plato's cave sixty three (being a film journal)

7.4.2018 - 7.31.2018
David Simon & Ed Burns - The Wire Season One episode Ten through Season Two Episode Five - 2002-2008

Characters from Season One and their notable roles:

Dominic West (Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty)
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby - 2001, The Affair

Wendell Pierce (Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland)

Malcolm X - 1992, Manhattan Murder Mystery - 1993, Selma - 2014, Ray Donovan, The Gift - 2015

Lance Reddick (Lt. Cedric Daniels)
The Corner, Oz, John Wick I & II, Bosch

Sonja Sohn (Det. Shakima 'Kima' Greggs)
Bringing Out the Dead - 1999, Luke Cage - 2016

Clarke Peters (Det. Lester Freamon)

Mona Lisa - 1986, The Corner, Oz, K-PAX - 2001, True Detective - 2014, John Wick - 2014, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - 2017

Seth Gilliam (Det. Ellis Carver)
Oz, Homeland, The Walking Dead

Domenick Lombardozzi (Det. Thomas 'Herc' Hauk)

A Bronx Tale - 1993, Oz, Miami Vice - 2006, Public Enemies - 2009, God's Pocket - 2014, Boardwalk Empire, Daredevil, Bridge of Spies - 2015

Jim True-Frost (Det. Roland 'Prez' Pryzbylewski)
Singles - 1992, The Hudsucker Proxy - 1994, Homicide: Life on the Street, Affliction - 1997, Boardwalk Empire

Corey Parker Robinson (Det. Leander Sydnor)
Homicide: Life on the Street, The Corner, Boardwalk Empire

John Doman (Maj. William A. Rawls)
Die Hard with a Vengeance - 1995, Cop Land - 1997, The Sopranos, Oz, Mystic River - 2003, Blue Valentine - 2010, House of Cards, The Affair, You Were Never Really Here - 2017

Frankie Faison (Dep. Comm. for Operations Ervin H. Burrell)
Manhunter - 1986, Coming to America - 1988, Mississippi Burning - 1988, Do the Right Thing - 1989, The Silence of the Lambs - 1991, Oz, My Blueberry Nights - 2007

Nat Benchley (Det. Augustus Polk)
Broadcast News -1987

Tom Quinn (Det. Patrick Mahon)
Homicide: Life on the Street

Richard DeAngelis (Maj. Raymond Foerster)
Broadcast News - 1987

Robert F. Colesberry (Det. Ray Cole)
Mississippi Burning - 1988, The Corner (Mostly known as a producer)

Delaney Williams (Sgt. Jay Landsman)
Homicide: Life on the Street, The Corner, The Punisher

Al Brown (Maj. Stanislaus Valchek)
Homicide: Life on the Street

Michael Salconi (Off. Michael 'Sanny' Santangelo / Det. Michael 'Sanny' Santangelo)
Homicide: Life on the Street

Wood Harris (Avon Barksdale)
Oz, Southland, Creed - 2015, Blade Runner 2049 - 2017

Idris Elba (Russell 'Stringer' Bell)

28 Weeks Later - 2007, American Gangster - 2007, The Office - 2009, Prometheus - 2012, Thor: Ragnarok - 2017

Lawrence Gilliard Jr. (D'Angelo Barksdale)
Homicide: Life on the Street, Trees Lounge - 1996, Gangs of New York - 2002, The Machinist - 2004, Southland - 2012, The Walking Dead

J.D. Williams (Preston 'Bodie' Broadus)
The Sopranos, Oz, The Night Of

Michael B. Jordan (Wallace)
The Sopranos, Fruitvale Station - 2013, Creed - 2015, Black Panther - 2018

Hassan Johnson (Roland 'Wee-Bey' Brice)
Brooklyn's Finest - 2009

Clayton LeBouef (Wendell 'Orlando' Blocker)
Homicide: Life on the Street & The Corner

Michael Kenneth Williams (Omar Little)
Bringing Out the Dead - 1999, The Sopranos - 2001, Gone Baby Gone - 2007, Brooklyn's Finest - 2009, 12 Years a Slave - 2013, Inherent Vice - 2014, Boardwalk Empire, Triple 9 - 2016

Andre Royo (Reginald 'Bubbles' Cousins)
Super - 2010

Leo Fitzpatrick (Johnny Weeks)
Kids - 1995, Fay Grim - 2006, Sons of Anarchy

Deirdre Lovejoy (Asst. State's Atty. Rhonda Pearlman)
Seinfeld, The Talented Mr. Ripley - 1999

Peter Gerety (Judge Daniel Phelan)

Homicide: Life on the Street, Inside Man - 2006, Charlie Wilson's War - 2007, Public Enemies - 2009, Flight - 2012, God's Pocket - 2014, A Most Violent Year - 2014, Daredevil - 2015

Steve Earle (Walon)
Nashville - 1975 (as concert goer)

Robert F. Chew (Joseph 'Proposition Joe' Stewart)
Homicide: Life on the Street & The Corner

Isiah Whitlock Jr. (State Sen. R. Clayton 'Clay' Davis)
Goodfellas - 1990, 25th Hour - 2002, Brooklyn's Finest - 2009, Louie

(mostly did this post because there were hardly any images of these great actors in good quality on line. they all set a new standard. Still from season two to follow)