Wire Actors in other things

There's a bit in the oral history book where Andre Royo (i think) mentions losing a job because they had cast Michael K. Williams in another role and didn't want two Wire actors in their movie because then people would compare it to The Wire.

Wonder what the record is for Most Wire Actors in a Single Film or TV Show is, post-The Wire. The Walking Dead had Cutty, D'Angelo and Carver, though I can't recall if Carver overlapped with the other two.

Damages season 2 had Rawls, Freamon and the newspaper guy from season 5. Clearly trying to be as complicated as the Wire and failing.

xp henry -- yes, they did overlap, but then two of them died soon after iirc

The question would be: as members of an ensemble cast, or in terms of appearances throughout the duration of a show? Like, if we're talking appearances, the winner would probably be something like CSI whatever or Criminal Minds or Supernatural or one of those long running killer/monster of the week shows.

Sadly I can't find a picture of Prez with soul patch and sensitive world-music fan hat as seen in Singles.

― joygoat, Friday, July 10, 2009 3:54 PM (eleven years ago) bookmarkflaglink

Just found this out today.

https://ilarge.lisimg.com/image/21515218/1118full-singles-screenshot.jpg

caught bubbles in the slight but kind of cool and effective sci-fi Prospect the other day. "bubbles!" i said.

City on a Hill (Showtime): Rawls as Rawls, but a District Attorney arguing a case in front of Judge Phelan who plays Judge Phelan but with a Bahston accent

That's amazing.

Prez also turned up as a lothario poet/guitar teacher in Saint Frances (it's a good film too, on Netflix).

Such a long time since I saw this, I barely recall Prez's character, it's frightening how much the guy on the far left looks like Keir Dullea tho'.

I'm sure this is old news but Chris Bauer has a role in For All Mankind. I knew that he wore a fat suit when he played Sobotka, but damn, I didn't realize just how trim he is till I saw him on FAM.

Isiah Whitlock is in Gremlins 2 as a firefighter for about half a second.

― EDB, Saturday, July 11, 2009 8:51 AM

Dudes. DUDES.

https://i.imgur.com/Y7Nn9SA.png

Hizzoner Glynn Turman, Mayor Clarence Royce, was the science teacher in the first Gremlins!

whoa!