The real-life inspiration for Stringer didn’t meet the same fate (thankfully). “The Wire” is famously based off of former ...

After 20 years, Idris Elba has come around on the death of his The Wire character Stringer Bell. But when he first got word ...

Idris Elba rose to fame on the acclaimed HBO crime drama “The Wire,” but he recently made a shocking admission: he’s never ...

Before landing his breakout role on “The Wire,” Idris Elba had to work hard jobs to stay afloat, he said on a recent episode ...

Elba played erudite but cold-hearted gangster Stringer Bell in three seasons of The Wire, one of the leaders of the drug ring ...

Idris Elba may have made a mark with his role on The Wire, but that doesn’t mean he watched the show. The 52-year-old English ...

Poehler, very much a member of the show's fan club, identified The Wire as "a series that changed my life" and revealed that she's watched it all the way through at least three times. But when she ...

Idris Elba has shared a surprise admission about The Wire, which is commonly regarded as the greatest TV show of all time.

Idris Elba as Stringer Bell on “The Wire.” Paul Schiraldi/HBO. Elba replied, “It’s more that I feel the presence of it all, my life since ‘The Wire,’ in terms of its impact.

He told Amy Poehler on her Good Hang podcast: "If I'm really honest, like, I didn't watch The Wire. "And I feel bad. It's not that I'm not a fan of it. I was there. I made a show that was, you know, ...

Idris Elba has insisted he will never watch “The Wire.” The critically acclaimed series is often ranked among the greatest ...

Idris Elba talked to Amy Poehler on her 'Good Hang' podcast about the good and the bad of being in their 50s, from physical ...