what the wire actors did next...

BAZM8 · 28-10-2008 1:29pm #1

It seems "Heroes" is where the actors from the Wire are moving to. Marlow and Bubbles have been on the latest season so far. It must be a major change of pace from the reality based script of the Wire.

godtabh · 28-10-2008 9:32pm

Alot of them have bit parts in different series.

K4t · 28-10-2008 10:54pm

Michael (Tristan Wilds) has a part on Beverly Hills 90210 :eek:

His story was really tragic on the Wire, same with Dukie and Randy.

It's so unfair yet true to life that Namond is the one who gets away from it all.

godtabh · 29-10-2008 9:20am

K4t wrote: »

It's so unfair yet true to life that Namond is the one who gets away from it all.

I dont think so. He never really wanted in. Michael did

luckat · 29-10-2008 9:55am

From the mountainous fatness of many of the characters, they've probably landed in the heart clinic or the funeral home by now.

ixoy · 29-10-2008 10:52am

Lance Reddick is a regular in "Fringe" and had semi-frequent appeareances in "Lost".

tvnutz · 29-10-2008 1:20pm

ixoy wrote: »

Lance Reddick is a regular in "Fringe" and had semi-frequent appeareances in "Lost".

I also doubt that's the last we will see of him on Lost!

K4t · 29-10-2008 5:27pm

kearnsr wrote: »

I dont think so. He never really wanted in. Michael did

No, Michaell was the one who knew how important school was. Whenever Namond asked him to go on the corner, he refused. He also refused to take Marlo's money.

The only reason he got caught up in 'the game' was because he was sexually abused as a kid. I'd hardly call that 'wanting it'. Would you?

godtabh · 29-10-2008 9:03pm

K4t wrote: »

No, Michaell was the one who knew how important school was. Whenever Namond asked him to go on the corner, he refused. He also refused to take Marlo's money.

The only reason he got caught up in 'the game' was because he was sexually abused as a kid. I'd hardly call that 'wanting it'. Would you?

He didnt take Marlo's money because he didnt want to be his bitch. He knew how important school was for Bug thats still not to say he didnt end up doing what he wanted to do.

He didnt take Marlo's money or do what Namond told him to do as he was his own man. He was very independent.

Where was he sexually abused? I dont remember that.

Any ways back on topic

K4t · 29-10-2008 10:14pm

kearnsr wrote: »

He didnt take Marlo's money because he didnt want to be his bitch. He knew how important school was for Bug thats still not to say he didnt end up doing what he wanted to do.

He didnt take Marlo's money or do what Namond told him to do as he was his own man. He was very independent.

Where was he sexually abused? I dont remember that.

Any ways back on topic

It is strongly implied that Michael was sexually abused by Bug's father. Just look at Michael's distrust of adult males (he won't let Cutty touch him and won't let Cutty drive him home alone. When Prez tries to talk to him he turns on him.) He doesn't want to be in the 'game'. He realises how important education is for him and Bug like I already said.
But then Bug's father returns and we realise the history between him and Michael. Just watch the episodes, listen to the dialogue between Michael and his mother. "People change" etc.
Then when Snoop asks Michael what Bug's Dad did to him he stays silent and looks up at Chris. Chris realises as he himself was sexually abused as a kid. We learn this later. Anyway, it is finally known when Snoop and Chris are walking Bug's father down the alleway and Chris starts asking him if he's a paedophile.
Then later, when Michael commits his first murder Chris says "You can look them in they eye now, no matter who they were or what they did". This implies that both Chris and Michael were vicitms of sexual abuse.

I don't think Michael wanted in the 'game'. It wasn't him, he knew it and so did Cutty. But when he asked for Marlo's help in getting Bug's father taken care of, he was theres.

godtabh · 30-10-2008 9:14am

K4t wrote: »

It is strongly implied that Michael was sexually abused by Bug's father. Just look at Michael's distrust of adult males (he won't let Cutty touch him and won't let Cutty drive him home alone. When Prez tries to talk to him he turns on him.) He doesn't want to be in the 'game'. He realises how important education is for him and Bug like I already said.
But then Bug's father returns and we realise the history between him and Michael. Just watch the episodes, listen to the dialogue between Michael and his mother. "People change" etc.
Then when Snoop asks Michael what Bug's Dad did to him he stays silent and looks up at Chris. Chris realises as he himself was sexually abused as a kid. We learn this later. Anyway, it is finally known when Snoop and Chris are walking Bug's father down the alleway and Chris starts asking him if he's a paedophile.
Then later, when Michael commits his first murder Chris says "You can look them in they eye now, no matter who they were or what they did". This implies that both Chris and Michael were vicitms of sexual abuse.

