All 95 Thewiredle characters

Alma Gutierrez

Young Baltimore Sun police reporter who works under Gus.

Gender

Female

Affiliation

Baltimore Sun

Role

Reporter

First season

5

Seasons

1

Fate

Alive

Andy Krawczyk

Property developer who funds politicians and buys up waterfront land.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Civilian

Role

Developer

First season

2

Seasons

4

Fate

Alive

Anthony Colicchio

Hot-tempered drug enforcement officer in the Western District who clashes with Carver.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

BPD

Role

District police

First season

3

Seasons

3

Fate

Alive

Augustus Polk

Lazy property crimes detective sent to the Barksdale detail and rarely found at his desk.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

BPD

Role

Major Crimes

First season

1

Seasons

3

Fate

Alive

Avon Barksdale

Head of the Barksdale Organization that runs West Baltimore's drug trade in the early seasons.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Barksdale Organization

Role

Kingpin

First season

1

Seasons

4

Fate

In prison

Beadie Russell

Port Authority officer and single mother who finds the shipping container that opens season 2.

Gender

Female

Affiliation

Port Authority

Role

Port police

First season

2

Seasons

4

Fate

Alive

Bernard

Barksdale worker who buys the crew's throwaway phones in season 3.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Barksdale Organization

Role

Dealer

First season

3

Seasons

1

Fate

In prison

Bird

Hot-tempered Barksdale enforcer from season 1 who ends up behind bars.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Barksdale Organization

Role

Enforcer

First season

1

Seasons

2

Fate

In prison

Bodie Broadus

Hard-working corner boy from the pit who stays on the corners through every change of ownership.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Barksdale Organization, Stanfield Organization

Role

Dealer

First season

1

Seasons

4

Fate

Shot

Brandon Wright

Omar's partner in the first season's robberies of the Barksdale stash.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Stick-up crew

Role

Stick-up

First season

1

Seasons

1

Fate

Killed another way

Brianna Barksdale

Avon's sister and D'Angelo's mother, who pushes her son to stay loyal to the family.

Gender

Female

Affiliation

Barksdale Organization

Role

Family

First season

1

Seasons

4

Fate

Alive

Brother Mouzone

Bow-tied, soft-spoken hired gun from New York who reads Harper's.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Independent

Role

Enforcer

First season

2

Seasons

2

Fate

Alive

Bubbles

Kind-hearted street addict and police informant who keeps trying to get clean.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Street

Role

Addict, Informant

First season

1

Seasons

5

Fate

Alive

Bunk Moreland

Cigar-chewing homicide detective in sharp suits and McNulty's longtime drinking partner.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

BPD

Role

Homicide

First season

1

Seasons

5

Fate

Alive

Bunny Colvin

Western District major who quietly tries a radical experiment in his district before retiring.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

BPD, Tilghman Middle

Role

District police, Researcher

First season

2

Seasons

4

Fate

Lost their job

Butchie

Blind bar owner who holds Omar's money and gives him advice.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Stick-up crew

Role

Bar owner

First season

2

Seasons

4

Fate

Shot

Cedric Daniels

Careful lieutenant who leads the Barksdale detail and rises through the department despite an old file on him.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

BPD

Role

Narcotics, Major Crimes, Police command

First season

1

Seasons

5

Fate

Lost their job

Charles Marimow

Officious lieutenant known for breaking up any unit that is working too well.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

BPD

Role

Major Crimes, District police

First season

4

Seasons

1

Fate

Alive

Cheese Wagstaff

Proposition Joe's nephew and lieutenant on the East Side.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

East Side crew

Role

Lieutenant

First season

2

Seasons

4

Fate

Shot

Chris Partlow

Marlo's calm, disciplined chief enforcer, who plans the crew's work with Snoop.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Stanfield Organization

Role

Enforcer

First season

3

Seasons

3

Fate

In prison

Clarence Royce

Baltimore's mayor in season 3, a political operator facing Carcetti.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Politics

Role

Mayor

First season

3

Seasons

3

Fate

Lost their job

Clay Davis

State senator famous for his drawn-out catchphrase and for taking money from everyone.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Politics

Role

State politician

First season

1

Seasons

5

Fate

Alive

Cutty

Barksdale soldier who comes home from prison, leaves the game and opens a boxing gym.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Barksdale Organization, Civilian

Role

Enforcer, Coach

First season

3

Seasons

3

Fate

Alive

D'Angelo Barksdale

Avon's nephew, who runs the low-rise pit and has doubts about the life he was born into.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Barksdale Organization

Role

Lieutenant

First season

1

Seasons

2

Fate

Killed another way

Dante

Omar's partner and crew member in seasons 2 and 3.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Stick-up crew

Role

Stick-up

First season

2

Seasons

2

Fate

Alive

David Parenti

University researcher who runs the special class at Tilghman with Colvin.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Tilghman Middle

Role

Researcher

First season

4

Seasons

1

Fate

Alive

De'Londa Brice

Wee-Bey's wife and Namond's mother, who wants her son on the corners.

