Bobby J. Brown is an American actor. He plays Western District veteran Officer Bobby Brown in The Wire. He is a guest star in the fourth & fifth seasons. He initially appeared uncredited in the first season. He has appeared in The Wire creator David Simon's other series Homicide: Life on the Street and The Corner. He has been active since 1998 and has also appeared in the series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and the films Pecker (1998), Love the Hard Way (2001), From Within (2008), and My One and Only (2009).
Biography[]
Brown played a Western District uniformed officer named Ira Weiner in The Corner. Brian O'Neill played a fictionalized version of the real officer named Bob Brown in The Corner and the real Bob Brown also had a cameo as a uniformed officer.
Brown also appeared in the Homicide: Life on the Street episode "Closet Case" as Terry. He had a recurring role as a uniformed officer in for three episodes total over seasons 2 and 5 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He also played a uniformed officer in City by the Seas. He also appeared in the John Waters film Pecker as an average Joe.
He wrote and directed the 2005 documentary Off the Chain about the pit-bull breed of dog.
Credits[]
Guest star[]
Season 4 credits | ||||
"Boys of Summer" | "Soft Eyes" | "Home Rooms" | "Refugees" | "Alliances" |
"Margin of Error" | "Unto Others" | "Corner Boys" | "Know Your Place" | "Misgivings" |
"A New Day" | "That's Got His Own" | "Final Grades" |
Season 5 credits | ||||
"More with Less" | "Unconfirmed Reports" | "Not for Attribution" | "Transitions" | "React Quotes" |
"The Dickensian Aspect" | "Took" | "Clarifications" | "Late Editions" | "-30-" |
Appearances[]
Season 1 credits | ||||
"The Target" * | "The Detail" | "The Buys" | "Old Cases" | "The Pager" |
"The Wire" * | "One Arrest" | "Lessons" | "Game Day" | "The Cost" * |
"The Hunt" | "Cleaning Up" | "Sentencing" |
Season 3 credits | ||||
"Time after Time" | "All Due Respect" | "Dead Soldiers" | "Amsterdam" | "Straight and True" |
"Homecoming" | "Back Burners" | "Moral Midgetry" | "Slapstick" | "Reformation" |
"Middle Ground" * | "Mission Accomplished" |
Season 4 credits | ||||
"Boys of Summer" | "Soft Eyes" | "Home Rooms" | "Refugees" | "Alliances" |
"Margin of Error" | "Unto Others" | "Corner Boys" | "Know Your Place" | "Misgivings" |
"A New Day" * | "That's Got His Own" | "Final Grades" |
Season 5 credits | ||||
"More with Less" | "Unconfirmed Reports" | "Not for Attribution" | "Transitions" | "React Quotes" |
"The Dickensian Aspect" | "Took" | "Clarifications" | "Late Editions" | "-30-" |
* - Uncredited appearance.
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