I don't think Michael wanted in the 'game'. It wasn't him, he knew it and so did Cutty. But when he asked for Marlo's help in getting Bug's father taken care of, he was theres.

back on topic. This is for another thread

tvnutz · 30-10-2008 3:37pm

kearnsr wrote: »

back on topic. This is for another thread

because he is 100% right??

Deirdre Lovejoy-getting typecast? saw her in a few eps of Eli Stone as...an ADA!

godtabh · 30-10-2008 4:45pm

tvnutz wrote: »

because he is 100% right??

Deirdre Lovejoy-getting typecast? saw her in a few eps of Eli Stone as...an ADA!

I did say it in my post before hand as well!

K4t · 30-10-2008 6:02pm

BAZM8 wrote: »

It seems "Heroes" is where the actors from the Wire are moving to. Marlow and Bubbles have been on the latest season so far. It must be a major change of pace from the reality based script of the Wire.

My brother was watching Heroes last night. Seeing a big shock of lightning or something come out of Bubbles's hand made me lol. That show is so ridiculous, it's definitely got a lot worse imho.

We should probably expect a few actors from the Wire popping up in the Law&Order series.

Dominic West (McNulty) is slated to play the villain, Jigsaw, in the December 2008 movie Punisher: War Zone.

AnCapaillMor · 30-10-2008 6:57pm

Loved the way Bubbles in heroes was essentially bubbles from the wire with powers.

tvnutz · 02-11-2008 3:58am

Robert Wisdom aka Bunny Colvin was in Supernatural this week. He played an angel that wanted to destroy a town.

JPA · 02-11-2008 4:14am

Sobotka is in True blood, pretty small part though.

Jay Ru · 02-11-2008 4:08pm

Micheal K Willaims/Omar has a part in an up coming film called The Road, he also had a tiny part in the Hulk. Wendell Pierce/The Bunk will be starting in the new David Simon show Threme and i wud expect to see Lester show up in that. Hurk has a small part in Entourage to, as did Spirios he was the studio head of Warner Bros

godtabh · 02-11-2008 5:34pm

Jay Ru wrote: »

Micheal K Willaims/Omar has a part in an up coming film called The Road, he also had a tiny part in the Hulk. Wendell Pierce/The Bunk will be starting in the new David Simon show Threme and i wud expect to see Lester show up in that. Hurk has a small part in Entourage to, as did Spirios he was the studio head of Warner Bros

Wendell Pierce was in Numbers during the week

rochie16 · 12-11-2008 5:31pm

No one seems to have mentioned that Idris Elba is now a big-time film star

NedTermo · 12-11-2008 6:45pm

Yea I've seen him in "American Gangster", what else is he in? Very good actor.

rochie16 · 12-11-2008 7:51pm

2 others I can think of are 28 weeks later and RocknRolla

El Diablo89 · 13-11-2008 12:55pm

Marlo is in max payne saw him on a trailer yesterday

luckat · 13-11-2008 5:36pm

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20233716,00.html

gd1987 · 23-11-2008 1:52pm

Ziggy was in generation kill, he's nowhere near as annoying in generation kill though.

luckat · 23-11-2008 4:07pm

Aidan Gillen (Carcetti) from Drumcondra is going to be in a film called 12 Rounds coming out next year, playing (oh dear) a tarrist:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Rounds_(film)

ITT-Pat · 24-11-2008 2:57am

Jay Ru wrote: »

Hurk has a small part in Entourage to, as did Spirios he was the studio head of Warner Bros

Wee-Bey/Hassan Johnson had a very small part in Entourage too.

Remember when Turtle signed that promising rapper Saigon? Wee-Bey was the guy that took him from Turtle cos they 'already had a deal'

Poochie05 · 01-12-2008 12:28am

Seth Gilliam is popping up in Law & Order: Criminal Intent for few episodes. His character's name is Detective Daniels!

ZappaFrank · 14-12-2008 10:19am

Bunny Colvin was in prison break
Bubbles was in the terminator series!

Robbo · 19-12-2008 5:35pm

Avon Barksdale pitched up in House recently as a hostage negotiator.

adrohan · 09-01-2009 1:34pm

Idris elba a.k.a stringer is in The unborn (david s goyer) and Prom night if I do recall

Smurfpiss · 12-01-2009 2:32am

bubbles was in an episode of numb3rs there.

poindexter · 16-01-2009 1:44am

what part in Heroes is bubs playing??

JonAnderton · 17-01-2009 9:03pm

I take it everyone saw Omar in RKelly's masterpiece Urban Operara "Trapped in the closet" playing...the cop...

Penn · 19-01-2009 3:53pm

poindexter wrote: »

what part in Heroes is bubs playing??

He was in it a few episodes ago as a guy who creates vortexs (vortices? :pac:)

Claire had to track him down. In the end, he created a vortex thing and jumped into it himself so I'm pretty sure he's gone for good

MayoForSam · 29-01-2009 1:23pm

Saw Chris Bauer (Frank Sobotka) on Fringe last night playing a weirdo computer programmer, didn't really look the part at all :rolleyes:.

