Poot (The Wire)

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Poot
The Wire character
Tray Chaney as Poot Carr
First appearance	"The Target" (2002)
Last appearance	"Clarifications" (2008)
Created by	David Simon
Portrayed by	Tray Chaney
In-universe information
Alias	Poot
Gender	Male
Occupation	Drug dealer

Malik "Poot" Carr is a fictional character in the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Tray Chaney. Poot is a drug dealer in the Barksdale Organization who slowly rises through the ranks. He eventually leaves the drug trade after it causes the death of his best friend Bodie Broadus (J.D. Williams) and many other of his friends. He has the distinction, along with Wee-Bey Brice (Hassan Johnson), Omar Little (Michael K. Williams), Bubbles (Andre Royo), and Proposition Joe (Robert F. Chew), of being one of the only characters in the drug trade to appear in every season.

Of the 17 front-line Barksdale Organization gang members featured in the series, 12 die, and three more are imprisoned with long sentences. Poot, in many ways, is the "sole survivor", and the foil to the heavy casualties suffered by Barksdale's organization. He survives being shot three times, more times than any other character except Omar Little. Poot distinguishes himself from the other two remaining survivors, Slim Charles (Anwan Glover) and Dennis "Cutty" Wise (Chad Coleman), as the only low-level player who completely moves away from the drug trade after the organization's collapse.