Gender

Female

Affiliation

Barksdale Organization

Role

Family

First season

4

Seasons

1

Fate

Alive

Dennis Mello

Western District commander who loudly briefs the roll call and keeps the district running.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

BPD

Role

District police

First season

2

Seasons

4

Fate

Alive

Donette

D'Angelo's girlfriend and the mother of his son.

Gender

Female

Affiliation

Barksdale Organization

Role

Family

First season

1

Seasons

3

Fate

Alive

Dukie

Gentle, bullied middle schooler from a neglected home who is good with computers.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Tilghman Middle, Street

Role

Student, Addict

First season

4

Seasons

2

Fate

Alive

Elena McNulty

McNulty's ex-wife and the mother of his two sons.

Gender

Female

Affiliation

Civilian

Role

Family

First season

1

Seasons

5

Fate

Alive

Ellis Carver

Narcotics detective on the first detail who grows into a sergeant who actually knows his corners.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

BPD

Role

Narcotics, Major Crimes, District police, Sergeant

First season

1

Seasons

5

Fate

Alive

Ervin Burrell

Police commissioner who clings to his job under two mayors by keeping the crime numbers looking right.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

BPD

Role

Police command

First season

1

Seasons

5

Fate

Lost their job

Eton Ben-Eleazer

The Greek's quiet financial man in season 2, who handles the money side of the smuggling.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

The Greeks

Role

Smuggler

First season

2

Seasons

1

Fate

In prison

Frank Sobotka

Secretary-treasurer of the stevedores' union who smuggles for the Greeks to save the port.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Stevedores union, The Greeks

Role

Union leader, Smuggler

First season

2

Seasons

1

Fate

Killed another way

Fruit

Stanfield crew chief from seasons 3 and 4.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Stanfield Organization

Role

Lieutenant

First season

3

Seasons

2

Fate

Shot

Gus Haynes

City editor at the Baltimore Sun who cares about getting the story right.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Baltimore Sun

Role

Editor

First season

5

Seasons

1

Fate

Alive

Herc

Hot-headed narcotics cop, Carver's sidekick, whose big ideas rarely survive contact with the street.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

BPD

Role

Narcotics, Major Crimes, District police, Investigator

First season

1

Seasons

5

Fate

Lost their job

Horseface Pakusa

Union stevedore and one of Frank Sobotka's loyal friends on the docks.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Stevedores union

Role

Dockworker

First season

2

Seasons

1

Fate

In prison

Ilene Nathan

Assistant state's attorney and Pearlman's boss in the early seasons.

Gender

Female

Affiliation

Courthouse

Role

Lawyer

First season

1

Seasons

4

Fate

Alive

Jay Landsman

Wisecracking homicide sergeant who keeps an eye on the board of open and closed cases.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

BPD

Role

Homicide, Sergeant

First season

1

Seasons

5

Fate

Alive

Jimmy McNulty

Brilliant, self-destructive homicide detective whose talk with a judge about the Barksdale crew starts the first detail.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

BPD

Role

Homicide, Major Crimes, District police

First season

1

Seasons

5

Fate

Lost their job

Johnny Weeks

Bubbles's friend and partner in small-time hustles on the street.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Street

Role

Addict

First season

1

Seasons

3

Fate

Died

Judge Phelan

Circuit court judge who first pushes the department to look at the Barksdales.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Courthouse

Role

Judge

First season

1

Seasons

4

Fate

Alive

Kenard

Small, mouthy corner kid who works for Marlo's crew.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Stanfield Organization

Role

Dealer

First season

3

Seasons

3

Fate

In prison

Kenneth Dozerman

Western District drug enforcement officer who is badly hurt during a buy that goes wrong.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

BPD

Role

District police, Major Crimes

First season

3

Seasons

3

Fate

Alive

Kima Greggs

Tough narcotics detective on the original Barksdale detail, later working homicide.

Gender

Female

Affiliation

BPD

Role

Narcotics, Major Crimes, Homicide

First season

1

Seasons

5

Fate

Alive

Kimmy

Member of Omar's stick-up crew in seasons 2 to 4.

