"The Wire" (2002) TV series 2002-2008

User Rating:

9.7/10   

Creator:

David Simon
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Release Date:

2 June 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Tagline:

Rules change. The game remains the same. (third season)

Plot:

Baltimore drug scene, seen through the eyes of drug dealers, and law enforcement.

Plot Keywords:

Drugs | Ghetto | Drug War | Labor Union | Drug Dealing

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 9 wins & 35 nominations

Cast

Dominic West	...	Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty / ... (60 episodes, 2002-2008)
John Doman	...	Dep. Comm. for Operations William A. Rawls / ... (60 episodes, 2002-2008)
Wendell Pierce	...	Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland (60 episodes, 2002-2008)
Lance Reddick	...	Lt. Cedric Daniels / ... (60 episodes, 2002-2008)
Deirdre Lovejoy	...	Asst. State's Atty. Rhonda Pearlman (60 episodes, 2002-2008)
Sonja Sohn	...	Det. Shakima 'Kima' Greggs (60 episodes, 2002-2008)
Seth Gilliam	...	Sgt. Ellis Carver / ... (60 episodes, 2002-2008)
Domenick Lombardozzi	...	Det. Thomas 'Herc' Hauk / ... (60 episodes, 2002-2008)
Clarke Peters	...	Det. Lester Freamon (59 episodes, 2002-2008)
Andre Royo	...	Bubbles / ... (52 episodes, 2002-2008)
Michael K. Williams	...	Omar Little (51 episodes, 2002-2008)
Jim True-Frost	...	Det. Roland 'Prez' Pryzbylewski / ... (50 episodes, 2002-2008)
Frankie Faison	...	Commissioner Ervin H. Burrell / ... (47 episodes, 2002-2008)
Corey Parker Robinson	...	Det. Leander Sydnor (45 episodes, 2002-2008)
Delaney Williams	...	Sgt. Jay Landsman (45 episodes, 2002-2008)
J.D. Williams	...	Preston 'Bodie' Broadus (42 episodes, 2002-2006)
Wood Harris	...	Avon Barksdale (38 episodes, 2002-2008)
Idris Elba	...	Russell 'Stringer' Bell (37 episodes, 2002-2004)
Aidan Gillen	...	Councilman Thomas 'Tommy' Carcetti / ... (35 episodes, 2004-2008)
Jamie Hector	...	Marlo Stanfield (32 episodes, 2004-2008)
Gbenga Akinnagbe	...	Chris Partlow / ... (30 episodes, 2002-2008)
Robert Wisdom	...	Howard 'Bunny' Colvin / ... (27 episodes, 2003-2008)
Chad Coleman	...	Dennis 'Cutty' Wise (26 episodes, 2004-2008)
Anwan Glover	...	Slim Charles (26 episodes, 2004-2008)
Michael Kostroff	...	Maurice 'Maury' Levy (25 episodes, 2002-2008)
Michael Salconi	...	Off. Michael Santangelo / ... (25 episodes, 2002-2008)
Tray Chaney	...	Malik 'Poot' Carr (25 episodes, 2002-2008)
Isiah Whitlock Jr.	...	State Sen. R. Clayton 'Clay' Davis (25 episodes, 2002-2008)
Felicia Pearson	...	Felicia 'Snoop' Pearson (25 episodes, 2004-2008)

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Series Directed by
Joe Chappelle		(6 episodes, 2002-2008)
Ernest R. Dickerson		(6 episodes, 2003-2008)
Clark Johnson		(4 episodes, 2002-2008)
Ed Bianchi		(4 episodes, 2002-2004)
Steve Shill		(4 episodes, 2002-2004)
Daniel Attias		(4 episodes, 2003-2008)
Timothy Van Patten		(3 episodes, 2002-2004)
Agnieszka Holland		(3 episodes, 2004-2008)
Brad Anderson		(2 episodes, 2002-2006)
Clément Virgo		(2 episodes, 2002)
Rob Bailey		(2 episodes, 2003-2004)
Elodie Keene		(2 episodes, 2003)
Christine Moore		(2 episodes, 2004-2006)
Alex Zakrzewski		(2 episodes, 2004-2006)
Anthony Hemingway		(2 episodes, 2006-2008)
Seith Mann		(2 episodes, 2006-2008)

Series Writing credits
David Simon		(60 episodes, 2002-2008)
Ed Burns		(42 episodes, 2002-2008)
Chris Collins		(12 episodes, 2006-2008)
George Pelecanos		(8 episodes, 2002-2008)
Rafael Álvarez		(5 episodes, 2002-2004)
Joy Kecken		(5 episodes, 2002-2004)
Richard Price		(5 episodes, 2004-2008)
Dennis Lehane		(3 episodes, 2004-2008)
David Mills		(2 episodes, 2006-2008)
William F. Zorzi		(2 episodes, 2006-2008)
Eric Overmyer		(2 episodes, 2006)

