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1
Idris Elba
Stringer Bell
· 37 eps
5.0
#611 overall
2
Michael B. Jordan
Wallace
· 12 eps
4.8
#653 overall
3
Richard Belzer
John Munch
· 1 eps
3.2
#1,363 overall
4
Sonja Sohn
Kima Greggs
· 60 eps
3.0
#1,452 overall
5
Dominic West
Jimmy McNulty
· 60 eps
2.5
#1,966 overall
6
Lance Reddick
Cedric Daniels
· 60 eps
2.3
#2,256 overall
7
Aidan Gillen
Tommy Carcetti
· 35 eps
2.0
#2,625 overall
8
Michael Kenneth Williams
Omar Little
· 50 eps
1.9
#2,804 overall
9
Ramón Rodríguez
Renaldo
· 8 eps
1.8
#2,958 overall
10
Method Man
Melvin 'Cheese' Wagstaff
· 13 eps
1.6
#3,540 overall
11
Pablo Schreiber
Nick Sobotka
· 13 eps
1.4
#4,016 overall
12
James Ransone
Chester 'Ziggy' Sobotka
· 12 eps
1.3
#4,438 overall
13
Amy Ryan
Beadie Russell
· 20 eps
1.2
#4,696 overall
14
Merritt Wever
Prissy
· 1 eps
1.2
#4,717 overall
15
Wendell Pierce
Bunk Moreland
· 60 eps
1.2
#4,798 overall
16
Wood Harris
Avon Barksdale
· 38 eps
1.0
#5,499 overall
17
Chris Bauer
Frank Sobotka
· 12 eps
1.0
#5,981 overall
18
Callie Thorne
Elena McNulty
· 12 eps
0.8
#6,782 overall
19
Isiah Whitlock Jr.
Clay Davis
· 25 eps
0.8
#6,837 overall
20
Frankie Faison
Ervin Burrell
· 47 eps
0.8
#6,978 overall
21
Andrea Roth
· 1 eps
0.8
#7,034 overall
22
Glynn Turman
Clarence Royce
· 22 eps
0.7
#7,651 overall
23
Deirdre Lovejoy
Rhonda Pearlman
· 60 eps
0.6
#8,492 overall
24
Chad L. Coleman
Dennis 'Cutty' Wise
· 26 eps
0.6
#8,778 overall
25
Michael Hyatt
Brianna Barksdale
· 12 eps
0.6
#8,812 overall
26
Jamie Hector
Marlo Stanfield
· 32 eps
0.6
#8,903 overall
27
Clarence Clemons
Roman
· 2 eps
0.6
#8,929 overall
28
Clark Johnson
Augustus Haynes
· 10 eps
0.6
#9,166 overall
29
Domenick Lombardozzi
Herc Hauk
· 57 eps
0.6
#9,245 overall
30
Leo Fitzpatrick
Johnny Weeks
· 14 eps
0.6
#9,311 overall
31
Clarke Peters
Lester Freamon
· 59 eps
0.6
#9,660 overall
32
Felicia Pearson
Felicia 'Snoop' Pearson
· 23 eps
0.5
#9,967 overall
33
Paul Ben-Victor
Spiros 'Vondas' Vondopoulos
· 17 eps
0.5
#10,134 overall
34
John Doman
William Rawls
· 60 eps
0.5
#10,607 overall
35
Andre Royo
Bubbles
· 52 eps
0.5
#10,978 overall
36
Marlyne Barrett
Nerese Campbell
· 11 eps
0.4
#11,859 overall
37
Fredro Starr
Marquis 'Bird' Hilton
· 2 eps
0.4
#12,042 overall
38
Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
D'Angelo Barksdale
· 18 eps
0.4
#12,689 overall
39
Tom McCarthy
Scott Templeton
· 10 eps
0.3
#13,641 overall
40
Robert Wisdom
Howard 'Bunny' Colvin
· 27 eps
0.3
#13,740 overall
41
Gbenga Akinnagbe
Chris Partlow
· 28 eps
0.3
#13,955 overall
42
Seth Gilliam
Ellis Carver
· 56 eps
0.3
#14,183 overall
43
Reg E. Cathey
Norman Wilson
· 23 eps
0.3
#15,078 overall
44
Tristan Mack Wilds
Michael Lee
· 23 eps
0.3
#15,126 overall
45
Donnell Rawlings
Damien 'Day-Day' Price
· 4 eps
0.3
#16,064 overall
46
J.D. Williams
Bodie Broadus
· 42 eps
0.3
#16,187 overall
47
Hassan Johnson
Roland 'Wee-Bey' Brice
· 19 eps
0.2
#19,177 overall
48
Delaney Williams
Jay Landsman
· 44 eps
0.2
#19,792 overall
49
Peter Gerety
