Jay Landsman is a retired homicide detective and actor. He was featured in David Simon's book about the Baltimore homicide unit '. According to the book, Landsman was the last of his family line on the Baltimore Police Department. His brother Jerry was a detective in the agency who left in the 1980s and their father was the department's first Jewish district commander. The book was later developed into the television series '.

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  • Jay Landsman (The Wire)
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  • Jay Landsman is a retired homicide detective and actor. He was featured in David Simon's book about the Baltimore homicide unit '. According to the book, Landsman was the last of his family line on the Baltimore Police Department. His brother Jerry was a detective in the agency who left in the 1980s and their father was the department's first Jewish district commander. The book was later developed into the television series '. He was the inspiration for the fictional character John Munch (also Jewish) on that show and a character named Jay Landsman on the television series The Wire, created by Simon. Landsman portrayed himself in a brief appearance on the HBO miniseries The Corner. He most recently appeared on The Wire as Dennis Mello. Michael Chabon's protagonist "Detective Landsman," in The Yiddish Policemen's Union is an homage to Landsman.
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  • Jay Landsman as Dennis Mello
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  • Jay Landsman
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  • Jay Landsman is a retired homicide detective and actor. He was featured in David Simon's book about the Baltimore homicide unit '. According to the book, Landsman was the last of his family line on the Baltimore Police Department. His brother Jerry was a detective in the agency who left in the 1980s and their father was the department's first Jewish district commander. The book was later developed into the television series '.
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  • Jay Landsman
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