"Homicide: Life on the Street" is an American television drama that delves into the heart of a fictionalized Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit, offering viewers a gripping and realistic portrayal of the daily grind faced by detectives in the homicide division. This groundbreaking show stands out for its unique narrative style, frequently presenting multiple cases in a single episode, thus mirroring the genuine workload of police detectives.
The series features a dynamic cast, breathing life into a diverse ensemble of characters, each with their own distinct personalities and investigative approaches. Among them, Richard Belzer portrays the cynical yet witty Detective John Munch, a character known for his conspiracy theories and unconventional methods. Andre Braugher, on the other hand, brings to life the intense and unyielding Detective Frank Pembleton, a man fiercely devoted to his Catholic faith and to the pursuit of justice.
As the narrative unfolds, the audience is taken on a rollercoaster ride into the lives of these detectives, both at work and away from the precinct. We see the toll that the grueling, often thankless job takes on them, as well as the small victories that keep them going. Through the nuanced performances of its talented cast and its unflinching examination of the realities of urban crime, "Homicide: Life on the Street" offers a compelling exploration of the human condition in the face of adversity, making it a must-watch for fans of thought-provoking television.
Richard Jay Belzer (August 4, 1944 - February 19, 2023) was an American stand-up comedian, author, and actor. He is ...
See Richard Belzer's other roles →Clark Johnson (born September 10, 1954), sometimes credited as Clark 'Slappy' Jackson, Clarque Johnson, and J. Clark...
See Clark Johnson's other roles →Yaphet Frederick Kotto was an American actor known for numerous film roles, as well as starring in the NBC television...
See Yaphet Kotto's other roles →From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Kyle Ivan Secor (born May 31, 1957) is an American television and movie actor...
See Kyle Secor's other roles →Reed Diamond (born July 20, 1967) is an American actor. He is best known for the role on Homicide: Life on the Street...
See Reed Diamond's other roles →Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito (born April 26, 1958) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Gu...
See Giancarlo Esposito's other roles →Michelle Forbes is an American film and television actress, best known for many recurring appearances on genre and dr...
See Michelle Forbes's other roles →Calliope "Callie" Thorne (born November 20, 1969) is an American actress known for her roles on Homicide: Life on the...
See Callie Thorne's other roles →Jon Polito (born December 29, 1950 — September 1, 2016) was an American actor. In a career spanning 35 years and over...
See Jon Polito's other roles →Reed Diamond (born July 20, 1967) is an American actor. He is best known for the role on Homicide: Life on the Street...
See Reed Diamond's other roles →Jonathan Seda is an American actor of Puerto Rican descent, best known for his role as Detective Antonio Dawson in NB...
See Jon Seda's other roles →Isabella Hofmann was born on December 11, 1958 and is currently 65 years old.
See Isabella Hofmann's other roles →Peter Gerety (born May 17, 1940) is an American actor. He is best known as Judge Daniel Phelan in The Wire (2002–2008).
See Peter Gerety's other roles →Bai Ling (born October 10, 1966) is a Chinese actress with American citizenship, known for her work in the films The ...
See Bai Ling's other roles →Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was an American actor and stand-up comedian. Rising to fam...
See Robin Williams's other roles →Lucinda Jenney (born 23 April 1954) is an American actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lucinda Jen...
See Lucinda Jenney's other roles →Joe Morton is an American stage, television, and film actor. He is best known for his Emmy awarded role as Eli Pope i...
See Joe Morton's other roles →An American actor, writer and director. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Dorothy, who worked as a hostes...
See Steve Buscemi's other roles →From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Frank John Hughes (born November 11, 1967) is an American film and television ...
See Frank John Hughes's other roles →Dean Winters (born July 20, 1964) is an American actor, who is known for his roles as Bobby on the YouTube series Way...
See Dean Winters's other roles →Mary Claire "Mimi" Kennedy (born September 25, 1948) is an American actress, author, and activist. Best known for her...
See Mimi Kennedy's other roles →Bruce Lorne Campbell (born June 22, 1958) is an American actor, producer, writer and director. One of his best-known ...
See Bruce Campbell's other roles →Kathleen Erin "Kate" Walsh (born October 13, 1967) is an American film and television actress, currently known for he...
See Kate Walsh's other roles →Anna Belknap is an actress.
