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Nat Benchley is an American actor. He guest stars as Augustus Polk in the first, second, & fifth seasons. He has appeared in The Wire creator David Simon's other series Homicide: Life on the Street.
He also had a continuing character role as Det. Augustus Polk in HBO's television series The Wire. In 1988, he created the title role of "Church Key Charlie Blue" in Jim Lehrer 's play. That same year, he and co-actor Bill Grimmette were nominated for a Helen Hayes Award for their performances in Athol Fugard's show "The Blood Knot".
"The Detail" is the second episode of the first season of the HBO original television series, The Wire (2002–2008). The episode was written by David Simon from a story by David Simon and Ed Burns and was directed by Clark Johnson. It originally aired on June 9, 2002.
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.
Synopsis. Detectives McNulty and Bunk visit Medical Examiner Randall Frazier at the Office of Chief Medical Examiner to view the body of state’s witness William Gant. McNulty is convinced that Gant was murdered by the Barksdale Organization to retaliate and discourage future witness testimony.
Bilingual Bonus: Two of the "hump" detectives Daniels gets for the detail are the old-timers from property, Augustus Polk (Nat Benchley) and Patrick Mahon (Tom Quinn).
The Wire (TV Series 2002–2008) Nat Benchley as Det. Augustus Polk
