Avon Barksdale

Avon Randolph Barksdale is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire portrayed by actor Wood Harris. Avon is the dominant drug dealer of Baltimore's West Side, running the Barksdale Organization. He runs the West Baltimore drug trade with total autonomy. Avon was counseled in his drug business by attorney Maurice Levy and assisted by his childhood friend and second-in-command Stringer Bell and sister Brianna Barksdale. Below Bell was a large organization of drug dealers and enforcers, including Avon's nephew (and Brianna's son) D'Angelo. He is interested only in controlling the drug trade in West Baltimore, accepting nothing less than absolute power, believing that control of territory is the key to this objective. He is...