Jip · 29-01-2009 1:28pm

Don't think it has been mentioned yet but there's 2 actors in the first episode of Generation Kill (haven't seen any subsequent ones yet), James Ransone who played Ziggy and Benjamin Busch who played Colicchio I think it was, the guy with the hair all shaved on the side, he looks no different in this.

tvnutz · 29-01-2009 1:55pm

MayoForSam wrote: »

Saw Chris Bauer (Frank Sobotka) on Fringe last night playing a weirdo computer programmer, didn't really look the part at all :rolleyes:.

Gbenga Akinnagbe (Chris Partlow) was also in the episode. ALong with series regular Lance Reddick we had 3 Wire actors in that episode.

elpresdentde · 29-01-2009 3:49pm

mc nulty showed up in that channel 4 series the devils whore as Cromwell
marlo was in heroes as well.

FX Meister · 08-02-2009 5:50pm

Saw Dom West in the new punisher movie. Judging by his acting in that film you could never believe he could be a good actor. He just stinks.

TarfHead · 10-02-2009 5:16pm

MayoForSam wrote: »

Saw Chris Bauer (Frank Sobotka) on Fringe last night playing a weirdo computer programmer, didn't really look the part at all :rolleyes:.

He was a priest, with hair, on Life on Mars US

Tristram · 10-02-2009 5:20pm

Frankie Faison (Comm. Burrell) is in "Nick & Norah's Inifinite Playlist" (

thank **** it's not inifinite, ****ing ****e

).

Poochie05 · 12-02-2009 8:52am

John Doman (Rawls) was in Damages.

Poochie05 · 01-03-2009 2:36pm

Now Lester has just popped up in Damages. Although they were playing completely different characters I couldn't get their Wire alter egos out of my head - quite a surreal scene with 'Rawls' in the jack dressed in a blue sequined dress and 'Lester' pops up behind him to discuss federal investigations into his business. My brain melted!

spatchco · 01-03-2009 9:13pm

well just finished watching the last episode of The Corner,what a great series but so depressing and to think it was made 8 years ago,but such a devastating last episode left me throwing my hands up in the air in desporation ,sorry i did not see it before i watched the wire,all i will say if you can get it and watch it an excellent series

redfacedbear · 02-03-2009 11:22am

Poochie05 wrote: »

Now Lester has just popped up in Damages. Although they were playing completely different characters I couldn't get their Wire alter egos out of my head - quite a surreal scene with 'Rawls' in the jack dressed in a blue sequined dress and 'Lester' pops up behind him to discuss federal investigations into his business. My brain melted!

Same here - I couldn't help thinking that the Damages writers were making a little 'in' joke by having Rawls dressed in drag for his first encounter with Lester.

Tim131 · 02-03-2009 2:57pm

Omar played a homless fella in Boston Legal, he was great

Auvers · 02-03-2009 3:09pm

Idris Elba aka Stringer Bell is in The Unborn

TarfHead · 10-03-2009 4:27pm

I was looking up imdb to find out track someone I saw in an ad for Brothers & Sisters.

There I noticed that Sonja 'Kima' Sohn is now in Brothers & Sisters.

Nil crossover appeal there

?

FWIW, the actor in question was also in Studio 60 ..

redfacedbear · 13-03-2009 11:01am

Amy Ryan (Beadie) is now Michael's new love interest in the episodes of the American version of the The Office currently showing on 3e.

deadwood · 18-03-2009 10:56am

It might be old news, but Dominic West mentioned this in an interview on Newstalk yesterday morning. He said it was even better than the wire!

'Wire' Vets Join HBO's 'Treme'

Wendell Pierce, Khandi Alexander set for David Simon's pilot

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Clarke Peters of 'The Wire'

"The Wire" creator David Simon is turning to some familiar faces for his next HBO project.

Two regulars from "The Wire" cast, Clarke Peters and Wendell Pierce, have signed on to Simon and Eric Overmyer's drama pilot "Treme." Former "CSI: Miami" star Khandi Alexander is in talks to join the show as well, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Alexander has a connection with Simon as well, having starred in the Simon-penned miniseries "The Corner" in 2000.

"Treme" will follow the lives of musicians and others who live in the titular New Orleans neighborhood as they try to rebuild their lives in the post-Katrina city. Pierce, a New Orleans native, will play a jazz musician who's fallen on tough times since the storm and who still has a soft spot for his ex-wife (Alexander), a bar owner.

Peters is set to play the leader of a Mardi Gras Indian tribe who's trying to get members of his tribe back home.

Alexander left the regular cast of "CSI: Miami" at the end of last season. She may still make a few guest appearances on the show.

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