media According to David Simon, the creator of the HBO drama The Wire, the show's fictional mayor of Baltimore Tommy Carcetti is "not O'Malley," but O'Malley was one of several inspirations. Writing in Baltimore Magazine several years after the show had closed, Simon did disclose a private phone conversation with O'Malley as production of the show's second season was beginning, in which the mayor urged that the show's contents be changed to put Baltimore and his own administration in a better light, and threatened the show's continuation in Baltimore unless such changes were made. O'Malley appeared in the film Ladder 49 as himself. O'Malley is a War of 1812 buff. History Channel's 2004 documentary First Invasion: The War of 1812 featured him in a segment regarding the British attack on Baltimore in 1814. He also appeared in the 2014 Travel Channel documentary The War of 1812 Trail. In 2019, O'Malley appeared on Ireland's The Late Late Show'' to discuss his love of Shane MacGowan's music. Bibliography Electoral history Mayor of Baltimore Governor of Maryland See also 2016 Democratic Party presidential candidates References External links Martin O'Malley official campaign site |- |- |- |- 1963 births 20th-century American guitarists 20th-century American politicians 20th-century American singers 21st-century American guitarists 21st-century American male writers 21st-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American singers American acoustic guitarists American banjoists American gun control activists American male guitarists American male singers American people of Dutch descent American people of German descent American people of Irish descent American people of Scottish descent American rock guitarists American rock singers Boston College faculty Candidates in the 2016 United States presidential election Catholic University of America alumni Catholics from Maryland Democratic Party governors of Maryland Gonzaga College High School alumni Guitarists from Maryland Johns Hopkins University faculty Living people Maryland lawyers Mayors of Baltimore McCourt School of Public Policy faculty Musicians from Baltimore People from Bethesda, Maryland Rock banjoists Singers from Maryland University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law alumni Writers from Baltimore