Jamie Hector
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| Jamie Hector | |
 Hector at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival |
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| Born | October 7, 1975 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1995 - |
Jamie Hector (born October 7, 1975) is an American actor who is known for his portrayal of Marlo Stanfield on the critically acclaimed HBO series The Wire.
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[edit] Biography
Hector began acting immediately after high school when he auditioned for a community theater company. He then enrolled in college while he continued to audition and book roles on New York Undercover, Third Watch, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Beat, and Oz. His film work dates back to Spike Lee’s Clockers. From there he went on to appear in He Got Game, Ghost Dog, Prison Song, and Everyday People. Hector attributes a defining moment in his career to the short film Five Deep Breaths directed by Seith Mann. With Hector in the lead role Five Deep Breaths was an Official Selection of the Cannes, Sundance, Tribeca, and IFP Film Festivals; it went on to accumulate 16 awards. David Simon, the creator of The Wire, cited Five Deep Breaths as the movie that brought Hector to his attention.[1] He is currently working in the film Blackout with Melvin Van Peebles and Jeffrey Wright, and featured as recurring villain Benjamin "Knox" Washington in the third season of Heroes. He is also featured in the 2008 film Max Payne, in which he plays the role of Lincoln DeNeuf, a Haitian crime boss.
[edit] Personal life
According to the "Q&A with the Cast and Creative Team of The Wire" Special Feature from Disc Five of the Season 3 DVD Boxset of The Wire.' (approximately 40 to 42 minutes in) Hector mentors children. He teaches them martial arts and drama, counsels them and checks whether they attend school. Hector is of Haitian descent. Jamie Hector is incorrectly listed as being on OZ on IMDB
