The Wire never felt like just another cop show. You see that from the first episode, when a street corner murder feels bigger ...

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

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

He is best known for playing Nelson Mandela in the biographical film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013) and drug trafficker ...

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 ...

Attesting to The Wire's enduring legacy, Idris Elba said some fans still remember him best for the drama series. Having played the pragmatic, savvy crime boss Stringer Bell for th ...

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

Poehler, very much a member of the show's fan club, identified The Wire as "a series that changed my life" and revealed that ...

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

Series creator David Simon stated that Stringer's death wasn't personal but rather "to make a political point." ...