(Actor-Washington, DC) Pro-scouted near D.C.; attended ProScout Philadelphia event. Co-starred on HBO’s “The Wire”. As tough in real life as the character is is remembered for in the critically acclaimed HBO series “The Wire” (as gangster Slim Charles), he grew up in Columbia Heights (DC). Back then, he was known as “Big G,” a 6-foot-6-inch streetwise hellraiser who was shot 13 times and lived to tell about it.