Series Produced by
Karen L. Thorson	....	producer / co-producer (60 episodes, 2002-2008)
Nina Kostroff-Noble	....	executive producer / producer / ... (52 episodes, 2002-2008)
David Simon	....	executive producer (51 episodes, 2002-2008)
Robert F. Colesberry	....	executive producer (37 episodes, 2002-2004)
Ed Burns	....	producer / co-executive producer (35 episodes, 2004-2008)
Joe Chappelle	....	co-executive producer (35 episodes, 2004-2008)
Simon Egleton	....	associate producer (35 episodes, 2004-2008)
Leslie Jacobowitz	....	associate producer (35 episodes, 2004-2008)
Eric Overmyer	....	consulting producer (13 episodes, 2006)
George Pelecanos	....	producer (12 episodes, 2004)
Shannon Fogarty	....	associate producer (5 episodes, 2008)

Series Cinematography by
Uta Briesewitz		(29 episodes, 2002-2004)
Russell Lee Fine		(18 episodes, 2006-2008)
David Insley		(8 episodes, 2004-2008)
Eagle Egilsson		(7 episodes, 2004)

Series Film Editing by
Kate Sanford		(19 episodes, 2002-2008)
Thom Zimny		(12 episodes, 2002-2004)
Geraldine Peroni		(7 episodes, 2002-2003)
John Chimples		(5 episodes, 2006-2008)
Alexander Hall		(4 episodes, 2006)
Michael Berenbaum		(3 episodes, 2004)
Meg Reticker		(3 episodes, 2006)
Allyson C. Johnson		(2 episodes, 2003)
Deborah Moran		(2 episodes, 2004)

Series Casting by
Alexa L. Fogel		(25 episodes, 2002-2008)

Series Production Design by
Vincent Peranio		(51 episodes, 2002-2008)

Series Art Direction by
Halina Gebarowicz		(57 episodes, 2002-2008)

Series Set Decoration by
John Millard		(35 episodes, 2004-2008)
William A. Cimino		(16 episodes, 2002-2003)
Barbara Haberecht		(8 episodes, 2002-2003)

Series Costume Design by
Alonzo Wilson		(50 episodes, 2002-2008)

