Dominic West (Detective James 'Jimmy' McNulty), Clarke Peters (Detective Lester Freamon), Sonja Sohn (Detective Shakima 'Kima' Greggs), Idris Elba (Russell 'Stringer' Bell), Wood Harris (Avon Barksdale), Robert Wisdom (Major Howard 'Bunny' Colvin), Aidan Gillen (Councilman Thomas 'Tommy' Carcetti), John Doman (Deputy Commissioner for Operations William A. Rawls), Frankie Faison (Acting Commissioner Ervin H. Burrell), Deirdre Lovejoy (A.S.A. Rhonda Pearlman)