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"Game Day" is the ninth episode of the first season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by David H. Melnick & Shamit Choksey from a story by David Simon & Ed Burns and was directed by Milcho Manchevski. It originally aired...
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| x The Target |
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"The Target" is the first episode of the first season of the HBO original series, The Wire, the pilot episode of the series. The episode was written by David Simon from a story by David Simon & Ed Burns and was directed by Clark Johnson. It...
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| x The Detail |
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"The Detail" is the second episode of the first season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by David Simon from a story by David Simon & Ed Burns and was directed by Clark Johnson. It originally aired on June 9, 2002.
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| x The Buys |
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"The Buys" is the third episode of the first season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by David Simon from a story by David Simon & Ed Burns and was directed by Peter Medak. It originally aired on June 16, 2002.
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| x The Wire |
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"The Wire" is the sixth episode of the first season of the HBO original series, The Wire, the titular episode of the series. The episode was written by David Simon from a story by David Simon & Ed Burns and was directed by Ed Bianchi. It originally...
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| x Old Cases |
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"Old Cases" is the fourth episode of the first season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by David Simon from a story by David Simon & Ed Burns and was directed by Clement Virgo. It originally aired on June 23, 2002.
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| x One Arrest |
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"One Arrest" is the seventh episode of the first season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by Rafael Alvarez from a story by David Simon & Ed Burns and was directed by Joe Chappelle. It originally aired on July 14, 2002....
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| x The Pager |
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"The Pager" is the fifth episode of the first season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by Ed Burns from a story by David Simon & Ed Burns and was directed by Clark Johnson. It originally aired on June 30, 2002.
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| x Lessons |
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"Lessons" is the eighth episode of the first season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by David Simon from a story by David Simon & Ed Burns and was directed by Gloria Muzio. It originally aired on July 21, 2002.
In the...
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| x The Cost |
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"The Cost" is the tenth episode of the first season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by David Simon from a story by David Simon & Ed Burns and was directed by Brad Anderson. It originally aired on August 11, 2002.
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| x The Hunt |
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"The Hunt" is the eleventh episode of the first season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by Joy Lusco from a story by David Simon & Ed Burns and was directed by Steve Shill. It originally aired on August 18, 2002.
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| x Cleaning Up |
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"Cleaning Up" is the twelfth episode of the first season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by George Pelecanos from a story by David Simon & Ed Burns and was directed by Clement Virgo. It originally aired on September 1,...
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| x Sentencing |
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"Sentencing" is the thirteenth episode and finale of the first season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by David Simon & Ed Burns and was directed by Tim Van Patten. It originally aired on September 8, 2002.
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| x Ebb Tide |
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"Ebb Tide" is the first episode of the second season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by David Simon, from a story by Simon and Ed Burns, and was directed by Ed Bianchi. It originally aired on June 1, 2003.
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| x Collateral Damage |
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"Collateral Damage" is the second episode of the second season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by David Simon from a story by Simon and Ed Burns and was directed by Ed Bianchi. It originally aired on June 8, 2003.
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| x Hot Shots |
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"Hot Shots" is the third episode of the second season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by David Simon from a story by David Simon & Ed Burns and was directed by Elodie Keene. It originally aired on June 15, 2003.
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| x Hard Cases |
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"Hard Cases" is the fourth episode of the second season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by Joy Lusco from a story by David Simon & Joy Lusco and was directed by Elodie Keene. It originally aired on June 22, 2003.
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| x Undertow |
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"Undertow" is the fifth episode of the second season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by Ed Burns from a story by David Simon & Ed Burns and was directed by Steve Shill. It originally aired on June 29, 2003.
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| x All Prologue |
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"All Prologue" is the sixth episode of the second season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by David Simon from a story by David Simon & Ed Burns and was directed by Steve Shill. It originally aired on July 6, 2003.
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| x Backwash |
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"Backwash" is the seventh episode of the second season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by Rafael Alvarez from a story by David Simon & Rafael Alvarez and was directed by Thomas J. Wright. It originally aired on July 13,...
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| x Duck and Cover |
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"Duck and Cover" is the eighth episode of the second season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by George Pelecanos from a story by David Simon & George Pelecanos and was directed by Daniel Attias. It originally aired on...
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| x Stray Rounds |
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"Stray Rounds" is the ninth episode of the second season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by David Simon from a story by David Simon & Ed Burns and was directed by Tim Van Patten. It originally aired on July 27, 2003....
