Perhaps the most iconic character in the entirety of The Wire is freelance robber Omar Little, played by Michael K. Williams. An openly gay gunslinger that answers to no one but himself, refusing to take sides in the game between police and drug dealers, Omar epitomises the street lifestyle portrayed in the show. He is famed for his theme, warning his victims of his arrival by whistling The Farmer In The Dell and leading to panicked calls of Omar comin! Yet Michael K. Williams cannot whistle, and as such someone else had to whistle the theme for him middle-aged white actress Susan Allenback.
