Jamie Hector Biography

Fast Facts

• Is a volunteer mentor for the organization Moving Mountains where he teaches kids martial arts and drama
• Auditioned for a community theater company after high school and began auditioning while in college
• Made his screen acting debut in the 1998 film "He Got Game․"
• Quote: "(On "The Wire"): "We know we live in a world of corruption but that corruption isn't brought to life all that often in our entertainment․․․For those on the other side, the ones living in corruption we're giving them a mirror to look into․""
• Quote: "(On playing a drug lord in "The Wire"): "It was fun․ It was research, and it was reading and music and sitting back and actually trying to get into the shoes of this character․ I spent some time around some people who had lived the life․""
• Best known for his role as Marlo Stanfield in "The Wire" and as Lincoln Deneuf in "Max Payne․"
• Has done voice-over work for the TV series "TRON: Uprising" and for the video games "Halo: Reach," "Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories," and "The Warriors․"