See Anna Belknap's other roles →Anne Meara (September 20, 1929 – May 23, 2015) was an American actress and comedian. Along with her husband Jerry Sti...
See Anne Meara's other roles →Jade Wu was born on January 5, 1953 and is currently 71 years old.
See Jade Wu's other roles →Leslie Silva was born on April 21, 1968 and is currently 56 years old.
See Leslie Silva's other roles →From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Soursby Glover Jr. (born August 7, 1944) is an American actor, perhap...
See John Glover's other roles →Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti (born June 6, 1967) is an American actor. Giamatti began his career as a supporting ac...
See Paul Giamatti's other roles →Ornstein studied acting as a child at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, and later studied under...
See Michael Ornstein's other roles →Jean Isabel Smith (born September 7, 1957), credited professionally as J. Smith-Cameron, is an American actress. She ...
See J. Smith-Cameron's other roles →Illeana Hesselberg, most commonly known as Illeana Douglas, (born July 25, 1961) is an American actress, director, sc...
See Illeana Douglas's other roles →Shawn Wayne Hatosy (born December 29, 1975) is an actor with over 40 film and television credits to his name. From ...
See Shawn Hatosy's other roles →Edith Falco (born July 5, 1963) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Carmela Soprano on the HBO...
See Edie Falco's other roles →Sean Nelson was born on May 9, 1980. He is an actor and producer.
See Sean Nelson's other roles →Gloria Reuben (born June 9, 1964) is a Canadian singer and actress of film and television, known for her role as Jean...
See Gloria Reuben's other roles →David Bowditch Morse (born October 11, 1953) is an American stage, television, and film actor. He first came to natio...
See David Morse's other roles →Terry O'Quinn is an American film and television actor, best known for playing the Emmy Awarded role of John Locke on...
See Terry O'Quinn's other roles →James Douglas Muir Leno is an American television host, comedian, and writer. After doing stand-up comedy for years, ...
See Jay Leno's other roles →Scott Bryce is an American writer, producer, stage, film and television actor.
See Scott Bryce's other roles →Chris Eigeman (born March 1, 1965) is an American actor best known for roles in the Whit Stillman films Metropolitan,...
See Chris Eigeman's other roles →Edward Kirk Herrmann (July 21, 1943 – December 31, 2014) in Washington, D.C., was an American television and film act...
See Edward Herrmann's other roles →Jean Louisa Kelly (born March 9, 1972) is an American actress and singer. She is perhaps best known for her long-runn...
See Jean Louisa Kelly's other roles →Linda Dano (born Linda Rae Wildermuth, May 12, 1943) is an American actress. She is well-known for her roles in dayti...
See Linda Dano's other roles →Mekhi Thira Phifer (born December 29, 1974) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his multi-year role as...
See Mekhi Phifer's other roles →Jeffrey Wright (born December 7, 1965) is an American actor. He is well known for his Tony, Golden Globe and Emmy win...
See Jeffrey Wright's other roles →Vincent D'Onofrio (born June 30, 1959) is an American actor, film producer, and singer. He first gained attention fo...
See Vincent D'Onofrio's other roles →Carolyn Laurie Kane (born June 18, 1952) is an American actress and comedian. She became known in the 1970s in films...
See Carol Kane's other roles →Steve Michael Burns (born October 9, 1973) is an American actor and musician, best known for being the host of the pr...
See Steve Burns's other roles →Charles Edward Durning (February 28, 1923 – December 24, 2012) was an American actor. He best-known films include The...
See Charles Durning's other roles →Margo Martindale (born July 18, 1951) is an American film, stage, and television actress. In 2011, she won an Emmy Aw...
See Margo Martindale's other roles →Marianne Hagan was born on December 8, 1966 and is currently 57 years old.
See Marianne Hagan's other roles →Skipp Sudduth was born on August 23, 1956 and is currently 68 years old.
See Skipp Sudduth's other roles →From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Haviland Morris (born September 14, 1959) is an American film, television, an...
See Haviland Morris's other roles →Wallace Shawn (born November 12, 1943) is an American actor, voice actor, playwright, essayist and comedian. His fil...
See Wallace Shawn's other roles →Brooke Smith (born May 22, 1967) is an American actress known for her roles as Dr. Erica Hahn on the ABC medical dram...
