The cast of The Wire is so good and so memorable that it’s always odd to see them pop up outside of Baltimore. Some recent sightings:

- McNulty is taking a page from Omar’s playbook and appearing in the step-child sorta sequel of a Marvel Comics bomb. Dominic West will be appearing as the villainous Jigsaw in December’s The Punisher: War Zone. Here’s the YouTube link, I’ve also embedded the commercial above. You can hear McNulty at :15, and see him under grotesque makeup at :19. It’s well worth a look for Wire fans, I promise. On an unrelated note, War Zone looks like more of a sequel to the 1989 Dolph Lundgren direct-to-video Punisher than the surprisingly fun 2004 Thomas Jane one. I actually like the 2004 Punisher so much, I’m barely embarassed to admit I’ve seen both.

- Beadie (who I should probably start calling Amy Ryan since she was nominated for an Oscar) was a major part of the first few episodes of The Office this season.

- Marlo is on Heroes. I hate Heroes (which I was way ahead of the curve on), but my understanding is that he’s basically playing a superpowered Marlo so maybe I should give it another chance. Marlo also popped up recently in the Max Payne trailer.

- Mr. Prezbo is selling whoppers to Diddy in a new Burger King ad. (thanks for the heads up, Pat)

- The cast of The Wire teamed up (sorta) to make a well intentioned but incredibly boring ad for Obama. I guess it worked. While we’re talking about Obama, here’s an article about what he should learn from The Wire (which the president-elect has cited as his favorite show). The article contains spoilers for those who for some reason haven’t finished all five seasons of the show.

Previous JeffRubinJeffRubin posts about seeing a Wire actor in another movie:
-Carcetti in Shanghai Knights
-Omar in the Hulk
-Sobatka and Bunny Colvin in Face/Off and many more.
-Bunk in Hackers