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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.
Russell "Stringer" Bell is a fictional character in The Wire, played by Idris Elba. In the criminal world of early 2000s Baltimore, Bell serves as drug kingpin Avon Barksdale's second-in-command and assumes direct control of the Barksdale Organization during Avon's imprisonment. Bell is a terse and brooding leader, who shuns the flamboyance of ...
The Wire is an American crime drama television series created and primarily written by American author and former police reporter David Simon for the cable network HBO.The series premiered on June 2, 2002, and ended on March 9, 2008, comprising 60 episodes over five seasons.
Elba is also featured on the Macklemore & Ryan Lewis album This Unruly Mess I've Made (2016). He had the idea to develop the music from his album Idris Elba Presents Mi Mandela into a show, which eventually resulted in a play called Tree that premiered at the Manchester International Festival in 2019. [75] However, authorship of the piece was ...
Idris Elba famously swore he would never marry again, but that changed when he fell head over heels for his future wife, Sabrina Elba. “It was love at first sight,” Idris said while appearing ...
Los Angeles Times owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong tells 'Fox News @ Night' why he wants to take the left-leaning paper in a different direction.
Elba in 2024. Idris Elba is an English actor. He is known for portraying drug trafficker Stringer Bell on the HBO series The Wire, DCI John Luther on the BBC One series Luther and Nelson Mandela in the biographical film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013).
The following is a listing of fictional characters from the HBO series, The Wire.Note that some characters' allegiances or positions may have changed over time; and, although the series has ended, the placement below is generally meant to reflect their most recent situation.