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| x Storm Warnings |
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"Storm Warnings" is the tenth episode of the second season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by Ed Burns from a story by David Simon & Ed Burns and was directed by Robert Bailey. It originally aired on August 10, 2003....
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| x Bad Dreams |
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"Bad Dreams" is the eleventh episode of the second season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by George Pelecanos from a story by David Simon & George Pelecanos and was directed by Ernest Dickerson. It originally aired on...
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| x Port in a Storm |
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"Port in a Storm" is the twelfth and final episode of the second season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by David Simon from a story by David Simon & Ed Burns and was directed by Robert F. Colesberry. It originally aired...
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| x Jimmy McNulty |
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Detective James "Jimmy" McNulty is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by British actor Dominic West. McNulty is an Irish American detective in the Baltimore Police Department. While he has proven to be a canny and tenacious...
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| x Bodie Broadus |
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Preston "Bodie" Broadus is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor J. D. Williams. Bodie is initially a Barksdale organization drug dealer and slowly rises through the ranks.
Preston "Bodie" Broadus was raised by his...
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| x Spiros Vondas |
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Spiros "Vondas" Vondopoulos (Greek: Σπύρος Βονδοπουλος; born June 10, 1960) is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire played by actor Paul Ben-Victor.
Vondas is The Greek's second-in-command and acted as a buffer between the Greek and his...
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| x Ziggy Sobotka |
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Chester Karol "Ziggy" Sobotka is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor James Ransone. Though his father Frank Sobotka was a well-respected Stevedore union leader, Ziggy's often reckless and juvenile behavior gained him...
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| x Marlo Stanfield |
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Marlo "Black" Stanfield is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Jamie Hector. Marlo is a young, ruthless and ambitious player in the Baltimore drug trade who gains control of West Baltimore and is the head of his own drug...
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| x Nick Sobotka |
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Nick Sobotka (born April 7, 1976) is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Pablo Schreiber.
Nick is Frank Sobotka's nephew a dock worker in his uncle's union. He often had to keep his cousin Ziggy out of trouble. Nick was...
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| x Tommy Carcetti |
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Thomas J. "Tommy" Carcetti is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Aidan Gillen. Carcetti is an ambitious Baltimore politician who hopes to rise from a seat on the city council to the position of mayor. While many think...
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| x Cedric Daniels |
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Cedric Daniels is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Lance Reddick. He is a well regarded officer in the department whose focus is on good police work and quality arrests. He tends to have disagreements with some of the...
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| x Avon Barksdale |
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Avon Randolph Barksdale is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire portrayed by actor Wood Harris. Avon is the top drug dealer of Baltimore's west side, running the Barksdale Organization. He runs the West Baltimore drug trade with total...
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| x Rhonda Pearlman |
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Rhonda Pearlman is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actress Deirdre Lovejoy. Pearlman has been the legal system liaison for all of Lieutenant Cedric Daniels' investigations on the show. She has begun a personal relationship...
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| x Judge Phelan |
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| x Stringer Bell |
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Russell "Stringer" Bell is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by British actor Idris Elba. Bell served as drug kingpin Avon Barksdale's second in command, assuming direct control of the Barksdale Organization during Avon's...
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| x Kima Greggs |
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Detective Shakima "Kima" Greggs is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actress Sonja Sohn. Greggs is a police detective in the Baltimore Police Department who is a dedicated officer and capable detective with some off the job...
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| x D'Angelo Barksdale |
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D'Angelo "Dee" Barksdale is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire played by actor Larry Gilliard Jr. D'Angelo is the nephew of Avon Barksdale and a lieutenant in his drug dealing organization which controls most of the trade in West...
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| x Omar Little |
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Omar Devone Little is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, portrayed by Michael K. Williams. Omar is a renowned stick-up man who lives by a strict code and never deviates from his rules, foremost of which is that he never robs or menaces...
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| x Lester Freamon |
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Lester Freamon is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Clarke Peters. Freamon is a detective in the Baltimore Police Department's Major Crimes Unit. He is a slow and methodical detective who quietly makes major...
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| x Bunk Moreland |
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William "Bunk" Moreland is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Wendell Pierce. Bunk's character is based on a retired Baltimore City Police Detective named Rick Requer and nicknamed "the Bunk", an officer who joined the...
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| x Maurice Levy |
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Maurice "Maury" Levy is a fictional lawyer on the HBO drama The Wire, played by Michael Kostroff. He is a skilled defense attorney and was kept on retainer by the drug-trafficking Barksdale crew, who represented the organization's members at trials...
