Bunk Moreland

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Michael Kenneth Williams

Omar Little

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Deirdre Lovejoy

Rhonda Pearlman

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J.D. Williams

Bodie Broadus

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Jamie Hector

Marlo Stanfield

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Andre Royo

Bubbles

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Aidan Gillen

Tommy Carcetti

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John Doman

William Rawls

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Seth Gilliam

Ellis Carver

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Domenick Lombardozzi

Herc

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Corey Parker Robinson

Leander Sydnor

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Isiah Whitlock Jr.

Clay Davis

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Michael Kostroff

Maurice 'Maury' Levy

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Reg E. Cathey

Norman Wilson

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Clark Johnson

Augustus Haynes

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Tom McCarthy

Scott Templeton

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Gbenga Akinnagbe

Chris Partlow

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Neal Huff

Michael Steintorf

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Jermaine Crawford

Duquan "Dukie" Weems

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Tristan Mack Wilds

Michael Lee

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Michelle Paress

Alma Gutierrez

Seasons List

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Specials

2006

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Season 1

2002

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Season 2

2003

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Season 3

2004

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Season 4

2006

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Season 5

2008

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Creator

David Simon

Status

Ended

Languages

Spanish, English, Greek, Mandarin

Network

HBO