Twilight supporting actors announced for Breaking Dawn

Wendell Pierce played Detective William 'Bunk' Moreland in The Wire

The supporting cast of the final Twilight movies, Breaking Dawn, has been announced by Hollywood studio Summit Entertainment.

Eight actors, including Wendell Pierce from The Wire, have been handed roles in the two-part finale to the vampire series.

The studio hasn't released details about which characters they'll play.

The first Breaking Dawn film is released on 18 November 2011 with the second part following a year later.

Other actors chosen for supporting roles include Olga Fonda, Janelle Froehlich, Masami Kosaka, Sebastiao Lemos, Amadou Ly, Ty Olsson and Carolina Virguez.

Summit Entertainment says it's also finished casting the roles of the vampire covens and nomads featured in Stephenie Meyer's final novel.

The characters each actor will play haven't been confirmed yet.

Bill Condon (Dreamgirls) is directing both films with Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner reprising their roles as Bella Swan, Edward Cullen and Jacob Black.

British actor Michael Sheen continues in his role as one of the three Volturi vampire leaders, Aro.

The screenplay is being written by Melissa Rosenberg, who worked on the first three Twilight films, with Stephenie Meyer taking a part in production.

The story follows the story of Bella's marriage to vampire Edward Cullen, the birth of their half-vampire, half-human daughter and their final battle against the Volturi.