Actor
David Simon
February 9, 1960 · Washington, District of Columbia, USA
David Judah Simon (born February 9, 1960) is an American author, journalist, screenwriter, and producer best known for his work on The Wire (2002–2008).
He worked for The Baltimore Sun City Desk for twelve years (1982–1995), wrote Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (1991), and co-wrote The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood (1997) with Ed Burns. The former book was the basis for the NBC series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999), on which Simon served as a writer and producer. Simon adapted the latter book into the HBO mini-series The Corner (2000).
Notable work
Often works with
Clarke Peters
3 titles together
The Wire, Treme, The Corner
Delaney Williams
3 titles together
The Wire, We Own This City, The Corner
Lance Reddick
2 titles together
The Wire, The Corner
Wendell Pierce
2 titles together
The Wire, Treme
Domenick Lombardozzi
2 titles together
The Wire, We Own This City
Corey Parker Robinson
2 titles together
The Wire, The Corner
