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Robert Wisdom (born 14 September 1953; age 70) is an actor who played Dak'Rah in the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds second season episode "Under the Cloak of War".

Wisdom is best known for playing Howard "Bunny" Colvin in (mainly) the third and fourth seasons of The Wire (2003-08, with Idris Elba, Sonja Sohn, John Doman and Reg E. Cathey) and Norman "Lechero" St. John in the third season of Prison Break (2007, with Wade Andrew Williams and Robert Knepper).

In 1997-99, Wisdom starred in Cracker alongside Carolyn McCormick. In 2010, he was part of the main cast in Happy Town, with Steven Weber. In 2012-13, he co-starred in the first season of Nashville. In 2018-20, he co-starred in The The Alienist (with Alice Krige) and Helstrom (2020, with Hamza Fouad). In 2022, Wisdom became part of the main cast in Barry (starring Stephen Root).

He also played recurring roles on Poltergeist: The Legacy (with Fionnula Flanagan), Supernatural (with Don McManus, Mark Rolston, and Christopher Heyerdahl), Burn Notice (with Gregg Henry, directed by Jonathan Frakes), Chicago P.D., Ballers, Rosewood, Flaked, The Hot Zone (with Daniel Dae Kim), and Watchmen (developed by Damon Lindelof).

Wisdom also had parts in a number of films, including Face/Off (1997, with Harve Presnell and John Carroll Lynch), Mighty Joe Young (1998, with Lawrence Pressman, Richard Riehle, Tracey Walter, Richard McGonagle, Lily Mariye, and Scarlett Pomers), Duplex (2003, with Wallace Shawn, Tracey Walter, and Chris Doyle), Ray (2004), The Forgotten (2004, with Alfre Woodard), Sympathy for Delicious (2010, with John Carroll Lynch), The Dark Knight Rises (2012, starring Tom Hardy, with Reggie Lee and Wade Andrew Williams), The Loft (2014, starring Karl Urban), Unforgettable (2017), and Motherless Brooklyn (2019).

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