After 20 years, Idris Elba has come around on the death of his The Wire character Stringer Bell. But when he first got word of his departure from the show, the actor admits he was less than thrilled.

"The Wire" is full of truly memorable moments and faces, but some of them are simply more impressive than others. Two of the show's standouts, stick-up man Omar Little (Michael K. Williams) and drug ...

Idris Elba is known as one of the smoothest actors around, thanks to both the caliber of his performances and for the cool demeanor he brings to many of his roles - a reputation he built on the back ...

Idris Elba is certainly proud of his time on The Wire, but that doesn't mean he wants to relive it. The actor who spent three seasons as business savvy criminal Russell "Stringer" Bell recently broke ...

Stringer Bell isn’t tuning in. Idris Elba rose to fame on the acclaimed HBO crime drama “The Wire,” but he recently made a shocking admission: he’s never seen the show, and refuses to watch it. “If ...

During its five-season run on HBO, co-creators David Simon and Ed Burns'The Wire delivered a menagerie of streetwise criminals who captured our imagination as they tried to survive on the mean streets ...

Idris Elba has insisted he will never watch “The Wire.” The critically acclaimed series is often ranked among the greatest television dramas of all time by critics and audiences alike. The 52-year-old ...

Idris Elba has insisted he will never watch The Wire. The 52-year-old actor had his breakout US role was criminal Russell 'Stringer' Bell on the first three seasons of the hit HBO drama from 2002 to ...

Fans of HBO's "The Wire" know that Idris Elba's character Stringer Bell was one of the most fully-formed criminals to ever knock off a college textbook. Elba is one of the few "Wire" alums to continue ...

He's faced down drug lords as Stringer Bell, gone toe-to-toe with a cybernetic mercenary in "Hobbs & Shaw," and suited up for pure comic-book chaos in "The Suicide Squad." But Idris Elba says none of ...