Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Shield is an American television series, in the police drama genre. The show is notable (and controversial) for its portrayal of some of the police officers as both corrupt and brutal, especially the central character Vic Mackey. Main cast: Detective Vic Mackey - Michael Chiklis Detective Shane Vendrell - Walton Goggins Detective Curtis "Lemonhead" Lemansky - Kenny Johnson Captain David Aceveda - Benito Martinez Detective Claudette Wyms - CCH Pounder Detective Holland "Dutch" Wagenbach - Jay Karnes Officer Danielle "Danny" Sofer - Catherine Dent Officer Julien Lowe - Michael Jace Detective Tavon Garris - Brian White (as of Season 2) This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.