Gender

Female

Affiliation

Stick-up crew

Role

Stick-up

First season

2

Seasons

3

Fate

Alive

Leander Sydnor

Quiet, capable detective who goes undercover and does the surveillance work on the major cases.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

BPD

Role

Narcotics, Major Crimes

First season

1

Seasons

4

Fate

Alive

Lester Freamon

Patient detective who spent thirteen years in the pawn shop unit and builds dollhouse furniture between cases.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

BPD

Role

Major Crimes, Homicide

First season

1

Seasons

5

Fate

Lost their job

Little Kevin

Namond's friend from the corners in season 4.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Stanfield Organization

Role

Dealer

First season

4

Seasons

1

Fate

Shot

Marcia Donnelly

Assistant principal at Tilghman Middle School who keeps order and helps Prez find his feet.

Gender

Female

Affiliation

Tilghman Middle

Role

Teacher

First season

4

Seasons

2

Fate

Alive

Marla Daniels

Cedric's wife, a politically minded woman who runs for a seat on the city council.

Gender

Female

Affiliation

Politics

Role

City council, Family

First season

1

Seasons

5

Fate

Alive

Marlo Stanfield

Cold young kingpin who takes West Baltimore's corners from the Barksdales and wants his name to ring out.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Stanfield Organization

Role

Kingpin

First season

3

Seasons

3

Fate

Alive

Maurice Levy

Defence lawyer for the Barksdale and Stanfield organisations.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Courthouse, Barksdale Organization, Stanfield Organization

Role

Lawyer

First season

1

Seasons

5

Fate

Alive

Michael Lee

Quiet, protective middle schooler who looks after his little brother and gets drawn into Marlo's world.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Tilghman Middle, Stanfield Organization

Role

Student, Enforcer, Stick-up

First season

4

Seasons

2

Fate

Alive

Michael Santangelo

Homicide detective with a poor clearance rate who ends up back in uniform in the Western.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

BPD

Role

Homicide, District police

First season

1

Seasons

5

Fate

Alive

Monk Metcalf

One of Marlo's top lieutenants, at his side on the Stanfield corners.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Stanfield Organization

Role

Lieutenant

First season

4

Seasons

2

Fate

In prison

Namond Brice

Wee-Bey's son, a loud middle schooler pushed toward the corners by his mother.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Tilghman Middle, Stanfield Organization

Role

Student, Dealer

First season

4

Seasons

2

Fate

Alive

Nerese Campbell

City Council president who works with Carcetti and has her own eye on higher office.

Gender

Female

Affiliation

Politics

Role

City council, Mayor

First season

4

Seasons

2

Fate

Alive

Nick Sobotka

Frank's nephew, a dockworker who wants enough money to buy a house for his family.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Stevedores union, The Greeks

Role

Dockworker, Smuggler

First season

2

Seasons

2

Fate

Alive

Norman Wilson

Carcetti's dry-witted deputy campaign manager, who later becomes one of his closest advisers.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Politics

Role

Political aide

First season

4

Seasons

2

Fate

Alive

O-Dog

Young Stanfield enforcer who works for Chris and Snoop in seasons 4 and 5.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Stanfield Organization

Role

Enforcer

First season

4

Seasons

2

Fate

Alive

Odell Watkins

State delegate and respected political ally of Royce, then of Carcetti.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Politics

Role

State politician

First season

3

Seasons

3

Fate

Alive

Omar Little

Stick-up man with a shotgun and a strict code who robs only drug dealers.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Stick-up crew

Role

Stick-up

First season

1

Seasons

5

Fate

Shot

Orlando Blocker

Manager of Orlando's, the club Avon uses as a business front.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Barksdale Organization

Role

Business front

First season

1

Seasons

1

Fate

Shot

Patrick Mahon

Polk's partner on the first detail, another property crimes castoff who leaves after being hurt.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

BPD

Role

Major Crimes

First season

1

Seasons

1

Fate

Alive

Poot

Easy-going pit worker who sticks with the corners for years before finding another job.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Barksdale Organization, Stanfield Organization

Role

Dealer

First season

1

Seasons

5

Fate

Alive

Prez

Valchek's son-in-law, a hopeless street cop with a gift for paper trails who later becomes a math teacher.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

BPD, Tilghman Middle

Role

Major Crimes, Teacher

First season

1

Seasons

5

Fate

Lost their job

Proposition Joe

East Side kingpin and appliance repairman who prefers deals to wars.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

East Side crew

Role

Kingpin

First season

1

Seasons

5

Fate

Shot

Randy Wagstaff

Bright, cheerful middle schooler who sells candy and tries to stay out of trouble.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Tilghman Middle

Role

Student

First season

4

Seasons

2

Fate

Alive

Raymond Foerster

Narcotics commander from the early seasons, a decent veteran respected by his officers.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

BPD

Role

Narcotics, Police command

First season

1

Seasons

3

Fate

Died

Renaldo

Omar's partner in seasons 4 and 5, at his side through the later robberies.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Stick-up crew

Role

Stick-up

First season

4

Seasons

2

Fate

Alive

Rhonda Pearlman

Assistant state's attorney who works with the Major Crimes detail and with McNulty.

