who had the best acting performances on the wire [ other than Elba...too obvious]

[FaTaL]

Marlo. He was so cold blooded. Great acting.

Seeing him as a nice guy cop in Bosch was weird

honestly marlo seemed very wooden in the wire

 

[KravenMorehead™]

Cutty
D
Bunk

 

[Pinyapplesuckas]

that lil nikka that had that pandemic

 

[HollywoodP]

My vote goes to Omar. The lengths he had to go for that character are pretty astounding...he was a convincing gay dude when he's straight in real life. He has a baltimore accent the entire series and he's from BK. He was legitimately one of the most intriguing and quotable character throughout the show and he was on all 5 seasons.

 

[Mr. Pink]

Jay Landsman is up there.

 

[SteelCitySoldier]

Omar and Bubbles were the best two acted characters on this show and the third ain't even close. Those two were so complex and went through so many changes on the show it was crazy. You got all types of scenes that included them...for the most part everyone was seen in one or two different lights while with this character you saw them from four or five different perspectives.

Third would probably have to be DeAngelo for me because he was sort of in the same plight. He didn't want to be a part of that shyt but he had little choice. Struggled with the rights and wrongs... that nikka makes me think of that Malice verse from Not You

 

[ahomeplateslugger]

i say bubbles because of the range he displayed...went from crackhead, to recovery/rehab and then clean. that's a hard transformation to pull off and he did a great job.

the actors who played the straight gangster roles like marlo, avon, wee-bay, etc. did a good job, but the characters were too one-dimensional and lacked depth. omar, michael, D, cutty, bodie and stringer showed great depth and emotion while still having that edge.

14 years later and the wire is still considered one of the best shows ever. the story and complexity of the characters was so ahead of its time

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

that lil nikka that had that pandemic

Got that PANDEMIC...!!

PURPLE TOP...GOT THAT PURPLE TOP!

WMD! WMD!

 

[SteelCitySoldier]

i say bubbles because of the range he displayed...went from crackhead, to recovery/rehab and then clean. that's a hard transformation to pull off and he did a great job.

the actors who played the straight gangster roles like marlo, avon, wee-bay, etc. did a good job, but the characters were too one-dimensional and lacked depth. omar, michael, D, cutty, bodie and stringer showed great depth and emotion while still having that edge.

14 years later and the wire is still considered one of the best shows ever. the story and complexity of the characters was so ahead of its time

If this shyt was on today it would be one of the highest rated shows ever IMO

 

[Shogun]

Kenard

 

[KevCo]

Omar
Bubbles
D'Angelo

































.......Ziggy....

 

[Drake is God]

kenard

 

[Stez]

Slim Charles.

 

[SteelCitySoldier]

Slim Charles.

I actually know that nikka. He worked wit me at a grocery store called Shoppers Food Warehouse in D.C. nikka had no experience whatsoever and went to a casting call and they put him on. nikka was the same laid back ass nikka in real life as he was on the show, didn't change a muthafukin thing. Barkyard used to wreck shyt back in the day too and I ain't even a nikka who like gogo

 

[ZEB WALTON]

Bodie
Bubbles
Frank sabotka
And wee bay lol only cuz we both from stat and i know mad heada just like that