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** D'Angelo Barksdale is another adult example. Prison records seen in season three indicate that he was approximately 23. He's played by Larry Gilliard Jr., who would have been 31 in the first season.
* [[Directed by Cast Member]]: The Season 5 episode "Took" was directed by Dominic West (McNulty). Clark Johnson also directed several episodes, even before he joined the cast as editor Augustus "Gus" Haynes. He also directed the finale.
* [[Fake American]]: McNulty and Stringer Bell are both played by Brits; Carcetti is played by an Irishman.
* [[Fake Nationality]]: Sergei, supposedly from [[Insistent Terminology|the Ukraine]], is played by Chris Ashworth, born and raised in the USA. In-universe example with {{spoiler|"The Greek"... who's not even a Greek. He does head a mostly-Greek gang though}}.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]:
** Gordon from ''[[Sesame Street]]'' plays a cop in Season 5.