Agnieszka HollandDirector
Dominic WestDet. James "Jimmy" McNulty
John DomanWilliam A. Rawls
Frankie FaisonComm. Ervin H. Burrell
Wood HarrisAvon Barksdale
Domenick LombardozziDet. Thomas "Herc" Hauk
Deirdre LovejoyRhonda Pearlman
Wendell PierceDet. William "Bunk" Moreland
Lance ReddickLt. Cedric Daniels
Andre RoyoBubbles
Sonja SohnDet. Shakima "Kima" Greggs
J.D. WilliamsPreston "Bodie" Broadus
Seth GilliamSgt. Ellis Carver
Clarke PetersDet. Lester Freamon
Jim True-FrostDet. Roland "Prezbo" Pryzbylewski
Michael WilliamsOmar Little
Corey RobinsonDet. Leander Sydnor
Robert WisdomHoward "Bunny" Colvin
Aidan GillenThomas "Tommy" Carcetti
Jamie HectorMarlo Stanfield
Chad ColemanDennis "Cutty" Wise
Isiah Whitlock Jr.State Sen. R. Clayton "Clay" Davis
Glynn TurmanMayor Clarence V. Royce
Reg CatheyNorman Wilson
Tom McCarthyScott Templeton
Gbenga AkinnagbeChris Partlow
Neal HuffChief of Staff Michael Steintorf
Jermaine CrawfordDuquan "Dukie" Weems
Tristan WildsMichael Lee
Michael KostroffMaurice "Maury" Levy
Michelle ParessAlma Gutierrez
Paul Ben-VictorSpiros "Vondas" Vondopoulos
Amy RyanOff. Beatrice "Beadie" Russell
Callie ThorneElena McNulty
Steve EarleWalon
Felicia PearsonFelicia "Snoop" Pearson
Marlyne BarrettCouncil President Nerese Campbell
Dion GrahamState's Attorney Rupert Bond
Delaney WilliamsSgt. Jay Landsman
David CostabileManaging Editor Thomas Klebanow
Sam FreedExecutive Editor James C. Whiting III
Robert PoletickMetro Editor Steven Luxenberg
Darrell Britt-GibsonDarius "O-Dog" Hill
Kwame Patterson"Monk" Metcalf
Tom McCarthyState Editor Tim Phelps
Brian WilsonDet. Vernon Holley
Brandon YoungMike Fletcher
Keenon BriceAaron "Bug" Manigault
Thuliso DingwallKenard
Tony CordovaMichael McNulty