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

Stringer Bell isn’t a fan. Idris Elba rose to fame on the acclaimed HBO crime drama “The Wire,” but he recently made a shocking admission: he’s never seen the show, and refuses to watch it. “If I’m really honest,

Elba played erudite but cold-hearted gangster Stringer Bell in three seasons of The Wire, one of the leaders of the drug ring being surveilled in the police operation that gives the all-time-great show its name.