 He was the inspiration for the fictional character John Munch on that show as well as a character named Jay Landsman on the television series "The Wire", created by Simon (although the Landsman character is not played by Landsman himself, but by Delaney Williams).Landsman portrayed himself in a brief appearance on the HBO miniseries "The Corner" and, later, appeared in "The Wire", playing the character of Lieutenant Dennis Mello.He appeared in season five of the food and travel show "", when host Anthony Bourdain stopped in Baltimore on a tour of America's rust belt.