The Wire's Stringer Bell is a combination of the real-life gangsters Stringer Reed and Roland Bell, but his story is much ...

Spoilers for The Wire follow. If you were upset when Idris Elba’s Stringer Bell was shot and killed in the third season of HBO’s widely acclaimed Baltimore drug drama The Wire (2002-2008 ...

While the British actor remembered the whirlwind experience of going from being a struggling actor to playing the business-savvy criminal Stringer Bell fondly, he admitted that it was a complete ...

Idris played Stringer Bell, shrewd drug lord and second-in-command ... Family Affairs is still close to Idris Elba’s heart! (Picture: Fremantle Media/REX) ‘At the time Channel 5 didn’t ...

In Idris Elba’s case, he wasn’t expecting his big “The Wire” death scene to come so soon. And he definitely wasn’t expecting to get the news of Stringer Bell’s demise in such an ...

Idris Elba as Stringer Bell in ‘The Wire' (HBO) “There just wasn’t enough content being generated,” Simon said. “That’s been ameliorated somewhat by the changes in the industry and ...

Brand ambassadorship aside, there is only one real question for Idris Elba when it comes to crypto. Perhaps his most well-known role is Stringer Bell, the entrepreneurial gangster from the HBO ...

Could you introduce us to Stringer Bell?" While Sharpe laughed at Rawlings ... Sharpe later brought up the fact that foreign actors like Elba and Damson Idris (who played the main character ...

But we did press Idris Elba on what drew him to this character, especially since he's known for such iconic roles - Stringer Bell on "The Wire," "Luther," even his portrayal of Nelson Mandela.

British actor Idris Elba, best known for roles including Stringer Bell from “The Wire” and John Luther from the eponymous TV show, has ambitions beyond the screen. For his latest role ...

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