Al Giardello

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Al Giardello is a principled and charismatic Baltimore police lieutenant who leads the homicide unit in the television series "Homicide: Life on the Street."

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instanceOf fictional character
television character
appearsIn Homicide: Life on the Street NERFINISHED
Homicide: The Movie NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme institutional racism in policing
loyalty and leadership
police politics
urban crime
basedOn real-life Baltimore detectives described in David Simon's book "Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets"
characterTrait authoritative
charismatic
loyal to his detectives
politically savvy
principled
countryOfFictionalSetting United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Paul Attanasio NERFINISHED
departmentRank lieutenant
employer Baltimore Police Department NERFINISHED
familyName Giardello NERFINISHED
fictionalCity Baltimore, Maryland NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse Homicide: Life on the Street universe NERFINISHED
firstAppearance Homicide: Life on the Street, Season 1 NERFINISHED
fullName Aloysius Giardello NERFINISHED
genreOfWork police procedural television series
givenName Aloysius NERFINISHED
hasChild Mikey Giardello NERFINISHED
hasEthnicBackground African American
Italian American
hasFandom Homicide: Life on the Street fandom NERFINISHED
hasRelative Mikey Giardello NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
medium television
narrativeFunction command figure and moral center of the squad
nickname Gee NERFINISHED
notableFor conflicts with police bureaucracy
mentoring younger detectives
strong moral code
occupation homicide lieutenant
police officer
portrayedBy Yaphet Kotto NERFINISHED
position commanding officer of the Baltimore Police Department Homicide Unit
role leader of the homicide unit
screenTimeContext ensemble cast member
televisionNetworkOfSeries NBC NERFINISHED
workLocation Baltimore NERFINISHED

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