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

Hollywood star Idris Elba has opened up about the challenges and revelations that come with aging, especially after hitting his 50s.The 52-year-old actor made these statements during a chat on Amy ...

Idris Elba's American breakout role was as Stringer Bell in The Wire, but the actor hasn't gone back to revisit his ...

With a near-perfect critics’ score of 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, The Wire remains one of the greatest crime drama series of all time. Over a five-season run, the series used dramatized situations to shed ...

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

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

Idris Elba credits The Wire for his casting in The Office. According to the actor, the sitcom needed a villain like Stringer ...

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 ...

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

Idris Elba is opening up about his 50s, and all that comes with them. On a Tuesday episode of Amy Poehler’s “Good Hang” ...

The Wire wrapped in 2008 and Idris stepped into a larger career. He starred in Luther, a British psychological thriller ...