The Wire
Premiered Date
June 2, 2002
Genre
Drama
Network
HBO
Cast
Idris Elba,
Tristan Wilds,
Michael Kenneth Williams,
Seth Gilliam,
Dominic West,
Aidan Gillen,
Chad Coleman,
Wood Harris,
Wendell Pierce,
Lance Reddick,
Lawrence Gilliard Jr.,
Clarke Peters,
Frankie Faison,
Robert Wisdom,
Gbenga Akinnagbe,
Isiah Whitlock Jr.,
Deirdre Lovejoy,
Andre Royo,
John Doman,
Jamie Hector,
Domenick Lombardozzi,
JD Williams
About The Wire
About
Set in Baltimore, the lives of cops, drug dealers, government officials, and those in the media are explored.
Trivia
Creator David Simon worked as a journalist for the Baltimore Sun before working for the show. The show won no awards while on air.