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| x William Rawls |
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William A. Rawls is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor John Doman. Over the course of the series he ascends to the rank of Acting Commissioner. Only brief glimpses are seen of his personal life and it is implied that he...
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| x Clark Johnson |
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Clark Johnson (born September 10, 1954), sometimes credited as "Clark 'Slappy' Jackson", "Clarque Johnson", and "J. Clark Johnson", is an American actor and director who has worked in both television and film.
Johnson was born in Philadelphia,...
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| x Sonja Sohn |
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Sonja Sohn is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Detective Kima Greggs on the hit HBO drama The Wire. Sohn is of East African and Korean heritage. Before she was an actress, Sohn was a slam poet, having written lyrics and co...
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| x Idris Elba |
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Idris Akuna Elba (born 6 September 1972) is a British television, theatre, and film actor who has starred in both British and American productions. Idris Elba grew up in Hackney, East London. One of his first acting roles was in the soap opera...
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| x Aidan Gillen |
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Aidan Gillen (born Aidan Murphy; 24 April 1968) is an Irish stage and screen actor, best known in the UK for his role as Stuart Jones in the ground-breaking Channel 4 television series Queer as Folk. He is perhaps best known to US audiences for his...
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| x Dominic West |
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Dominic West (born 15 October 1969 in Sheffield, Yorkshire) is an English actor best known for his role as Detective Jimmy McNulty in the HBO drama series The Wire.
West was born into an Irish Catholic family in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England to...
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| x John Doman |
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John Doman (born January 9, 1945) is an American actor. Doman was born in Philadelphia, PA and is an alumnus of Northeast Catholic High School. He is a 1963 graduate and a member of the School's Hall of Fame. He is best known for playing Deputy...
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| x Wood Harris |
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Wood Harris (born October 17, 1969) is an American actor, perhaps best known for his roles as Avon Barksdale in the HBO television drama The Wire and as Julius Campbell in the motion picture Remember the Titans.
Harris was born Sherwin David Harris...
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| x Michael B. Jordan |
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Michael B. Jordan (born February 9, 1987) is an American actor.
He joined the cast of soap opera All My Children in March 2003 playing the role of Reggie Porter (later Reggie Montgomery), a troubled teenager, until June 2006. Jordan was released...
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| x Amy Ryan |
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Amy Ryan (born November 30, 1969) is an American actress.
Born in New York City's Queens borough, Ryan and her sister delivered the Daily News by bike when growing up in the 1970s. At a young age, she attended the Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts...
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| x Paul Ben-Victor |
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Paul Ben-Victor (born July 24, 1962) is an American actor.
Ben-Victor was born Paul Friedman in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Leah Kornfeld, a playwright, and Victor Friedman. Ben-Victor debuted on the small screen in 1987 in the made-for-TV movie...
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| x Peter Gerety |
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Peter Gerety (born May 17, 1940) is an American actor.
Gerety began acting while a student at Boston University, participating in productions at the Charles Playhouse. In 1965, he joined the Trinity Square Repertory Company, a theater troupe in...
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| x Lance Reddick |
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Lance Reddick is an American theater, film and TV actor, born in Baltimore, Maryland. He starred in The Wire as Cedric Daniels, appeared in Oz as Detective Johnny Basil and appeared in the fourth and fifth seasons of Lost. He now has a prominent...
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| x Glynn Turman |
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Glynn Russell Turman (born January 31, 1947) is an American stage, television, and film actor as well as a writer, director, and producer. He is perhaps best known for his roles as high school student Leroy "Preach" Jackson in the 1975 coming-of-age...
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| x Chris Bauer |
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Mark Christopher Bauer (born October 28, 1966) is an American film and television actor.
Bauer was born in Los Angeles, California and graduated from Miramonte High School in Orinda, California, in 1984, playing on the Championship football team of...
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| x Frankie Faison |
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Frankie Russel Faison (born June 10, 1949), often credited as Frankie R. Faison, is an American actor.
Faison was born in Newport News, Virginia, the son of Carmena (née Gantt) and Edgar Faison. He studied drama at Illinois Wesleyan University in...
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| x James Ransone |
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James Ransone (born 2 June 1979) is an American actor. He is most famous for his roles as Ziggy Sobotka in the second season of HBO's The Wire, and Corporal Josh Ray Person in the Iraq war-based mini-series Generation Kill.
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