Nick Sobotka
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| First appearance | "Ebb Tide" (episode 2.01) |
| Last appearance | "The Dickensian Aspect" (episode 5.06) |
| Created by | David Simon |
| Portrayed by | Pablo Schreiber |
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| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Dock worker, Drug dealer, Smuggler |
| Family | Louis Sobotka (father), Joan Sobotka (mother) |
| Spouse(s) | Aimee |
| Children | Ashley |
| Relatives | Frank Sobotka (uncle), Ziggy Sobotka (cousin) |
Nickolas Andrew "Nick" Sobotka is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Pablo Schreiber. Nick is cousin to Ziggy Sobotka, the wayward and rebellious son to his uncle Frank Sobotka.
Nick is a dockworker, and works for his uncle Frank Sobotka, the secretary treasurer for the International Brotherhood of Stevedores. He often has to keep his cousin (and Frank's son) Ziggy out of trouble, a fact his uncle appreciates. Despite his disdain for Ziggy's antics, Nick shows considerable patience and seems to genuinely care about him. Involved in his uncle's smuggling operation, Nick often serves as Frank's go-between in meetings with Spiros "Vondas" Vondopoulos. At the diner Vondas uses as an office, Nick acquires the serial numbers of cargo containers being smuggled in by The Greek.
Nick has a girlfriend, Aimee, with whom he has a daughter, Ashley. They want to move in together, but they are unable to afford a place of their own. The fact that Nick lives with his parents and lacks a steady income leads to tensions between the two. Since Nick is one of the younger stevedores, seniority prevents him from getting enough work at the docks. Desperate for cash, he and Ziggy steal a trailer full of cameras and sell it to the Greek's front man, Glekas. This brings Nick to the attention of Vondas who asks for large quantities of chemicals. Nick accepts this job after learning that the chemicals are useful in the processing of drugs but not bombs.
Nick enters the drug trade to help relieve Ziggy from the debt he owes to Proposition Joe's nephew Cheese. Cheese co-operates when Nick arrives with Sergei "Serge" Malatov to threaten him at gunpoint. Later, Nick sells heroin to a drug dealer named Frog after receiving it as payment from Vondas. Nick begins dealing with "White" Mike McArdle in order to continue supplying Frog.
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