The Deuce is a HBO drama series created by The Wire creator and show runner David Simon and writer and Executive Producer George Pelecanos. The two series share many connections among their cast and crew members.

Cast

• Larry Gilliard, Jr. stars as D'Angelo Barksdale in The Wire and stars as Detective Chris Alston in all three seasons of The Deuce.
• Gbenga Akinnagbe stars as Chris Partlow in the fourth and fifth seasons of The Wire and stars as pimp turned actor Larry Brown in all three seasons of The Deuce.
• Chris Bauer stars as Frank Sobotka in the second season of The Wire and stars as Bobby Dwyer in all three seasons of The Deuce.
• Anwan Glover has a starring role as Slim Charles in The Wire and a recurring role as grill man Leon in The Deuce.
• Domenick Lombardozzi has a starring role as Herc in The Wire and has a recurring role as Jack Maple in the third season of The Deuce.
• Clarke Peters stars as Lester Freamon in all five seasons of The Wire and plays Marvin "Ace" in the first season The Deuce episode "My Name Is Ruby".
• Method Man has a recurring role as Cheese in The Wire and a recurring role as pimp Rodney in The Deuce.
• Michael Kostroff has a recurring role as defense attorney Maurice Levy in The Wire and has a recurring role as desk sergeant Rizzi in The Deuce
• Genevieve Hudson-Price has a recurring role as recovering addict Dee Dee in the fifth season of The Wire and has a recurring role as Jocelyn in The Deuce.
• Tony D. Head had a recurring role as Major Bobby Reed in The Wire and had a recurring role as Doorman Tony in the third season of The Deuce.
• Robert Poletick had a recurring role as city desk editor Steven Luxenberg in the fifth season of The Wire and played Inspector Deputy Ross in the The Deuce episode "All You'll Be Eating Is Cannibals".
• Seth Hurwitz had an uncredited role as a poker player in The Wire episode "Refugees" and a small role in The Deuce.
• Imani Nia Robinson had small roles in both series. She appeared in "Corner Boys" as an unnamed woman and in The Deuce episode "What Kind of Bad?" as Alice. She also served as the writer's assistant for the first season of The Deuce and the assistant to Pelecanos for the second and third seasons.
• Ed Moran appeared as a house detective in the fourth season The Wire episode "Home Rooms" and had a recurring role in The Deuce as Inspector Deputy Peter McDonagh.
• John Cenatiempo was a stunt driver for The Wire and played a commuter in The Deuce episode "The Principle is All".
• Derrick Simmons performed stunts on both series.

Crew

• David Simon was the co-creator of The Wire (with Ed Burns) and served as the show runner, head writer and executive producer throughout its run. He co-created The Deuce and was the show runner and executive producer for all three seasons.
• George Pelecanos worked as a writer on all five seasons of The Wire and was a producer for the third season. He was the co-creator of The Deuce and worked as an executive producer and writer throughout the series run.
• Nina Kostroff Noble worked as a producer for the first season of The Wire. She was promoted to co-executive producer for the second season and then executive producer from the third season onward. She was an executive producer for The Deuce.
• Richard Price was a regular writer for The Wire. He was an executive producer for the pilot of The Deuce and then returned as a co-executive producer for the rest of the series run as well as writing episodes for the first and second season.
• Chris Yakaitis worked as a researcher for the fifth season of The Wire and was a part of the writing staff throughout the run of The Deuce; he initially served as a staff writer for the first season, then story editor for the second season and finally was promoted to executive story editor for the third and final season. He was promoted again to co-producer and writer for the second half of the final season.
• Laura A. Schweigman was the writer's assistant for the second season of The Wire and the assistant to David Simon from the third season onward. She was a producer for the final season of The Deuce.
• Ernest Dickerson worked as a director for both series.
• Uta Briesewitz was the director of photography for the first two seasons of The Wire and directed two episodes of The Deuce.
• Alexa L. Fogel was the casting director for both series.
• Alex Hall worked as an editor on both series, cutting the pilot of The Deuce.
• Kate Sanford worked as an editor on both series.
• Blake Leyh was the music supervisor for both series.
• Claire Cowperthwaite worked as the script supervisor for the fourth and fifth seasons of The Wire and was the script supervisor for the first season of The Deuce.
• Will Ralston worked in the sound department for The Wire and was the supervising sound editor for the first season of The Deuce as well as part of the writing staff. He returned as a writer and story editor for the second season of The Deuce and was promoted to executive story editor for the final season in 2019. Ralston is transgender and had not transitioned to male in his work while The Wire was in production so was credited as Jen Ralston.
• Shelby Siegel was an assistant editor for The Wire and was the editor for several episodes of The Deuce.
• Matthew Booras was an assistant editor for the fourth and fifth season of The Wire. He returned in this role for the pilot episode of The Deuce before graduating to editor, cutting several episodes over the series run.
• Paul Schiraldi worked as a still photographer for both series.
• Janice Kinigopoulos was the head of the hair department for The Wire and fulfilled the same role for the pilot on The Deuce.
• Matthew Haasch was a foley supervisor in the sound department of both series.
• Andrew Kris was a re-recording mixer in the sound department of both series.