#Detective William ' Bunk' Moreland

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The actor Michael K Williams, who died yesterday at the age of 54, was best known for his role as Om

The actor Michael K Williams, who died yesterday at the age of 54, was best known for his role as Omar Little in The Wire which aired from 2002 to 2008. Isiah Whitlock Jr, who played Senator Davis in the show, described Williams as “one of the nicest brothers on the planet with the biggest heart. An amazing actor and soul.” Wendell Pierce, who played Detective Bunk Moreland in the series, described Williams as "an immensely talented man with the ability to give voice to the human condition portraying the lives of those whose humanity is seldom elevated until he sings their truth”.n While it was his role in The Wire that gave Williams mainstream success, the Brooklyn-born actor starred in other critically acclaimed films and TV series. Swipe through for some snapshots of Williams' career. Photos: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP + Lionsgate/Andrew Boonkrong/Allstar + Netflix/Marcos Cruz/Allstar + HBO/AP + Everett Collection Inc/Alamy + Paramount Pictures/Allstar + Photo 12/Alamy + PixelPro/Alamy & HBO/Allstar #MichaelKWilliams #OmarLittle #TheWire #Actor #Filmactor #BoardwalkEmpire

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This Actor From The Wire Wants To Be The New Cleveland On Family Guy

This Actor From The Wire Wants To Be The New Cleveland On Family Guy

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Family Guy is getting a slight cast shake-up with Mike Henry having stepped away from the role of Cleveland Brown, stating definitively that “persons of color should play characters of color.” Now, as the show looks to recast the character, one experienced actor’s campaign to take over the role is gaining traction.

Wendell Pierce, who famously played Detective William “Bunk” Moreland on…

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Cast of HBO’s ‘The Wire’ Send Well Wishes To Idris Elba After Coronavirus Diagnosis

Source: Idris Elba / @idriselba / Twitter

The cast of HBO’s critically acclaimed show The Wire is sending their love and support to fellow cast member Idris Elba after his announcement that he tested positive for COVID-19.

On Monday (Mar 16), actor Wendell Pierce, who portrayed Detective William “Bunk Moreland” in the HBO Baltimore crime drama, took to Twitter to show his support of Elba, who famously portrayed drug kingpin Stringer Bell in the series.

“The entire cast of ‘The Wire’ wishes our brother @IdrisElba to get well soon as he fights this virus,” Pierce wrote. “Take care and best of health.”

The entire cast of The Wire wishes our brother @IdrisElba to get well soon as he fights this virus. Take care and best of health. @WireFans

— Wendell Pierce (@WendellPierce) March 16, 2020

Andre Royo, who portrayed the character “Bubbles,” showed his support by referencing a famous quote made by Elba’s character Stringer Bell in the series, in which he famously said: “Ain’t nobody got nothing to say about a 40-degree day.”

“Yo It’s just one of those 40 degrees days my Brother,” Royo tweeted. “You will be fine and stronger than ever. Love to you and wifey and the fam!!”

As previously reported, Elba made the announcement in a video alongside his wife, Sabrina Dhowre Elba, that he tested positive for COVID-19, the disease also known as the coronavirus.

“This morning I tested positive for Covid 19,” he wrote in a caption for the video posted on Twitter. “I feel ok, I have no symptoms so far but have been isolated since I found out about my possible exposure to the virus. Stay home people and be pragmatic. I will keep you updated on how I’m doing. No panic.”

This morning I tested positive for Covid 19. I feel ok, I have no symptoms so far but have been isolated since I found out about my possible exposure to the virus. Stay home people and be pragmatic. I will keep you updated on how I’m doing

No panic. pic.twitter.com/Lg7HVMZglZ

— Idris Elba (@idriselba) March 16, 2020

Idris went live on Tuesday (Mar 17) to give fans an update on how he’s doing and shedding light on what to expect if you test positive.

“Just wanting to give you guys an update, I promised I would be checking in,” Idris said via video. “I know the news of testing positive was an eye-opener for a lot of you and it made the threat of it extremely real for me and my family. It’s day two and I am not experiencing any symptoms, my voice is a little tight but that’s because I didn’t sleep well––but they are monitoring my temperature by taking it twice a day.”

https://t.co/3Y98aND7Dv

— Idris Elba (@idriselba) March 17, 2020

David Simon, who created “The Wire,” also shared his support for Elba on Twitter.

“Hunker down and get well, Dris,” he wrote “Fine messaging for the rest of us.”

source https://hiphopwired.com/846137/the-wire-cast-sends-well-wishes-to-idris-elba-after-coronavirus/

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#BlackArticle - Cast Members Of 'The Wire' Send Idris Elba Well Wishes Over Coronavirus Diagnosis

#BlackArticle – Cast Members Of ‘The Wire’ Send Idris Elba Well Wishes Over Coronavirus Diagnosis

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Cast members of the acclaimed 2000s series “The Wire” sent well wishes to Idris Elba on Twitter this week after the actor announced on Monday that he had tested positive for the novel coronavirus. 

Wendell Pierce, who portrayed detective William “Bunk” Moreland in the HBO Baltimore crime drama, tweeted to Elba, who famously portrayed drug kingpin Stringer Bell in the series. 

“The…

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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)

Source: http://theartofmemory.blogspot.com/2018/07/platos-cave-sixty-three-being-film.html

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‘The Wire’ Honored With ‘Classic TV’ Award By American Black Film Festival

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HBO’s hit series The Wire has long been heralded as the ��greatest tv show of all time” and over the weekend the sentiment was solidified by the American Black Film Festival.

On Sunday (Feb. 23) the American Black Film Festival awarded the acclaimed 2000s series “The Wire” with the Classic Television award at its honors gala. The ABFF celebrated the HBO Baltimore crime drama, created by David Simon, for being widely regarded as “one of the greatest television shows of all time,” a press release stated.

During the ceremony, the cast members from “The Wire’ accepted the award on stage in Beverly Hills, California. Wendell Pierce, who portrayed detective William “Bunk” Moreland in the series, delivered an acceptance speech, alongside other cast members, including Lance Reddick, Andre Royo, Jamie Hector, Sonja Sohn and Michael K. Williams.

“This is a great honor for us… the many years we did ‘The Wire’ we never got awards,” Pierce said. “We’re breaking records tonight, getting our first one. Twenty years ago we gathered in Baltimore to start filming this television series that we were hoping would be our best work… but what we couldn’t [have] seen, was the fact that it captured the zeitgeist of the time and changed American television history.”

@WendellPierce and THE WIRE Cast Accepting the #ABFFHonors Classic Television Award pic.twitter.com/jehFTCD2SX

— ABFF (@ABFF) February 24, 2020

Pierce also noted that what makes the series a classic is that “it speaks to our humanity then when it was filmed [and] now it’s still relevant and years after we are gone, it will still speak to our humanity because it was authentic and truthful.”

During the hit shows six seasons, from 2002 to 2008, critics widely accused the Emmys of snubbing “The Wire” by not granting the show a single award and only giving it two noms for writing. Despite the show’s massive success the show has only won a total of four awards overall including the Peabody Award, Writer’s Guild of America Award for Television, and a Director’s Guild America Award for Outstanding Directing �� Drama Series.

source https://hiphopwired.com/841376/the-wire-honored-with-classic-tv-award-by-american-black-film-festival/