D'Angelo Barksdale

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fictional character television character

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
D'Angelo Barksdale (nephew)	1
D’Angelo Barksdale	1

Statements (44)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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

West Baltimore drug trade → hasParticipantCharacter → D'Angelo Barksdale ⓘ

Wallace (The Wire) → reportsTo → D'Angelo Barksdale ⓘ

subject surface form: Wallace