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The Wire

Hack is a television series that aired on the CBS television network from 2002 to 2004. The series centers on the life of a former cop, Mike Olshansky (David Morse), who was fired for corruption, working as a taxi driver in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He considers it his duty to make up for his past wrongs by helping everyone the police won't help. The series has several connections to The Wire in shared cast members.

Shared cast members[]

  • Thomas J. McCarthy played 2 roles:
    • A pharmacist in the pilot episode
    • Kuehn in the season 2 episode "Hidden Agenda"
  • Derrick Simmons played 2 roles:
    • A teenager in the pilot episode
    • Brian Woodman in the season 2 episode "Collateral Damage"
  • Chad Coleman has a recurring role as Lafonso in season 2.
  • Russ Widdall plays a businessman in the season 1 episode "My Brother’s Keeper"
  • Jarvis George plays Officer McClure in the season 1 episode "Slippery Slope"
  • David Goodman plays a Doorman in the season 1 episode "All Night Long"
  • Christopher Mann plays a concerned man in the season 1 episode "All Night Long"
  • Brian Anthony Wilson plays Raymond Henley in the season 1 episode "Bad Choices"
  • Atif Lanier plays a police officer in the season 2 episode "See No Evil"
  • Ryan Sands plays Wendell Edison in the season 2 episode "Hidden Agenda"
  • Amy Ryan appears in the season 2 episode "Out of the Ashes"
  • Franklin Ojeda Smith plays Judge Alastair Hopkins in the season 2 episode "Blind Faith"
  • John Doman plays Hanratty in the season 2 episode "Dial ‘O’ for Murder"
  • Melvin Jackson, Jr. plays a drug dealer in the season 2 episode "Calibrated Arguments"
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