Tray Chaney is an American actor. He appeared on the
HBO program ''
The Wire
''The Wire'' is an American crime drama television series created and primarily written by author and former police reporter David Simon. The series was broadcast by the cable network HBO in the United States. ''The Wire'' premiered on June 2 ...
'' as
Poot Carr
Malik "Poot" Carr is a fictional character on the HBO drama ''The Wire'', played by actor Tray Chaney. Poot starts out as a drug dealer in the Barksdale Organization who slowly rises through the ranks. He eventually ends up leaving the drug t ...
, which became his most successful acting role. He also appears in the
Bounce TV soap opera
Saints & Sinners as Kendrick.
Career
Chaney began his entertainment career as a dancer at the age of four winning competitions at the
Apollo Theater. He appeared in the 2003 music video "
My Baby" by rap artist
Bow Wow. He later appeared in ''The Wire'' BET Promo Shoot commercial in 2006. He has also appeared on ''
America's Most Wanted'', playing a fugitive named "Jerry Robinson."
He released his self-published book entitled ''The Truth You Can't beTray'' in January 2007.
Personal life
Chaney grew up in
Forestville,
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
and lives with his wife in
Clinton, Maryland
Clinton is an unincorporated census-designated place (CDP) in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Clinton was formerly known as Surrattsville until after the time of the Civil War. The population of Clinton was 38,760 at the 2020 cen ...
.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
"After The Wire" Christopher Seneca, ''
Washingtonian'', May 31, 2010
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American male television actors
African-American male actors
People from Forestville, Maryland
Male actors from Maryland
21st-century American male actors
People from Clinton, Maryland
Place of birth missing (living people)
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