Anwan “Big G” Glover, who plays Slim Charles on the acclaimed HBO series “The Wire,” is trying to pull troubled kids off the streets the way he was pulled off the streets.
Before his acting career, Glover ran with gangs in the Columbia Heights area. He was convicted on gun and drug charges and heading in the wrong direction.
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