Judge Daniel Phelan
· 14 eps
0.2
#19,973 overall
50
Boris McGiver
Charles Marimow
· 6 eps
0.2
#20,467 overall
51
Michael Kostroff
Maury Levy
· 24 eps
0.1
#22,430 overall
52
Jim True-Frost
Roland 'Prez' Pryzbylewski
· 48 eps
0.1
#22,752 overall
53
Robert F. Colesberry
Det. Ray Cole (uncredited)
· 1 eps
0.1
#23,183 overall
54
Michelle Paress
Alma Gutierrez
· 10 eps
0.1
#23,873 overall
55
Maestro Harrell
Randy Wagstaff
· 14 eps
0.1
#24,324 overall
56
Jermaine Crawford
Dukie Weems
· 23 eps
0.1
#25,241 overall
57
Lev Gorn
Eton Ben-Eleazer
· 5 eps
0.1
#25,421 overall
58
Roscoe Orman
Off. Oscar Requer
· 2 eps
0.1
#25,956 overall
59
Neal Huff
Michael Steintorf
· 12 eps
0.1
#26,982 overall
60
Corey Parker Robinson
Leander Sydnor
· 45 eps
0.1
#29,430 overall
61
Bill Raymond
The Greek
· 10 eps
0.1
#29,720 overall
62
Melanie Nicholls-King
Cheryl
· 15 eps
0.1
#30,364 overall
63
Alexandra Tydings
Arts Editor
· 1 eps
0.1
#31,241 overall
64
Sam Freed
James C. Whiting III
· 9 eps
0.1
#33,031 overall
65
Brandy Burre
Theresa D'Agostino
· 15 eps
0.1
#33,583 overall
66
Clayton LeBouef
Wendell 'Orlando' Blocker
· 7 eps
0.0
#35,699 overall
67
Sam Coppola
Former Mayor 'Young Tony'
· 2 eps
0.0
#35,549 overall
68
Benjamin Busch
Anthony Colicchio
· 16 eps
0.0
#36,456 overall
69
Wes Johnson
Security Supervisor (uncredited)
· 1 eps
0.0
#36,733 overall
70
Kristin Proctor
Aimee
· 6 eps
0.0
#38,601 overall
71
Ernest Waddell
Dante
· 8 eps
0.0
#41,703 overall
72
Charley Scalies
Thomas 'Horseface' Pakusa
· 11 eps
0.0
#48,914 overall
73
Brandon Fobbs
Fruit
· 6 eps
0.0
#49,618 overall
74
Chris Ashworth
Sergei 'Serge' Malatov
· 11 eps
0.0
#50,238 overall
75
Keith Johnson
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
· 1 eps
0.0
#59,014 overall
76
Robert X. Golphin
Crackhead (uncredited)
· 1 eps
0.0
#62,560 overall
77
Kahil Dotay
Undercover Street Cop (uncredited)
· 3 eps
0.0
#65,317 overall
78
Robert Neal Marshall
Comstat Police Major (uncredited)
· 2 eps
0.0
#65,833 overall
79
Rick Otto
Kenneth Dozerman
· 13 eps
—
80
Lizz Robbins
Pretty Lesbian (uncredited)
· 1 eps
—
81
Marty Lodge
Banisky
· 2 eps
—
82
Bruce Kirkpatrick
Roger Twigg
· 4 eps
—
83
Mike D. Anderson
Ghost (uncredited)
· 6 eps
—
84
Cyrus Farmer
Devar Manigault
· 3 eps
—
85
Christine Lee
Store Clerk
· 1 eps
—
86
Poe
Performer/Vocalist
· 1 eps
—
87
Daniel Lee Robertson III
Shaun Williams
· 2 eps
—
88
Al Brown
Stanislaus Valchek
· 19 eps
—
89
Taylor King
Zenobia Dawson
· 6 eps
—
90
Kevin Murray
Special Agent Kleary
· 2 eps
—
91
Ken Arnold
Car Theft Reporting Lt. (uncredited)
· 1 eps
—
92
James Lewis
Marvin (uncredited)
· 3 eps
—
93
Reggie Alvin Green
Arabber
· 3 eps
—
94
Wendy Grantham
Shardene Innes
· 11 eps
—
95
Doug Olear
Terrance 'Fitz' Fitzhugh
· 13 eps
—
96
Richard DeAngelis
Raymond Foerster
· 13 eps
—
97
Michael Salconi
Michael 'Sanny' Santangelo
· 23 eps
—
98
Larry Hull
William Gant
· 1 eps
—
99
Lucy Newman-Williams
Taryn Hanson
· 1 eps
—
100
Michael Stone Forrest
Frank Barlow
· 3 eps
—
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