See Brooke Smith's other roles →John Benjamin Hickey is an American stage and screen actor.
See John Benjamin Hickey's other roles →Audra Ann McDonald is an American actress and singer. Primarily known for her work on the Broadway stage, she has won...
See Audra McDonald's other roles →Tergesen was born in Boston, Massachusetts and graduated from Valley Regional High School in nearby Deep River. He mo...
See Lee Tergesen's other roles →An American actor. He has appeared in numerous movies and was a stand up comic before getting into acting. Lauter was...
See Ed Lauter's other roles →Lauren Tom is an American actress and voice actress perhaps best known for her roles as Lena St Clair in The Joy Luck...
See Lauren Tom's other roles →Scott William Winters is an American television and film actor from New York City. He is a graduate from Northwestern...
See Scott William Winters's other roles →Marc John Jefferies was born on May 16, 1990 and is currently 34 years old.
See Marc John Jefferies's other roles →From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Howard Michael "Howie" Mandel (born November 29, 1955) is a Canadian stand-up...
See Howie Mandel's other roles →Growing up in Baltimore in the 1950s, John Waters was not like other children; he was obsessed by violence and gore, ...
See John Waters's other roles →An American actor and producer, known for his height (6'5", 1.96 m) and deep voice. He is well known for playing the ...
See Tony Todd's other roles →Samuel Atkinson "Sam" Waterston (born November 15, 1940) is an American actor and occasional producer and director. A...
See Sam Waterston's other roles →Gerald Isaac Stiller (June 8, 1927 – May 11, 2020) was an American actor and comedian. He spent many years as part of...
See Jerry Stiller's other roles →Marcia Gay Harden (born August 14, 1959) is an American film and stage actress. She is the recipient of many accolade...
See Marcia Gay Harden's other roles →LaTanya Richardson, often listed as LaTanya Richardson Jackson, is an American actress and producer. She began her ca...
See LaTanya Richardson Jackson's other roles →Neil Patrick Harris (born June 15, 1973) is an American actor, singer, writer, producer, and television host. Primari...
See Neil Patrick Harris's other roles →James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931) is a multi-award-winning American actor of theater and film, well known for ...
See James Earl Jones's other roles →Bobby Brown was born on February 5, 1969 and is currently 55 years old.
See Bobby Brown's other roles →Marcus Giamatti is an American actor, best known for being a regular member of the cast of the CBS drama series Judgi...
See Marcus Giamatti's other roles →From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ronald Jason "Ron" Eldard (born February 20, 1965) is an American actor. Elda...
See Ron Eldard's other roles →Jessica Hecht is an American stage and screen actress and singer, best known for her recurring roles as Susan Bunch o...
See Jessica Hecht's other roles →Isaiah Washington IV (born August 3, 1963) is an American actor and internet personality. Following a series of film ...
See Isaiah Washington's other roles →Lyle Kanouse was born on July 12, 1952 and is currently 72 years old.
See Lyle Kanouse's other roles →Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin (born September 1, 1939) is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer. She has won m...
See Lily Tomlin's other roles →Jill Hennessy (born November 25, 1968) is a Canadian actress and musician known for her television roles on Law & Ord...
See Jill Hennessy's other roles →Jim True-Frost (né True; born July 31, 1966) is an American stage, television and screen actor. He is most known for ...
See Jim True-Frost's other roles →Jason Kravits is an American actor. His film credits include The Stepford Wives and Sweet November. Kravits has serve...
See Jason Kravits's other roles →Paul Schulze (born November 30, 1962) is an American actor best known for portraying Ryan Chappelle on the FOX series...
See Paul Schulze's other roles →Lawrence Gilliard Jr. was born on September 22, 1971 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, know...
See Lawrence Gilliard Jr.'s other roles →Allison Smith's career started on Broadway at the age of nine, in the original production of "Evita", quickly followe...
See Allison Smith's other roles →Fisher Stevens is an American stage and screen actor, director, writer and producer. In 2010, he was honoured with an...
See Fisher Stevens's other roles →Lewis Niles Black (born August 30, 1948) is an American stand-up comedian, author, playwright, social critic and acto...
See Lewis Black's other roles →Rosanna Lisa Arquette (born August 10, 1959) is an American actress. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her perf...
