Wysocki

Clarke plays Jarek Wysocki, a cop as honorable as he is feisty, and tough enough to splinter doors with a single man-kick.

Jason Clarke: Chicago's Finest 2011

Wysocki was exercising a search warrant on a house and the officers were brought in as extras.

Jason Clarke: Chicago's Finest 2011

He sees working with Wysocki as a great opportunity.

Matt Lauria's Code of Honor 2011

Beals plays Teresa Colvin, the fierce police superintendent who hires her old partner Wysocki to take down a corrupt city alderman the wonderful Delroy Lindo.

Jason Clarke: Chicago's Finest 2011

There's a charming old-school/new-school dynamic between Wysocki and his Twitter-happy squad mate Caleb Evers Friday Night Lights' Matt Lauria.

Jason Clarke: Chicago's Finest 2011

Terri Turner, played by newcomer Jacob Wysocki, is an overweight and unhappy teenager who turns to his blunt high-school vice principal, played by John C. Reilly, for guidance.

Hiding Out in California Nick Anderson 2011

Still, he'll more than suffice as a complex villain, as Teresa persuades Wysocki her former partner to help her secretly investigate crimes that might be tied to the alderman's shady real estate dealings.

TV review: Fox's 'The Chicago Code,' an exhilarating cops-and-corruption workout Hank Stuever 2011

Best Act of Justice: After the key witness in the case against Alderman Gibbons is murdered on The Chicago Code, it looks like Superintendent Teresa Colvin and Officer Jarek Wysocki are out of luck.

Top Moments: A House Wreck, Oprah Signs Off, Glee's Big Apple Kiss 2011

Besides Beals, the show's immediate strength is Clarke's dynamo performance as Wysocki, an embittered and egotistical veteran who is engaged to one woman while still sleeping with his ex-wife.

TV review: Fox's 'The Chicago Code,' an exhilarating cops-and-corruption workout Hank Stuever 2011

Underlying it all is a mystery about what happened to Wysocki's police-officer brother who was killed in the line of duty.

Jason Clarke: Chicago's Finest 2011