Delaney Williams is an American actor from Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

 He appears on the HBO drama The Wire

The Wire (TV series)

The Wire is an American television drama series set and produced in and around Baltimore, Maryland. Created and primarily written by author and former police reporter David Simon, the series was broadcast by the premium cable network HBO in the United States...

as a recurring guest star playing homicide sergeant Jay Landsman

Jay Landsman (The Wire)

Jay Landsman is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Delaney Williams.-Policing method:Landsman's role in the police department is that of a supervisory detective sergeant who doesn't participate in much investigation work...

. He also had a small role on HBO's mini-series The Corner

The Corner

The Corner is a 2000 HBO drama television miniseries based on the nonfiction book The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood by David Simon and Ed Burns and adapted for television by Simon and David Mills. It premiered on premium cable network HBO in the United States on April 16,...

which brought him to the attention of the producers, who worked on The prior to casting The Wire. Williams plays an overweight Irish cop with a distinctly sadist sense of humour. He owns a cat named Walter and regularly enjoys eating. He owns a Grocery store in West Baltimore and has been benefitting from good business, due to the healthy area in which he has set up his store.

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