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The Wire is 20 - where's cast now? Marvel star, Lily James 'fling' and Peaky Blinders

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crime drama that kickstarted our TV binging habits - and went on to be voted the best TV show of the 21st century.The lives of the criminals in the US city of Baltimore became a slow-burning hit with viewers devouring the show on DVD boxsets before the streaming revolution.The HBO series, which began in 2002, beat off competition from shows including Mad Man, Breaking Bad and Fleabag to top a list of best programmes in the last 22 years, as chosen by TV experts.Ending in 2008, a lot has happened to the cast since it then.

Here James Moore looks at where The Wire’s biggest stars are now …With his scar and trademark shotgun concealed under his long coat, homosexual “stick-up man” Omar became one of the show’s most iconic villains.Williams later starred in TV’s Boardwalk Empire, but he became addicted to drugs after The Wire finished admitting: “I was playing with fire.

It was just a matter of time before I got caught.”He died, aged 54, of an accidental overdose at his home in New York home in September 2021.Winning fans’ hearts as a hapless junkie, the actor was offered free heroin by locals while starring on the show and ended up “drinking heavily” himself during filming.The 53-year-old has since landed parts in shows including hip hop drama Empire.The actor hid his British accent to get the part of the brainy drug lord – and his career has since taken off.Elba landed the lead role as a detective in the crime drama Luther and starred in films including Thor and The Suicide Squad.Voted the sexiest man alive, the sometime DJ and 49-year-old father-of-two has been married three times.He wed model Sabrina Dhowre in 2019.

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