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        The Wire
        8.5
        (2,244 votes)

        The Wire

        2002 - 2008
        Crime
        Drama
        5 seasons

        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.

        Creators

        Director
        Joe Chappelle
        Director
        Ernest R. Dickerson
        Director
        Ed Bianchi
        Director
        Steve Shill
        Director
        Daniel Attias
        Director
        Clark Johnson
        The Wire

        Cast

        Full Cast
        Dominic West
        Dominic West
        Jimmy McNulty (60 episodes)
        Lance Reddick
        Lance Reddick
        Cedric Daniels (60 episodes)
        Sonja Sohn
        Sonja Sohn
        Kima Greggs (60 episodes)
        Wendell Pierce
        Wendell Pierce
        Bunk Moreland (60 episodes)
        Deirdre Lovejoy
        Deirdre Lovejoy
        Rhonda Pearlman (60 episodes)
        Andre Royo
        Andre Royo
        Bubbles (60 episodes)
        John Doman
        John Doman
        William Rawls (60 episodes)
        Domenick Lombardozzi
        Domenick Lombardozzi
        Herc (35 episodes) / Detective Thomas 'Herc' Hauk (22 episodes)
        Seth Gilliam
        Seth Gilliam
        Ellis Carver (35 episodes) / Detective Ellis Carver (12 episodes) / Sergeant Ellis Carver (9 episodes)
        J.D. Williams
        J.D. Williams
        Bodie Broadus (35 episodes) / Preston 'Bodie' Broadus (17 episodes)
        Michael Kenneth Williams
        Michael Kenneth Williams
        Omar Little (50 episodes)
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        TV Show Details

        Status
        Ended after Season 5 (09/03/2008)
        Original language
        English
        Country
        Production companies
        💸Corruption
        📰Newspaper
        💼Drug trafficking
        💊Drug dealer
        Baltimore, usa
        Gangster
        👮‍♂Police
        💼Organized crime
        👮‍♂️Police detective
        👁Surveillance
        Power politics
        Urban decay
        Newspaper reporter
        Wiretapping
        workers union
        Education system
        Docks
        Black project
        Mayoral election
        👊Violence
        Homicide department
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