Idris Elba appeared on Amy Poehler's podcast and admitted that he's never watched "The Wire," which made him famous, and doesn't plan to. Stringer Bell isn’t tuning in. Idris Elba rose to fame on the ...

Idris Elba is an incredibly talented actor, and his best performance remains one in HBO's The Wire that more people should ...

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 ...

Actor Idris Elba shared why he “didn’t watch” watch his breakthrough HBO show, The Wire, wherein he portrayed the iconic character of drug lord Russell “Stringer” Bell. Elba shared that he feels “bad” ...

Idris Elba has revealed that he’s never watched “The Wire” and he never will. The hunky actor and sought-after DJ confessed that he hasn’t seen a single episode of the HBO hit that made him a ...

The English actor played Russell "Stringer" Bell on three seasons of HBO’s The Wire before his character was killed off in the early 2000s “It's a series that changed my life,” Amy Poehler told Elba ...

Idris Elba shot to fame while playing Stringer Bell in The Wire, the realistic crime drama considered by some to be the best TV series of all time. But to this day the Marvel, DC, and Sonic the ...

That said, the actor agrees that it was ultimately an "important move" for the show's writers to make. After 20 years, Idris Elba has come around on the death of his The Wire character Stringer Bell.

(The Root) — For nearly 10 years, Idris Elba has been nothing short of an international star. From his deep baritone as the drug kingpin Russell “Stringer” Bell in HBO’s The Wire to his recent success ...

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 ...