Series Makeup Department
Sandra Linn Koepper	....	assistant makeup artist / makeup artist / ... (54 episodes, 2002-2008)
Debi Young	....	makeup department head / key makeup artist (49 episodes, 2002-2006)
Janice Kinigopoulos	....	key hair stylist (15 episodes, 2002-2003)
Wyatt Belton	....	hair stylist (10 episodes, 2002-2003)
Champagne Lawerence	....	hair stylist / key hair stylist (6 episodes, 2002)
Ngozi Olandu	....	second makeup artist (6 episodes, 2006)
Gina W. Bateman	....	makeup artist (2 episodes, 2002)
Sherri Zebeck	....	makeup artist (unknown episodes, 2005-2007)
Michael Burnett	....	special makeup effects artist (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Nina Kostroff-Noble	....	unit production manager (39 episodes, 2002-2008)
Leslie Jacobowitz	....	post-production supervisor (25 episodes, 2002-2003)
Marlis Pujol	....	production supervisor (24 episodes, 2003-2004)
Joe Incaprera	....	assistant unit production manager / unit production manager / ... (21 episodes, 2006-2008)
Alison C. Rosa	....	assistant unit production manager (12 episodes, 2002)
Dana J. Kuznetzkoff	....	unit production manager (12 episodes, 2004)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Xanthus Valan	....	second assistant director / second second assistant director (37 episodes, 2002-2008)
Joe Incaprera	....	second assistant director / first assistant director (37 episodes, 2002-2006)
Joe Chappelle	....	second unit director (24 episodes, 2004-2006)
Anthony Hemingway	....	first assistant director (23 episodes, 2002-2006)
Greg Gilman	....	second second assistant director (13 episodes, 2006)
Michele Ziegler	....	first assistant director / second unit director (12 episodes, 2003-2006)
Robert F. Colesberry	....	second unit director (10 episodes, 2003)
Timothy Blockburger	....	second second assistant director (10 episodes, 2008)
Frank Ferro	....	first assistant director (7 episodes, 2002-2006)
Eric Henriquez	....	first assistant director (7 episodes, 2004-2008)
Ivan J. Fonseca	....	first assistant director (2 episodes, 2002)
Stephanie Lovell	....	second assistant director: second unit (unknown episodes)
Kiersten Pilar Miller	....	second assistant director: second unit (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Patrick T. Eagan	....	set dressing foreman / swing set dresser / ... (60 episodes, 2002-2008)
Randy G. Herbert	....	construction coordinator (60 episodes, 2002-2008)
Michael Sabo	....	property master (59 episodes, 2002-2008)
Dawson Nolley	....	props / shop production assistant / ... (47 episodes, 2002-2008)
Thomas F. Lombardi	....	carpenter (47 episodes, 2003-2008)
Lester Poser	....	on-set dresser (25 episodes, 2004-2006)
Chad E. Williams	....	on-set dresser: second unit (18 episodes, 2004-2006)
Edward Bellafiore	....	art department coordinator (17 episodes, 2002-2006)
John Millard	....	leadman / lead man (17 episodes, 2002-2006)
Brook Yeaton	....	on-set dresser (17 episodes, 2002-2006)
Keith Weaver	....	scenic charge (16 episodes, 2002-2003)
Scott C. Dunn	....	construction foreman (15 episodes, 2002-2003)
Clark Hospelhorn	....	swing set dresser (15 episodes, 2002-2003)
James D. McPherson Jr.	....	props assistant (15 episodes, 2002-2003)
Bob Spore	....	props assistant (15 episodes, 2002-2003)
Susanna Glattly	....	scenic foreman (13 episodes, 2002)
Cris Hastings	....	swing set dresser (13 episodes, 2002)
Becky Weidner	....	assistant set decorator (13 episodes, 2002)
Kristina Kilpe	....	propmaster: second unit (12 episodes, 2004)
Jen Day	....	set production assistant (12 episodes, 2006)
John Weiffenbach	....	gang boss / construction foreman (11 episodes, 2002-2003)
Edward Hohman	....	on-set dresser (10 episodes, 2008)
Erica Huffman	....	art department coordinator (10 episodes, 2008)
Jennie Bell	....	scenic gang boss (9 episodes, 2002)
Claire Sharp	....	scenic foreman / scenic gang boss (7 episodes, 2002-2003)
Erik Boring	....	set dresser (6 episodes, 2008)
Joe Bukovsky	....	gang boss (4 episodes, 2002)
Craig Lee Schuman	....	scenic gang boss (4 episodes, 2002)
Francesca Gerlach	....	scenic foreman (3 episodes, 2003)
Jaclyn M. Riedel	....	swing set dresser (3 episodes, 2003)
John Struss	....	gang boss (3 episodes, 2003)
Norm Thurston Jr.	....	swing set dresser (3 episodes, 2003)
Billy 'Jilly Bones' Jones	....	scenic artist (unknown episodes)
