Jay Spry
From The Wire
| Jay Spry | |
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| First appearance | "More with Less" (episode 5.01) |
| Details | |
| Gender | Male |
| Age | 60s
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| Occupation | Night copy-editor at The Baltimore Sun
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| Portrayed by | {{{actor}}} |
Contents |
[edit] Biography
He is a veteran reporter and now takes pride in ensuring the standards of the paper are maintained.[1] He has a dry sense of humor and is diligent, detail-oriented and a veritable newsroom wordsmith.[1]
[edit] Season 5
Spry often has to correct the mistakes of younger reporters like Alma Gutierrez - when presenting a story about a burning building he disparages her use of evacuate as a verb for moving the people out of the building.[2]
[edit] Production
Jay Spry is played by Donald Neal.
[edit] Appearances
Season 5:
[edit] References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Character profile - Rewrite man Jay Spry. HBO (2008). Retrieved on 2008-01-07.
- ↑ "More with Less". Joe Chappelle, Writ. David Simon (story and teleplay), Ed Burns (story). The Wire. HBO. 2008-01-06. No. 1, season 5.