Gender

Female

Affiliation

Courthouse

Role

Lawyer, Judge

First season

1

Seasons

5

Fate

Alive

Scott Templeton

Ambitious young Baltimore Sun reporter who wants a big story.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Baltimore Sun

Role

Reporter

First season

5

Seasons

1

Fate

Alive

Sergei Malatov

The Greek's enforcer, a big, steady man from Eastern Europe.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

The Greeks

Role

Enforcer

First season

2

Seasons

2

Fate

In prison

Shamrock

Barksdale crew member who takes the notes at Stringer's meetings, run by the rules of order.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Barksdale Organization

Role

Lieutenant

First season

2

Seasons

2

Fate

In prison

Sherrod

Teenager who lives with Bubbles and joins him in his street hustles.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Street

Role

Addict

First season

3

Seasons

2

Fate

Died

Slim Charles

Tall, level-headed Barksdale enforcer who keeps his word through every change in the game.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Barksdale Organization, East Side crew

Role

Enforcer, Lieutenant

First season

3

Seasons

3

Fate

Alive

Snoop

Chris's partner in Marlo's crew, a sharp-talking young woman as feared as any man.

Gender

Female

Affiliation

Stanfield Organization

Role

Enforcer

First season

3

Seasons

3

Fate

Shot

Spiros Vondas

The Greek's right-hand man, who handles the day-to-day business.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

The Greeks

Role

Lieutenant, Smuggler

First season

2

Seasons

3

Fate

Alive

Stan Valchek

Southeastern District major, Prez's father-in-law, whose feud with the stevedores sets off the season 2 case.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

BPD

Role

District police, Police command

First season

1

Seasons

5

Fate

Alive

Stinkum

Barksdale enforcer in season 1, one of Avon's trusted men on the street.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Barksdale Organization

Role

Enforcer

First season

1

Seasons

1

Fate

Shot

Stringer Bell

Avon's businesslike second-in-command who takes economics classes and invests in real estate.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Barksdale Organization

Role

Lieutenant

First season

1

Seasons

3

Fate

Shot

The Greek

Quiet head of the smuggling outfit behind the drugs and goods coming through the port.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

The Greeks

Role

Kingpin, Smuggler

First season

2

Seasons

2

Fate

Alive

Theresa D'Agostino

Political consultant who advises Carcetti on his run for mayor.

Gender

Female

Affiliation

Politics

Role

Political aide

First season

3

Seasons

2

Fate

Alive

Thomas Klebanow

Managing editor of the Baltimore Sun who goes along with cuts and prizes.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Baltimore Sun

Role

Executive

First season

5

Seasons

1

Fate

Alive

Tommy Carcetti

Ambitious white councilman who runs for mayor of a majority-Black city.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Politics

Role

City council, Mayor

First season

3

Seasons

3

Fate

Alive

Vinson

Older businessman whose rim shop serves as Marlo's meeting place.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Stanfield Organization

Role

Business front

First season

3

Seasons

2

Fate

Alive

Wallace

Gentle teenager in the pit who looks after a house full of younger kids.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Barksdale Organization

Role

Dealer

First season

1

Seasons

1

Fate

Shot

Walon

Bubbles's patient sponsor from the recovery meetings, a man who has been where Bubbles is.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Street

Role

Counsellor

First season

1

Seasons

3

Fate

Alive

Wee-Bey Brice

Avon's most loyal enforcer, a man who loves his tropical fish.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Barksdale Organization

Role

Enforcer

First season

1

Seasons

5

Fate

In prison

William Gant

Working man who testifies against D'Angelo in the first episode.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Civilian

Role

Witness

First season

1

Seasons

1

Fate

Shot

William Rawls

Foul-tempered homicide commander who climbs the department ladder by watching the statistics.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

BPD

Role

Police command, Homicide

First season

1

Seasons

5

Fate

Alive

Ziggy Sobotka

Frank's clownish son, desperate for respect on the docks.

Gender

Male

Affiliation

Stevedores union, The Greeks

Role

Dockworker, Smuggler

First season

2

Seasons

1

Fate

In prison