The Wire guest stars
311 actors have guest-starred in The Wire across 60 episodes and 5 seasons. The most-credited is Anwan Glover, Slim Charles in 25 episodes. 58 of them have also guest-starred in five or more of the other shows in this catalogue.
Who came back most
| Actor | Character | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Anwan Glover | Slim Charles | 25 |
| Robert F. Chew | Joseph "Proposition Joe" Stewart | 24 |
| Tray Chaney | Malik 'Poot' Carr | 22 |
| Felicia Pearson | Felicia "Snoop" Pearson | 19 |
| Michael Salconi | Det. Michael Santangelo | 18 |
| Al Brown | Dep. Comm. for Admin. Stanislaus "Stan" Valchek | 17 |
| Hassan Johnson | Roland "Wee-Bey" Brice | 16 |
| Maria Broom | City Councilwoman Marla Daniels | 16 |
| Melanie Nicholls-King | Cheryl | 15 |
| Richard Burton | Sean "Shamrock" McGinty | 15 |
| Brandy Burre | Theresa "Terri" D'Agostino | 14 |
| Brian Anthony Wilson | Det. Vernon Holley | 14 |
| Leo Fitzpatrick | Johnny | 14 |
| Peter Gerety | Judge Daniel Phelan | 14 |
| Richard DeAngelis | Ray Foerster | 14 |
| Benjamin Busch | Off. Anthony Colicchio | 13 |
| Clifford "Method Man" Smith | Melvin "Cheese" Wagstaff | 13 |
| Doug Olear | FBI Special Agent Terrence "Fitz" Fitzhugh | 13 |
| Edward T. Norris | Det. Edward Norris | 13 |
| Frederick Strother | State Delegate Odell Watkins | 13 |
| Maestro Harrell | Randy Wagstaff | 13 |
| Michael B. Jordan | Wallace | 13 |
| Pablo Schreiber | Nickolas "Nick" Sobotka | 13 |
| Rick Otto | Off. Kenneth Dozerman | 13 |
| Callie Thorne | Elena McNulty | 12 |
The Wire guest stars by season
| Season | Guests | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 54 | Michael B. Jordan, Michael Salconi, Hassan Johnson, Peter Gerety, Tray Chaney, Wendy Grantham, Clayton LeBouef, Brandon Price, Leo Fitzpatrick, Richard DeAngelis, Chris Clanton, Melanie Nicholls-King and 42 more |
| Season 2 | 82 | James Ransone, Pablo Schreiber, Charley Scalies, Jeffrey Pratt Gordon, Chris Ashworth, Luray Cooper, Al Brown, Bill Raymond, Jeffrey Fugitt, Kristin Proctor, Melanie Nicholls-King, Callie Thorne and 70 more |
| Season 3 | 96 | Anwan Glover, Richard Burton, Brandy Burre, Benjamin Busch, Cleo Reginald Pizana, Chris Mann, Ernest Waddell, Mayo Best, Richard DeAngelis, Ryan Sands, Frederick Strother, Kelli R. Brown and 84 more |
| Season 4 | 68 | Maestro Harrell, Dan Deluca, Jeffrey Lorenzo, Julito McCullum, Robert F. Chew, Sandi McCree, Anwan Glover, Felicia Pearson, Nathan Corbett, Ramón Rodríguez, Rick Otto, Susan Duvall and 56 more |
| Season 5 | 150 | David Costabile, Sam Freed, Felicia Pearson, Brandon Young, Kwame Patterson, Thuliso Dingwall, William F. Zorzi Jr., Clifford "Method Man" Smith, Dion Graham, Edward Green, Gregory Alan Williams, Marlyne Barrett and 138 more |
Guest stars you know from somewhere else
The hardest-working character actors in this show's guest cast, ranked by how many other shows in this catalogue they have also guest-starred in. Not the most famous names, the most prolific ones.
| Actor | In The Wire | Other shows |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Hyatt | Brianna Barksdale | 27 |
| Gregory Alan Williams | Det. Michael Crutchfield | 19 |
| David Costabile | Managing Editor Thomas Klebanow | 18 |
| Antonio D. Charity | C.O. Dwight Tilghman | 16 |
| Michael Potts | Brother Mouzone | 15 |
| Robert Hogan | Louis Sobotka | 15 |
| Joe Urla | Deputy US Attorney | 14 |
| Anthony Mangano | Kevin Infante | 13 |
| Cyrus Farmer | Bug's Father | 12 |
| Andrea Roth | Tim Packard | 12 |
| Rick Otto | Off. Kenneth Dozerman | 11 |
| Callie Thorne | Elena McNulty | 11 |
| Boris McGiver | Lt. Marimow | 11 |
| Michael Mosley | Raymond Wiley | 11 |
| Brandon Fobbs | Fruit | 10 |
Played more than one character
| Actor | Characters | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| James E. Ash | Uniform Officer, SWAT Team Officer | 5 |
| Jonnie Brown | Officer Eddie Walker, SWAT Team Leader Torret | 5 |
| Aaron Michael Lacey | Maryland State Trooper, Waiter | 2 |
| Amber Nelson | Miss Thiessen, Yacht Waitress | 2 |
| William Gerad Jones | Kid - Making Drug Deal, Worker in Truck Terminal | 2 |
Shares a cast with
- The Wire and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — 51 shared actors
- Blue Bloods — 24 shared actors
- The Good Wife — 17 shared actors
- Veep — 17 shared actors
- Elementary — 16 shared actors
- The Blacklist — 16 shared actors
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — 14 shared actors
- Law & Order — 12 shared actors
Cast data from TVmaze, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.