- Idris Elba, The Wire, TV, 2002-2004. What chance did the Oz TV find have up against Hackney’s Elba for Russell “Stringer” Bell..? In terms of time, Gilliam actually did better. Stringer had an arc of 37 episodes while the role Gilliam won – Sergeant Ellis Carver of the Baltimore County Police – lasted 60 episodes, 2002-2008!
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