E. Parker Webb	....	props: second unit (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Andrew Kris	....	sound re-recording mixer / sound effects editor (60 episodes, 2002-2008)
Lorenzo Millan	....	boom operator (60 episodes, 2002-2008)
Jennifer Ralston	....	dialogue editor / supervising sound editor / ... (60 episodes, 2002-2008)
Jay Peck	....	foley artist (51 episodes, 2002-2008)
Alfonso Calvo	....	dubbing mixer (50 episodes, 2002-2006)
Matthew Haasch	....	supervising foley editor / foley supervisor (47 episodes, 2003-2008)
Igor Nikolic	....	dialogue editor / first assistant sound editor / ... (44 episodes, 2003-2008)
Jamie Baker	....	foley editor / foley recordist / ... (41 episodes, 2002-2006)
Ryan Collison	....	foley engineer / foley recordist (26 episodes, 2004-2008)
Wyatt Sprague	....	sound effects editor (25 episodes, 2002-2003)
Rachel Chancey	....	sound effects editor (23 episodes, 2006-2008)
Benjamin Cheah	....	sound effects editor / supervising sound editor / ... (22 episodes, 2002-2003)
Alex Soto	....	assistant sound editor / foley editor / ... (19 episodes, 2002-2008)
Bruce Litecky	....	production sound mixer / sound mixer (18 episodes, 2002-2008)
Hal Levinsohn	....	adr editor (13 episodes, 2002)
Allan Zaleski	....	sound effects editor (12 episodes, 2004)
Alex Raspa	....	adr mixer (11 episodes, 2003-2006)
Mark Brunner	....	boom operator: second unit (10 episodes, 2004)
Blake Leyh	....	sound designer (9 episodes, 2002)
Ivan Hawkes	....	sound utility (8 episodes, 2002-2003)
Carol Everson	....	sound utility (8 episodes, 2002)
David Briggs	....	dialogue editor (4 episodes, 2008)
Arnold Finkelstein	....	additional sound effects recordist (unknown episodes)
Nick Foley	....	adr recordist (unknown episodes)
Chris Kellet	....	sound mixer: second unit (unknown episodes)
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer (unknown episodes)
Dave Rainey	....	sound mixer: second unit (unknown episodes)
Angel M. Sepulveda	....	boom operator: second unit (unknown episodes)
Ted Swanscott	....	adr mixer (unknown episodes)
Peter Thomas	....	location sound mixer: second unit (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Hank Atterbury	....	special effects supervisor / special effects foreman / ... (16 episodes, 2002-2008)
Neil Ruddy	....	special effects supervisor (unknown episodes, 2006)
William Catania	....	special effects (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Benjamin Murray	....	visual effects (35 episodes, 2004-2008)
Lucien Harriot	....	visual effects post supervisor / visual effects supervisor: Mechanism Digital (3 episodes, 2008)
Gabriel Gornell	....	visual effects executive producer (2 episodes, 2008)
Marissa Lee	....	visual effects producer (2 episodes, 2008)
Brian Scott Benson	....	digital effects artist (unknown episodes)
Phil Pham	....	digital compositor (unknown episodes)
Lesley Robson-Foster	....	visual effects supervisor: post production, RIOT (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Jeffrey Lee Gibson	....	stunt coordinator (23 episodes, 2002-2006)
Derrick Simmons	....	stunts (15 episodes, 2002-2008)
Douglas Crosby	....	stunt coordinator (5 episodes, 2002)
Blaise Corrigan	....	stunts (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Rick Kain	....	precision driver / stunt driver (2 episodes, 2002)
Jennifer Badger	....	stunt performer (unknown episodes)
Johnny Becker	....	stunt driver (unknown episodes)
John Cenatiempo	....	stunt driver (unknown episodes)
Bob Colletti	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Peter Epstein	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Dovile Mark	....	stunt performer (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Kevin 'Vinnie' Campbell	....	dimmer operator / electrician / ... (49 episodes, 2002-2008)
Tom Schnaidt	....	camera operator / second assistant camera (42 episodes, 2002-2006)
Paul Schiraldi	....	still photographer (37 episodes, 2002-2008)
Ian Axilrod	....	key second assistant camera (35 episodes, 2004-2008)
Wade Tyree	....	electrician / lighting technician (35 episodes, 2004-2008)
Evans Brown	....	gaffer / director of photography: second unit (25 episodes, 2002-2004)
John-Anthony Gargiulo	....	grip (24 episodes, 2003-2004)
David Insley	....	director of photography: second unit / camera operator (23 episodes, 2002-2006)
Chad E. Williams	....	grip / additional grip (23 episodes, 2002-2003)
