27 Facts About Tommy Carcetti

Thomas J "Tommy" Carcetti is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by Aidan Gillen.

Tommy Carcetti first appears as a member of the Baltimore City Council.

Tommy Carcetti is idealistic and ambitious, and has the backing of local Democrats in Baltimore's 1st district as well as Major Stan Valchek of the Baltimore Police Department.

Tommy Carcetti becomes increasingly disillusioned with Royce and decides to run against him, recruiting college friend and Washington political consultant Theresa D'Agostino as his campaign manager.

At a city council meeting, Tommy Carcetti implicitly blames Royce for the debacle in an impassioned speech.

Tommy Carcetti's speech relies heavily on "war" rhetoric, which clashes with Colvin's view that such perspectives have made the War on Drugs unwinnable.

Tommy Carcetti continues his campaign, with D'Agostino serving as his strategist while Norman Wilson, a former editor at The Baltimore Sun, becomes his campaign manager.

When early polls show low numbers for Tommy Carcetti, he assumes that he has already lost on the basis of his race and begins to lose interest in the campaign.

Tommy Carcetti chooses not to prepare for an upcoming debate with Royce and Gray, believing that he could win the debate but still lose the election regardless.

Tommy Carcetti uses this inside information and his previous request for a witness protection scheme to ambush Royce to great effect.

Tommy Carcetti persuades Gray to publicly criticize Royce with the promise of a prominent council position in exchange for taking a large share of the African-American vote.

Tommy Carcetti's confidence restored, Carcetti hits the campaign trail with renewed vigor, receiving assistance from State Delegate Odell Watkins, who has turned against Royce.

Tommy Carcetti offers Daniels a promotion to the Criminal Investigations Division and an automatic promotion to the rank of colonel.

Tommy Carcetti rejects the offer, as it would be damaging to his own planned campaign for governor; Wilson is left disappointed at Tommy Carcetti's decision to put his ambition ahead of the needs of the city.

At Wilson and Rawls' suggestion, Tommy Carcetti decides to defer to Daniels, Herc's former commanding officer, who decides that a reprimand for excessive force is sufficient punishment.

Burrell approaches Tommy Carcetti to suggest that a more rigorous review of Herc is needed.

Burrell is finally able to prove his usefulness to Tommy Carcetti by exploiting his political intellect, but Tommy Carcetti continues to consult Daniels on policing strategy.

Tommy Carcetti is forced to cut spending in other areas in order to plug the schools' budget deficit and is unable to keep his promises to reform the BPD.

Tommy Carcetti meets with Burrell and Rawls to discuss the BPD's problems, becoming concerned with crime statistics despite his prior decision to discourage stat-based policing.

Morale in the BPD is at a low because Tommy Carcetti is withholding payment of overtime.

Tommy Carcetti refuses because he is worried it will be used to discredit Baltimore's Democratic Party.

Tommy Carcetti considers the prospect of being replaced by Campbell, who has become tainted by a corruption scandal.

Elsewhere, Rawls leaks BPD statistics to Tommy Carcetti showing a rising crime rate.

Tommy Carcetti offers favors to Campbell and the ministers to accept his plans for the BPD.

Tommy Carcetti reluctantly accepts the deal when Campbell hints that Burrell has knowledge of corrupt activity in Daniels' past, but Tommy Carcetti remains unaware of the specifics.

Tommy Carcetti further stated that while Carcetti was "reflective" of O'Malley, Carcetti was a composite drawing aspects from other local politicians that he had covered when he worked as a reporter for The Baltimore Sun.

In 2018, show writer William F Zorzi said that Carcetti was "based in part on O'Malley" and "a number" of other politicians.