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31st Dec 2014

Video: We can’t get enough of the actor who plays Senator Clay Davis teaching people to say ‘sheeeeee-it’

All together now: Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-it.

Conor Heneghan

All together now: Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-it.

The actors themselves don’t always like it, but sometimes an actor becomes so well known for playing a particular character that it’s hard to imagine them doing anything else.

With all due respect to Isiah Whitlock, Jr., who appeared in Goodfellas and Law and Order amongst other projects, he’ll always be associated with Clay Davis, a charismatic and corrupt Baltimore Senator in The Wire.

Whitlock Jr. doesn’t appear to mind being remembered for that role, however, having reprised his unforgettable catchphrase in a YouTube trailer for Whitlock Academy, details about which appear to be thin on the ground but can be found here.

If all it involves is Whitlock repeating ‘Sheeeeee-it’ over and over then you can sign us up but in the meantime, let’s have a look back over some of Clay’s finer moments from The Wire… all of which involve him saying ‘Sheeeeeeee-it’.

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The Wire,TV