Sarah Brandes	....	film loader / assistant camera (23 episodes, 2006-2008)
Michael Gearhart	....	key rigging grip / grip (21 episodes, 2006-2008)
Julian Sternthal	....	grip (18 episodes, 2004-2008)
Dean Citroni	....	dolly grip (17 episodes, 2002-2006)
Philip Kathrens	....	lamp operator / electrician / ... (17 episodes, 2002-2006)
Ted Ayd	....	best boy electric (16 episodes, 2002-2006)
Frank Caslin	....	rigging gaffer / generator operator (16 episodes, 2002-2006)
Mark Hutchings	....	electrician / gaffer: second unit (16 episodes, 2002-2006)
John C. Barber	....	grip / dolly grip (16 episodes, 2002-2003)
Joe Kurtz	....	key grip (16 episodes, 2002-2003)
Kenneth Morton	....	grip / dolly grip (16 episodes, 2002-2003)
Blackford 'Boots' Shelton	....	first assistant camera (16 episodes, 2002-2003)
Dave Wilkins	....	best boy grip (16 episodes, 2002-2003)
Alex Applefeld	....	video assist (15 episodes, 2002-2003)
Jason Hubert	....	generator operator / electrician (15 episodes, 2002-2003)
Scott Inge	....	additional first assistant camera (15 episodes, 2003-2008)
William T. Iversen	....	grip (14 episodes, 2006-2008)
John Hamilton	....	camera loader / loader (13 episodes, 2002)
Shawn C.H. Baron	....	dolly grip (13 episodes, 2006-2008)
Andy Colvin	....	camera operator / Steadicam operator / ... (12 episodes, 2002)
Paul Thomas	....	grip (10 episodes, 2002-2003)
Niels Alpert	....	camera operator (10 episodes, 2008)
Theodore J. Ayd	....	gaffer (10 episodes, 2008)
Jeff Callow	....	grip (10 episodes, 2008)
Richard J. Fortkiewicz	....	grip (10 episodes, 2008)
Edward Hohman	....	grip (10 episodes, 2008)
Elliott Snell	....	rigging best boy electric (10 episodes, 2008)
Brian Johnson	....	electrician (8 episodes, 2002-2003)
Michael DiGiovanni	....	grip (8 episodes, 2006)
Kurt Parlow	....	second assistant camera / camera loader / ... (6 episodes, 2002-2003)
David Lee	....	still photographer (5 episodes, 2002)
Nicole Rivelli	....	still photographer (5 episodes, 2008)
Trey Kistler	....	additional electrician / electrician (4 episodes, 2002-2003)
Ezra Picard	....	additional electrician / electrician (4 episodes, 2002-2003)
Myron Parran	....	assistant camera (4 episodes, 2002)
Tanner Bayer	....	grip (4 episodes, 2008)
Charlie Newberry	....	loader (3 episodes, 2003)
Jennifer Perkins	....	gaffer (3 episodes, 2003)
Larry Riley	....	still photographer (3 episodes, 2003)
Russell A. Wicks	....	electrician (3 episodes, 2003)
Doug Cordonier	....	grip (3 episodes, 2004)
John Egboigbe	....	additional grip (2 episodes, 2003)
James Dombey	....	grip (2 episodes, 2004)
Dennis A. Livesey	....	camera assistant: second camera / camera operator: second camera (2 episodes, 2006-2008)
Christopher Moats	....	electrician (2 episodes, 2008)
Tim Hennessy	....	camera loader (1 episode, 2006)
Kathleen Corgan	....	second assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Matthew Haskins	....	additional second assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Tim Kossa	....	additional electrician / additional grip (unknown episodes)
Paul Williams	....	dolly grip (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Pat Moran	....	casting: Baltimore (51 episodes, 2002-2008)
Shamos Fisher	....	casting assistant / casting associate (15 episodes, 2002-2003)
John Strawbridge	....	casting associate (15 episodes, 2002-2003)
Lois J. Drabkin	....	casting associate (9 episodes, 2006)
Mercedes Kelso	....	casting associate (6 episodes, 2002)
Janice Wilde	....	casting associate (6 episodes, 2002)
Heather Baird	....	casting associate (2 episodes, 2003)
Meagan Lewis	....	casting associate (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Bebe Ferro	....	uniform costumer / costume supervisor: second unit / ... (17 episodes, 2002-2008)
Amanda Johnson	....	assistant costume designer / costume buyer / ... (16 episodes, 2002-2003)
Mara Majorowicz	....	costume supervisor (13 episodes, 2002-2003)
Dona Gibson	....	key costumer / set costumer (13 episodes, 2002)
DaJuan T. Prince	....	set costumer (12 episodes, 2002)
Michael Simon	....	costumer / additional costumer (8 episodes, 2008)
Dona Adrian Gibson	....	tailor (3 episodes, 2003-2007)
Tamara Wilson	....	key set costumer (3 episodes, 2003)
Carl Curnutte III	....	costume supervisor (2 episodes, 2003)
Michele Forsythe	....	set costumer (2 episodes, 2003)
Helen L. Simmons	....	costumer / key costumer (2 episodes, 2008)

