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![The Wire ended its five-year run in 2008, but its evangelists still extol its glories to new generations. A police procedural with an impassioned Brechtian soul, the HBO series painted Baltimore's wretched stories about crime and punishment with brutal beauty. While its storylines about corner boys, cops, and corrupt institutions have become the stuff of Harvard course work, its wrenching magic also sprang from its superb cast, one of the most enormous ... of any television show. Yet not one actor received an Emmy nod, much less a statuette — talk about criminal negligence. After the show ended, many stuck together to enact real-world change, whether campaigning for presidential candidate Barack Obama or starting up an outreach program for Baltimore youth. If only the crew would start a traveling troupe (The Wire cast stars in Hamlet! Next up, Hangover: The Sequel!). While we wait for that great idea to come to fruition, here's an update on some of the show's key stars. [Share this slideshow on Twitter]](http://l.yimg.com/l/tv/us/img/site/13/05/0000071305_20100917180105_th.jpg)












![Tristan Wilds (Michael Lee) … In what has to be among the strangest job switch-ups in TV, Tristan Wilds has gone from playing Michael Lee, the kid from the Baltimore projects, to Dixon Wilson, the adopted son of a Beverly Hills family on 90210. The HBO series' fourth season, which laser-focused on Baltimore's failing school system, may arguably have been the best of The Wire, in no small part due to Wilds. As for his new ZIP code, New York Magazine points out his 90210 output has exceeded that of his old show, meaning a whole new generation of kids [know] Wilds as a smiley California teen instead of his true identity: a cold-blooded future robber-of-drug-dealers. Sad. (Well, his 90210 character Dixon Wilson does have gambling issues.) Coming up for Wilds: He's co-starring in Red Tails (along with Andre Royo) about the Tuskegee Airmen, likely due out in 2011.](http://l.yimg.com/l/tv/us/img/site/13/18/0000071318_20100917180129_th.jpg)

![HONORABLE MENTIONS: THE CREATORS — Ed Burns (The Wire scribe) … Recognized with a Writers Guild of America Award nomination in 2009, he worked on Generation Kill with David Simon. He's still talking the talk about reforming education. ... David Simon (The Wire creator) … Dubbed by The Atlantic as The Angriest Man in Television, Simon has managed to channel his rage into Generation Kill, which focuses on the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion's invasion of Iraq in 2003, and Treme, which explores Hurricane Katrina's aftermath. [Share this slideshow on Twitter]](http://l.yimg.com/l/tv/us/img/site/13/20/0000071320_20100917180133_th.jpg)