D'Angelo Barksdale

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D'Angelo Barksdale is a conflicted mid-level drug lieutenant in the Barksdale Organization on the TV series "The Wire," known for his moral doubts about the criminal life he was born into.

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D'Angelo Barksdale (nephew) 1
D’Angelo Barksdale 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
television character
affiliation Barksdale Organization NERFINISHED
appearsIn The Wire NERFINISHED
basedIn Baltimore NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath strangulation
closeAssociation Bodie Broadus NERFINISHED
Wallace NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States (fictional setting and production) NERFINISHED
creator David Simon NERFINISHED
familyName Barksdale NERFINISHED
fictionalEthnicity African-American
fictionalUniverse The Wire universe NERFINISHED
firstAppearance The Wire, Season 1 Episode 1 "The Target" NERFINISHED
genre crime drama character
givenName D'Angelo NERFINISHED
imprisonedAt Maryland state prison (fictional) NERFINISHED
killedBy Stringer Bell (indirectly, by ordering the murder) NERFINISHED
prison hitman (on Stringer Bell's orders)
language English
lastAppearance The Wire, Season 2 Episode 6 "All Prologue" NERFINISHED
legalStatus convicted drug dealer
loyaltyConflictWith Avon Barksdale NERFINISHED
Stringer Bell NERFINISHED
mannerOfDeath murdered
medium television
moralTurningPoint reacts strongly to Wallace's death
narrativeFunction explores moral ambiguity of drug trade
notableCharacteristic ambivalence about violence
moral conflict about criminal life
sympathy for low-level dealers
notableScene chess game explanation of drug hierarchy
occupation drug lieutenant
portrayedBy Lawrence Gilliard Jr. NERFINISHED
relative Avon Barksdale NERFINISHED
Brianna Barksdale NERFINISHED
Donette NERFINISHED
Tyrell NERFINISHED
roleInOrganization mid-level manager
setting Baltimore public housing projects
storyArc cooperates partially with law enforcement
dies in prison
is imprisoned
workOfFiction The Wire NERFINISHED

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Avon Barksdale closeAssociate D'Angelo Barksdale
Avon Barksdale familyRelation D'Angelo Barksdale
this entity surface form: D'Angelo Barksdale (nephew)
Barksdale Organization keyMember D'Angelo Barksdale
The Target introducesMainCharacter D'Angelo Barksdale
this entity surface form: D’Angelo Barksdale
Wallace (The Wire) reportsTo D'Angelo Barksdale
subject surface form: Wallace