Dris Wright

Dris Walsh is the tritagonist of Top Boy. He is the tritagonist of Season 1, the deuteragonist of Season 2 and the tritagonist turned antagonist in Season 3.

He is portrayed by Shone Romolus.

Biography
According to Channel 4 website on Dris, he was 19 years old during the events in season 1 which is set in 2011, which suggest he was born in 1992

Dris works for Dushane and Sully in the drug trade, he takes over from Sully in the end of season 1 as 2nd in command. He has a daughter and has been looking after his daughter on his own since his girlfriend has been in prison. Dris suffered a stroke in 2018.

Season 1
Dris is first shown to be a background character in the pilot season, he comes with Sully and Dushane to help the crew to help their crew after a rival gang, robbed but they got away in time, Kamale and the crew rob them again. With the crew thinking that Gem was the leak of the stash house Dris comes to his school to confront him but runs away he continues to chase him, he bullies Ra'Nell to get information on Gem but gets stopped.

When Dushane and Sully find out where Kamale is staying Dris comes with them to kidnap Kamale and torture him, Dris stabs Dwight in the arm with a cleaver, as they take him to a quiet place they burry him and then Kamale gives them where the stolen drugs are, Dushane and Sully go on their way there and Dris kills Kamale and buries him. The next morning knowing that Gem wasn't the one who leaked to Kamale, Dris tries to make up to Ra'Nell and succeeds to make up to Gem for what happened.

When Dushane accepts Ra'Nell's offer for the cannabis deal only once, Sully talks with Dris to rob Ra'Nell instead which Leon comes to rescue Ra'Nell when Dris and Sully rob the weed off Ra'Nell and Sully kills Leon and they all flee, Sully is kicked out of the crew after that scene and Dushane makes Dris his number 2

Season 2
With Sully excommunicated from the crew by Dushane, Dris now serves as Dushane's 2nd in command. In the beginning of season 2 Dris starts taking his daughter to school, he gets stopped by the police for the murder of Kamale when the police find his body, Dushane also gets arrested but they both got let off as Kayla becomes a friend to the crew which though she also gets arrested and gets interrogated. Kamale has posters on the wall, when Dris and Dushane see it he advises to to Dushane and tells him that they are never going to let that go.

When Kayla comes home after being arrested Dris comes with one of the drug dealers of the crew to drop off Elijah to reunite with his mother for keeping her mouth shut about the Kamale murder. The man who has his arm cut off Dris told Dushane that he was killed in New Years party. Dris takes Erin to come and see her mother in prison Mandy who is Dris' girlfriend, he lets her know about the Kamale murder and how he may be banged up in jail about Kayla being arrested. Mandy is very upset about it as she is worried about what will happen to Erin.

Dris comes with Dushane to confront Vincent for beating up Ra'Nell but Mustapha then comes through and stabs Vincent to his death and he also comes with Dushane and Sully also reunites with them to rob the Albanians who robbed them to retrieve back the drugs and money.

Season 3
6 years later, Dris had a stroke previously before season 3, he occasionally has seizures, while Dushane is in Jamaica, Dris is now the de facto leader in the Summerhouse estate, Jaq serves as his 2nd in command and occasionally has a couple who ask for tick for drugs which they are occasionally told to f*** off by Dris and Jaq, these 2 couples happen to be CID. Later Dushane returns to Summerhouse to take back leadership, Dris serves back as 2nd in command until Sully comes back after the death of his friend and also a son in a way Jason, Dris lets Dushane stay as long as he wants in his flat, along with his daughter Erin who has a less relationship with her father.

Dris becomes a liability to the crew along with falling asleep from his seizure in his car while waiting on Dushane when he is robbing a house to find money, also not taking his meds and so Dushane drops him back and leaves Jaq to be 3rd in charge of the crew which Dris gets more disloyal.

In the 9th episode Dris is dropping off his daughter at school who gets approached by Jermaine (Sully's en-strange cousin) which then Dris sells Dushane and Sully out to Jermaine and escaped prisoner Modie and also sells his friends out to Jamie who was the leader of the fields who were at war with Summerhouse.

Dushane and Sully evaded both attacks and they find out Dris was the one who sold them out, Sully comes to Dris and takes him to a rooftop, the camera comes up and a gunshot is heard, Dris is not confirmed dead as he is reported missing in the police radar and his daughter Erin is around with social services. Random burglars also come in his flat and take a lot of stuff out of there.

Murders committed by Dris

 * Kamale Lewis: Shot in the head. (2011)

Murders connected to Dris

 * Leon: Indirectly caused for Dris but then Sully then shoots Leon whist Dris held Leon after Leon and Sully were fighting. (2011)
 * Vincent: Stabbed in the leg by Mr. Mustapha, Dushane and Dris left him to bleed to death. (2013)
 * Ricky: Shot to death by Modie, Dris told Jermaine about where Dushane and Sully's safehouse was. (2019)
 * Gerry: Shot to death by Modie, Dris told Jermaine about where Dushane and Sully's safehouse was.. (2019)

Trivia

 * Dris is the English version of Julio Ramano and Andre Coleman in TV series Power.
 * Top Boy of Shone Romulus playing Dris was his first acting role.
 * Dris was an anti hero in all 3 seasons season 1 Dris was a tritagonist, he was deuteragonist in season 2 and in season 3 he is a deuteragonist and then in the last 2 episodes he becomes an antagonist.
 * Dris was the first character to commit a proper murder being Kamale, Sully killed first but was accidental.
 * Dris had a stroke in 2018.
 * Between 2013 and 2019 Dris was the only original Summerhouse members that remained with Summerhouse as it was unknown what happened to the other last members Shaheed, Nevaeh, Nafisa & R-Marni.
 * During the absence of Dushane and Sully, Dris was running Summerhouse.
 * Dris' last name is Wright in season 2 but in season 3 finale the police have his last name down as Dris Walsh.
 * His girlfriend Mandy is in prison in season 2 and later in season 3 she is believed to go back inside.
 * There is no confirmation that Dris is deceased yet, we do not see Sully shooting Dris as the camera goes up and we don't really hear Dris dropping on the floor, all though his daughter Erin is surrounded by social services.
 * At the end of season 3 there is burglars at Dris's flat where they take everything out of his flat.