Michael Kostroff

Michael Kostroff is an American actor who was born in New York City and is best known for five seasons as the drug lawyer Maury Levy on HBO's The Wire, where he was a guest star in the first four seasons before starring in the fifth. He has also had recurring roles on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Good Wife, Billions, and The Blacklist, and he played Marshall Pike, his part on the Disney Channel show Sonny with a Chance. On HBO he portrayed Peter Madoff in The Wizard of Lies (2017) and appeared as Shepsie Tirschwell in The Plot Against America, David Simon's 2020 miniseries. His stage career includes the first national tour of Mel Brooks' The Producers from 2002 to 2003 and the touring Les Misérables from 2003 to 2004, where he played Thénardier and later reprised the role for the 25th anniversary tour in 2010. He has written four books on acting and backstage life.