The Wire

-Drama The Wire is a sprawling urban police drama, set in the mean streets of a drug-riddled Baltimore where the cycle of misery and poverty is hopeless and detectives do their best to stay ahead and grapple with the situation they're given. The Wire has the benefit of being o...
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Afro-European actor Idris Alba was born on September 6, 1972 in London, England. The multi-talented thespian is also a DJ and a hip-hop recording artist. Idris, dubbed as one of "10 Hottest Men on the Planet" by Essence magazine in November 2005, got his big break by appearing in the British soap opera Family Affairs. He also starred in the film Sometimes in April. He is currently featured in HBO's police drama, The Wire.

Russell "Stringer" Bell is the number two guy in drug kingpin Avon Barksdale's organization. Stringer, who aced his economics classes back in college, aims to cement the Barksdale gang into legitimacy by investing in real estate and extracting political influence in exchange for cold hard cash.

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