The Shield

Glen Mazzara is currently Executive Producer/Writer for the sixth season of the 2003 Golden Globe® winner for Best Television Drama, The Shield. He has been a member of the core writing staff of the groundbreaking police drama since its first season.Mazzara was raised in Queens, New York. He developed an interest in writing at an early age, and went on to attend NYU, where he earned both his Bachelors and Masters degrees in English. His first success as a writer came in 1994, when his one act play, My Father Hates the Rain, was performed at Brown University’s George Houston Bass Play-Rites Festival.Before beginning his career in Hollywood, Mazzara spent 13 years as a hospital administrator in New York City. In 1998, Mazzara left the hospital for a friend’s couch in Los Angeles, determined to become a film and television writer. He soon sold freelance scripts to the syndicated series Big Wolf on Campus and to CBS’s Nash Bridges, which led to two years on staff at that show.In addition to writing on The Shield, Mazzara is currently writing the feature film Quiet Soldier for Mission Pictures and developing new shows for 20th Century Fox Television. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and three sons.&nbsp;

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Glen Mazzara is currently Executive Producer/Writer for the sixth season of the 2003 Golden Globe® winner for Best Television Drama, The Shield. 

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Glen Mazzara | The Shield on FX

Glen Mazzara | Executive Producer, Writer | The Shield on FX

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Emmy® Winner Micheal Chiklis returns as "Detective Vic Mackey," the lightning-rod leader of the Strike Team. Reeling from the loss of his friend Curtis Lemansky in last year's finale, Vic will risk family, career, and his own freedom to find Lem's killer.&nbsp;

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Emmy® nominated actress CCH Pounder plays "Captain Claudette Wyms." After realizing her ambition to be Captain in the Barn, Claudette finds the personal and political challenges of the job much more difficult to manage than she thought.

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Benito Martinez plays "Councilman David Aceveda." Old wounds and a new political player emerge to put Aceveda to the ultimate ethical test.

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Jay Karnes stars as master "Detective Holland 'Dutch' Wagenbach." Continuing his strained partnership with Detective Steve Billings, Dutch becomes distracted by his infatuation with a female officer and new suspicions about Vic.

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Walton Goggins returns as the mercurial "Detective Shane Vendrell." After killing Lem in the season finale, Shane's world crumbles as he tries to stay one step ahead of Vic's pursuit of the "real killer."

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Catherine Dent returns as "Officer Danielle 'Danny' Sofer." Danny receives good news professionally while pressures surrounding the father of her baby continue to mount.

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Michael Jace plays "Officer Julien Lowe." After continuing to struggle with his new partner, Tina, Julien is offered a promotion that will change his life.&nbsp;

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David Snell plays "Detective Ronnie Gardocki," the fourth member of the Strike Team. With Lem dead and Shane acting erratically, Ronnie proves himself to be Vic's important, loyal ally.

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Glen Mazzara | Executive Producer, Writer | The Shield on FX

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