Judging Fall TV Shows Based On Whether Or Not They Have Actors From The Wire On Them
With every new season of tv, there seems to be a spat of "Hey, I know that person from somewhere"-itis. For this fall in particular, there seems to be a whole host of tv shows who have decided to cast actors from The Wire, which just so happens to be one of my all-time favorite tv shows. Here's a list of who I've happened to notice, so far:
-James Ransome, aka Chester "Ziggy" Sobotka, had a starring role as Cpl. Josh Ray Person in the HBO Miniseries Generation Kill.
-Chris Bauer, who played Ziggy's pop, Frank Sobotka, is Andy Bellefleur on True Blood.
-Lance Reddick, who was the commanding officer of the Major Crimes Unit, Lt. Cedric Daniels, popped up a few times on LOST as the mysterious Matthew Abbadon, and is currently playing Broyles on Fringe.
-Clarke Peters, as the incredibly smooth Detective Lester Freamon, had a cameo in the US import of Life On Mars as Sam Tyler's boss in 2008, Captain Bellow.
-Pablo Schrieber, who played Nick Sobotka, will also be appearing on Life On Mars in a guest role as Trent, in an episode that I'm assuming will follow the UK original, as he's playing a character which was directly from the second episode of that show.
-Tristan Wilds, who played Michael Lee, who in a show chock-full of well-plotted story arcs, had one of the series' best, is now doing time on 90210, as Dixon Wilson.
-Glynn Turman, as Mayor Clarence Royce, stopped by Cold Case last month as Al Towert.
-Amy Ryan, who was Officer Beadie Russell, is currently enduring Michael Scott's antics as HR rep Holly Flax on The Office.
-Jamie Hector, who played the ever-elusive drug kingpin Marlo Stanfield, is terrorizing Peter and Claire and the gang over on Heroes as Villain Benjamin Knox.
-Also on Heroes, Bubbles himself, Andre Royo, will be appearing as Villain Stephen Canfield.
-Robert Wisdom, who played Major Howard "Bunny" Colvin, is set to appear later this season on Supernatural as Uriel, an angel.
-Benjamin Busch, who appeared as the always hot-tempered Officer Colicchio, also was in Generation Kill, as Major Todd Eckloff.
-Rapper Method Man, who was Cheese Wagstaff, was Valentine on Burn Notice, and also has a recurring role on CSI as Drops.
-Callie Thorne, as Elena McNulty, ex-wife to Det. Jimmy McNulty, had a recurring role on Prison Break as Pam Mahone. She was also Crazy Sheila on Rescue Me.
Phew!
-James Ransome, aka Chester "Ziggy" Sobotka, had a starring role as Cpl. Josh Ray Person in the HBO Miniseries Generation Kill.
-Chris Bauer, who played Ziggy's pop, Frank Sobotka, is Andy Bellefleur on True Blood.
-Lance Reddick, who was the commanding officer of the Major Crimes Unit, Lt. Cedric Daniels, popped up a few times on LOST as the mysterious Matthew Abbadon, and is currently playing Broyles on Fringe.
-Clarke Peters, as the incredibly smooth Detective Lester Freamon, had a cameo in the US import of Life On Mars as Sam Tyler's boss in 2008, Captain Bellow.
-Pablo Schrieber, who played Nick Sobotka, will also be appearing on Life On Mars in a guest role as Trent, in an episode that I'm assuming will follow the UK original, as he's playing a character which was directly from the second episode of that show.
-Tristan Wilds, who played Michael Lee, who in a show chock-full of well-plotted story arcs, had one of the series' best, is now doing time on 90210, as Dixon Wilson.
-Glynn Turman, as Mayor Clarence Royce, stopped by Cold Case last month as Al Towert.
-Amy Ryan, who was Officer Beadie Russell, is currently enduring Michael Scott's antics as HR rep Holly Flax on The Office.
-Jamie Hector, who played the ever-elusive drug kingpin Marlo Stanfield, is terrorizing Peter and Claire and the gang over on Heroes as Villain Benjamin Knox.
-Also on Heroes, Bubbles himself, Andre Royo, will be appearing as Villain Stephen Canfield.
-Robert Wisdom, who played Major Howard "Bunny" Colvin, is set to appear later this season on Supernatural as Uriel, an angel.
-Benjamin Busch, who appeared as the always hot-tempered Officer Colicchio, also was in Generation Kill, as Major Todd Eckloff.
-Rapper Method Man, who was Cheese Wagstaff, was Valentine on Burn Notice, and also has a recurring role on CSI as Drops.
-Callie Thorne, as Elena McNulty, ex-wife to Det. Jimmy McNulty, had a recurring role on Prison Break as Pam Mahone. She was also Crazy Sheila on Rescue Me.
Phew!