Series Editorial Department
Roger Doran	....	colorist (37 episodes, 2002-2004)
Pat Kelleher	....	on-line editor (37 episodes, 2002-2004)
Ken Rubenfeld	....	second colorist / colorist / ... (25 episodes, 2004-2006)
Matthew Booras	....	assistant editor (23 episodes, 2006-2008)
Lee Meyer	....	post-production coordinator (23 episodes, 2006-2008)
Peter Phillips	....	post-production coordinator / post-production coordinator: New York (13 episodes, 2002)
Travis Antolik	....	on-line editor (13 episodes, 2006)
Craig Cobb	....	assistant editor (13 episodes, 2006)
Eric Lorenz	....	assistant editor (12 episodes, 2004)
Victoria Lang	....	assistant editor (10 episodes, 2008)
Gina Sansom	....	post-production assistant (10 episodes, 2008)
James Mastracco	....	assistant editor (9 episodes, 2002-2003)
Shelby Siegel	....	assistant editor (8 episodes, 2002-2006)
Brian Cooper	....	post-production coordinator (8 episodes, 2002)
Mike Fay	....	assistant editor (6 episodes, 2002-2006)
Carrie Puchkoff	....	assistant editor (6 episodes, 2002)
Gabe Kolodny	....	post-production assistant (4 episodes, 2008)
Laura Weinberg	....	assistant editor (4 episodes, 2008)
Zachary MacDonald	....	post-production production assistant / post-production assistant (3 episodes, 2003-2006)
Daniel Wagner	....	post-production coordinator (3 episodes, 2003-2006)
De'Rodd Hearns	....	post-production assistant / apprentice editor (3 episodes, 2006-2008)
Robert Zorella	....	post-production coordinator (2 episodes, 2003)
Shannon Fogarty	....	post-production assistant (2 episodes, 2006-2008)
Agnes Grandits	....	assistant editor (unknown episodes)
Eliza Pierson	....	post-production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Perri Pivovar	....	assistant editor (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Blake Leyh	....	music supervisor / music editor (13 episodes, 2002-2008)

