The very best performances in HBO's crime masterpiece The Wire include standout turns from Lance Reddick and Michael K. Williams.

After nearly 25 years, the “cautionary” aspect of The Wire is no longer seen as a dire warning to society to star Wendell Pierce. The Tony winner recently explained why the HBO show, which ran for ...

Charley Scalies, who starred in the second season of The Wire and also appeared on The Sopranos, died May 1 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 84. Scalies died in a nursing facility ...