See Rosanna Arquette's other roles →Michael Gaston (born November 5, 1962, height 6' 3" (1,91 m)) is an American film and television actor. He played age...
See Michael Gaston's other roles →Monica C. Keena (born May 28, 1979) is an American actress, known for her roles on Dawson's Creek, Undeclared, Entour...
See Monica Keena's other roles →Peter Killian Gallagher (born August 19, 1955) is an American actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pe...
See Peter Gallagher's other roles →Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen was an American television personality, radio personality, musician, composer...
See Steve Allen's other roles →Elizabeth Marvel is an American actress. Her most prominent roles include Det. Nancy Parras on The District, Solicito...
See Elizabeth Marvel's other roles →Amy Beth Dziewiontkowski (born November 30, 1969), known professionally as Amy Ryan, is an American actress. She has ...
See Amy Ryan's other roles →Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal (born December 19, 1980) is an American actor and producer. Born into the Gyllenhaal family...
See Jake Gyllenhaal's other roles →From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gabriel Casseus (born April 28, 1972) is an American actor and screenwriter of...
See Gabriel Casseus's other roles →Christopher Julius "Chris" Rock III (born February 7, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television ...
See Chris Rock's other roles →Christopher Peter Meloni (born April 2, 1961) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as NYPD Detective E...
See Christopher Meloni's other roles →Željko Ivanek (born August 15, 1957) is a Slovenian-American actor.
See Zeljko Ivanek's other roles →Tony Lo Bianco (born October 19, 1936) is an American actor in films and television. Lo Bianco was born in Brooklyn, ...
See Tony Lo Bianco's other roles →From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tate Buckley Donovan (born September 25, 1963) is an American actor. He is mo...
See Tate Donovan's other roles →Chris Noth is an American stage, film and television actor, best known for his roles as Detective Mike Logan on Law &...
See Chris Noth's other roles →David Eigenberg (born May 17, 1964) is an American actor. He is known for his role of Steve Brady on the HBO comedy S...
See David Eigenberg's other roles →Jonathan Kimble Simmons (born January 9, 1955) is an American actor. He has been cited as one of the greatest contemp...
See J.K. Simmons's other roles →Brian Tarantina (March 27, 1959 – November 2, 2019) was an American stage, screen, and television character actor bor...
See Brian Tarantina's other roles →From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. LisaGay Hamilton (born March 25, 1964) is an American film, television, and t...
See LisaGay Hamilton's other roles →A. Russell Andrews was born on October 16, 1961 and is currently 62 years old.
See A. Russell Andrews's other roles →From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Eric Hamilton Stoltz (born September 30, 1961) is an American actor and direc...
See Eric Stoltz's other roles →Murphy Guyer (born December 25, 1952) is an American actor, playwright, writer and director, best known for his plays...
See Murphy Guyer's other roles →Luis Guzmán (born August 28, 1956) is an actor from Puerto Rico. He is known for his character work. For much of his ...
See Luis Guzmán's other roles →Antonio D. Charity was born on June 17, 1972 and is currently 52 years old.
See Antonio D. Charity's other roles →Benjamin George Bratt (born December 16, 1963) is an American actor. He is most known for his role as Rey Curtis on t...
See Benjamin Bratt's other roles →Julie Nathanson is an American actress and writer.
See Julie Nathanson's other roles →Steve J. Harris (born December 3, 1965) is an American actor who has appeared in a number of films including; Quarant...
See Steve Harris's other roles →Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28, 1981) is an American actor and producer. He is best known for his portrayal of F...
See Elijah Wood's other roles →Deborah Rhea Seehorn (born May 12, 1972) is an American actress and director. She is best known for playing attorney ...
See Rhea Seehorn's other roles →Robert Clohessy (born June 10, 1958) is an American actor, known for playing Correctional Officer Sean Murphy on the ...
See Robert Clohessy's other roles →Known for her work on The Artist (2011), Once Upon a Time (2011) and American Crime (2015).
See Lily Knight's other roles →From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Chuck Jeffreys is an actor, stuntman, stunt coordinator and fight choreographe...
See Chuck Jeffreys's other roles →Adam Trese was born on January 4, 1969 and is currently 55 years old.
See Adam Trese's other roles →Pat McNamara was born on July 22, 1933, in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Airplane II: The S...
See Pat McNamara's other roles →