Series Transportation Department
Gerald Titus	....	driver / transportation co-captain (37 episodes, 2002-2008)
Tony Raimondo	....	transportation co-captain (16 episodes, 2002-2003)
Ronnie Smith	....	transportation captain (16 episodes, 2002-2003)
Foard J. Wilgis	....	transportation coordinator (16 episodes, 2002-2003)

Series Other crew
Charley Armstrong	....	location manager (52 episodes, 2002-2008)
Kim Garman	....	second assistant accountant / co-first assistant accountant / ... (47 episodes, 2002-2008)
Thomas C. Hessenauer	....	assistant: Nina K. Noble / director of special projects / ... (47 episodes, 2003-2008)
Laura A. Schweigman	....	assistant: David Simon / script supervisor: second unit / ... (47 episodes, 2003-2008)
Ann Christman	....	assistant production coordinator / accounting clerk / ... (46 episodes, 2002-2006)
Douglas M. Jones	....	set production assistant / key set production assistant / ... (43 episodes, 2002-2008)
Brendan Walsh	....	production assistant / set production assistant (37 episodes, 2003-2006)
Chris Collins	....	script coordinator / story editor (35 episodes, 2004-2008)
Scott Foster	....	production assistant (35 episodes, 2004-2008)
Eric Bannat	....	location scout (32 episodes, 2004-2008)
Shane Tunney	....	location assistant (29 episodes, 2004-2008)
Norman Knoerlein	....	researcher / office production assistant / ... (25 episodes, 2002-2003)
Octavius Lee Johnson	....	location assistant (25 episodes, 2004-2006)
William F. Zorzi	....	story editor / executive story editor (23 episodes, 2006-2008)
Patrick Burn	....	assistant location manager (20 episodes, 2003-2008)
Tom Farmer	....	film electronics coordinator (17 episodes, 2002-2006)
Elena Moscatt	....	craft service / key craft services (17 episodes, 2002-2006)
Perry Blackmon	....	security supervisor (16 episodes, 2002-2003)
Gary D'Addario	....	technical advisor (16 episodes, 2002-2003)
Amelia Cleary	....	assistant: Mr. Simon (15 episodes, 2002-2003)
Christine Moore	....	script supervisor (15 episodes, 2002-2003)
Thomas H.E. Scruggs	....	film electronics assistant (15 episodes, 2002-2003)
Christopher Roe	....	location scout / assistant location manager / ... (15 episodes, 2003-2004)
Michael Faulkner	....	assistant location manager (15 episodes, 2004-2008)
Timothy Blockburger	....	set production assistant / key set production assistant (14 episodes, 2002-2003)
Maureen McEvoy	....	set production assistant (14 episodes, 2002-2003)
William 'B.J.' Spencer	....	assistant security supervisor (14 episodes, 2002-2003)
Eric Morgan	....	assistant: Mr. Colesberry / assistant: Mr. Colesby (13 episodes, 2002-2003)
Chris Barber	....	assistant location manager (13 episodes, 2002)
Joy Kecken	....	script coordinator / assistant: Mr. Simon (13 episodes, 2002)
Adam Laws	....	location manager (13 episodes, 2002)
Stephanie Lovell	....	set production assistant (13 episodes, 2002)
Peter Nichols	....	production coordinator / assistant production coordinator / ... (13 episodes, 2002)
Ellen Sara Popiel	....	craft service (13 episodes, 2002)
Steven Lafferty	....	set production assistant / production assistant (13 episodes, 2006-2008)
Alex J. Aubry	....	payroll (12 episodes, 2002)
Jane Leslie Burka	....	accounting clerk (12 episodes, 2002)
Ginny Galloway	....	assistant production coordinator (12 episodes, 2002)
Elizabeth T. Guste	....	accountant (12 episodes, 2002)
Marjorie Leder	....	production accountant (12 episodes, 2002)
Kimberly Masimore	....	production secretary (12 episodes, 2002)
Blake Greenbaum	....	production assistant (12 episodes, 2003)
Siobhan Hegarty	....	first assistant accountant (12 episodes, 2003)
Jackie Sawiris	....	production secretary (12 episodes, 2003)
Anne Hefley	....	researcher (12 episodes, 2004)
Ladonna Conard	....	production accountant (12 episodes, 2006)
Dylan Matlock	....	set production assistant (12 episodes, 2006)
Michael Roccuzzo	....	first assistant accountant (11 episodes, 2002-2008)
Stephen Toth	....	assistant caterer / assistant chef (11 episodes, 2002)
Jan Hopper Sanders	....	script supervisor: second unit / script supervisor (11 episodes, 2003-2008)
Ailene Staples	....	assistant: Nina K. Noble / assistant to writer and producer (11 episodes, 2006-2008)
Felicia Dames	....	assistant location manager (11 episodes, 2006)
Shanalyna C. Palmer	....	set production assistant (10 episodes, 2002)
Emilio Hurmuziou	....	second assistant accountant (10 episodes, 2006)
Amy Barnes	....	office production assistant (10 episodes, 2008)
Pierre M. Coleman	....	office production assistant (10 episodes, 2008)
Ellen Gannon	....	production coordinator (10 episodes, 2008)
Chris Yakaitis	....	researcher (10 episodes, 2008)
BettyAnn Leeseberg-Lange	....	dialect coach (9 episodes, 2002-2003)
John DeSarno	....	chef / caterer (9 episodes, 2002)
Damond Gordon	....	set production assistant (8 episodes, 2002-2003)
Mike Bowers	....	chef (7 episodes, 2002-2003)
Muna Otaru	....	office production assistant / assistant: Ms. Noble (7 episodes, 2002-2003)
Fran Boyd	....	adr group coordinator (7 episodes, 2002)
Robert S. Wilhelm Jr.	....	set production assistant (7 episodes, 2002)
Matthew Ayres	....	production assistant (7 episodes, 2006)
Thomas J. Rappa	....	office production assistant (6 episodes, 2002)
Christopher Sneade	....	office production assistant (6 episodes, 2002)
Chad Tyler	....	stand-in (6 episodes, 2006)
Todd Feaser	....	set production assistant: second unit / production assistant (6 episodes, 2008)
Danielle Koch	....	production assistant (6 episodes, 2008)
Rick Kain	....	stand-in: Dominic West / stand-in: Pablo Schreiber (4 episodes, 2002-2004)
Dena Cruz	....	craft service assistant / craft service (4 episodes, 2002-2003)
Drew Vandervelde	....	set production assistant (4 episodes, 2002)
Michael Cohen	....	production intern / stand-in: Dominic West (4 episodes, 2008)
Robb Foglia	....	script supervisor: second unit (4 episodes, 2008)
Chris Menke	....	assistant production coordinator (4 episodes, 2008)
Philippe Gallichet	....	caterer / chef (3 episodes, 2002-2006)
Ed Burns	....	story editor / technical advisor (3 episodes, 2002-2003)
Damon Michael Gordon	....	set production assistant (3 episodes, 2002)
Stan May	....	set production assistant (3 episodes, 2002)
Melissa Morgan	....	set production assistant (3 episodes, 2002)
Adam Pollard	....	location production assistant (3 episodes, 2002)
Melissa Demino	....	office production assistant (3 episodes, 2003)
Lee Edwards	....	assistant caterer (3 episodes, 2003)
Renee Fischer	....	accounting clerk (3 episodes, 2003)
Evan Guilfoyle	....	location production assistant / production assistant: locations (3 episodes, 2003)
Tommy Huston	....	assistant caterer (3 episodes, 2003)
Heather Ingerneri	....	set production assistant (3 episodes, 2003)
Cheri Taylor	....	script coordinator (3 episodes, 2003)
Peter Tolle	....	production accountant (3 episodes, 2003)
Christopher Wrzosek	....	marine coordinator (3 episodes, 2003)
Sherry L. Dera	....	production assistant (3 episodes, 2008)
Paula Bryant	....	office production assistant (2 episodes, 2002)
Jeff Johnson	....	key medic / set medic (2 episodes, 2003-2006)
James Jimenez	....	payroll (2 episodes, 2003)
Ugboaku Opara	....	assistant: Mr. Colesberry (2 episodes, 2003)
Sharra Jenkins	....	production assistant (2 episodes, 2004)
Kyle Leonard	....	production assistant (2 episodes, 2004)
Robert L. Fiks	....	production assistant (2 episodes, 2008)
Hannah Hoover	....	production assistant (2 episodes, 2008)
Ira Friedlander	....	production accountant (1 episode, 2002-2007)
Josh Slates	....	production office assistant (1 episode, 2002)
Dawn Douglas	....	stand-in (unknown episodes)
Mimi Fletcher	....	stand-in (unknown episodes)
Niko Godfrey	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
De'Rodd Hearns	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Ande Hecht-Endewardt	....	post-production accountant: The Audit Trail (unknown episodes)
Ryan McCracken	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Gil McKinney	....	set production assistant (unknown episodes)
Molly Proctor	....	payroll accountant (unknown episodes)
Christopher Scott	....	set production assistant: second unit (unknown episodes)
Ron Segro	....	payroll accountant (unknown episodes)
Heather Walker	....	production assistant / production secretary (unknown episodes)
Derrick Washington	....	assistant writers and producers (unknown episodes)
Dave Willis	....	additional production assistant (unknown episodes)

Series Thanks
Geraldine Peroni	....	in memory of (1 episode, 2004)
Robert F. Colesberry	....	dedicatee (1 episode, 2008)

Production Companies

• Blown Deadline Productions
• Home Box Office (HBO)

Distributors

• Home Box Office (HBO) (2002-2008) (USA) (TV)
• BBC Worldwide (2009-) (UK) (TV)
• Duna Televízió (2007-) (Hungary) (TV)
• FX (2005-) (UK) (TV)
• Fox (2008) (Germany) (TV)
• Home Box Office Home Video (HBO) (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Home Box Office Home Video (HBO) (2008) (USA) (DVD) (complete series)

Other Companies

• Atlantic Cine Equipment  cranes and remote heads
• Cinema Catering  catering
• Filmtools  expendables
• PostWorks, The Lab  processing
• Postworks New York  dailies
• Postworks New York  post production services
• Soundtrack  ADR Facility

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Greek | Mandarin

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M (some episodes) | UK:18 (some episodes) | Portugal:M/12 (DVD rating) | UK:15 (some episodes) | New Zealand:R16 | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Company:

Blown Deadline Productions

Trivia:

The facial scars on both Michael K. Williams and 'Jaime Hector''s are real.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Omar testifies against Bird he gives his age as about twenty nine and says that he has been ripping and running for "eight or nine years." However, in the webisodes later produced for the series they show Omar as a child participating in a hold up, suggesting that his career as a stick up boy began much earlier.

Quotes:

Omar: All in the game yo, all in the game.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Wire Odyssey (2007) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Way Down in the Hole

A tapestry. An All-Time Great.

I didn't know my TV could do this . . .

It's the greatest TV drama series I've ever seen. Better by some distance than even its notable HBO peers. (I call it a TV drama but the fact is that it's suited purely for DVD, it has complete disregard for the casual viewer and is perhaps best viewed in two or three sittings, a minor detail in episode three will find its significance ten episodes later, etc).

Focusing on the drugs business of Baltimore (and so much more) from the police to the dealers to City Hall to the longshoremen on the coast, I simply cannot rave about this show enough and have become a bore on the subject.

The profane writing snaps and pops beautifully, the plots are deeply intricate and profoundly gripping, and the acting is nothing short of perfection. What a cast! I don't say this lightly. The characters run deep and authentic with performances to match, and there are no minor characters in this show, some simply have more screen time than others.

After the terrific first season I couldn't believe that the shattering second series (perhaps the high-water mark) not only kept up the standard, but perhaps even exceeded it. The third, fourth and fifth seasons stand shoulder to shoulder too, joining finally and standing as a single tapestry.

This is heavy-duty and literary storytelling of the first order.

The show requires attention and commitment and will reward both to a degree that means when each "case" ends you'll be edified in a way that the CSI franchise et al can never even fractionally compete with.

They are pizza, The Wire is a banquet. We don't get enough banquets, so accept this ones invitation, you wont regret it.

Heartbreaking, somehow funnier than many comedies, beautifully played and written with enviable brilliance, if you're unaware of this show then I urge you: invest, it's likely you'll thank me later. Get season one and sit back, prepare to find yourself in the thrall of genuine yet disarmingly humble greatness.

Be warned though, don't expect episodic entertainment, these are 12 and 13 hour procedural movies that add up to a five-year whole, divided by necessity by HBO, a network with the balls to have greenlit this series five times, even despite its low ratings, simply on the basis of the fact it's going to enter the pantheon of all time greatest.

A little hyperbole there, but it's really above and beyond.

So many classic moments, each growing more rich with time, to say more about them or name the moments would spoil the experience of seeing them fresh, as I did and as I would heartily recommend -- avoid spoilers (not that the text on screen will do justice to this cast, this writing and production), you'll be rewarded by the story. It has moments that truly compete with the best in cinema whilst simultaneously cutting its own fierce path.

It's rare for me to enthuse about something to this degree (and in years of using the IMDb this is the only comment I've taken the time to make), but somewhere in its fusion of casually classic writing and disarmingly humble production -- they made my favourite thing.

The Wire is simply an astonishing achievement. I owned the first season on DVD for about a year before I realised it was astonishing -- it crept up on me, my brain had to catch up with it -- when I rewatched it and got the other seasons, I became (and remain) utterly hooked.

Do youself a favour, if you haven't already -- check out The Wire.