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.
Appearances
The Wire
Main cast, played by Idris Elba
- Episode 1x01: The Target (Jun 2, 2002)
- Episode 1x02: The Detail (Jun 9, 2002)
- Episode 1x03: The Buys (Jun 16, 2002)
- Episode 1x04: Old Cases (Jun 23, 2002)
- Episode 1x05: The Pager (Jun 30, 2002)
- Episode 1x06: The Wire (Jul 7, 2002)
- Episode 1x07: One Arrest (Jul 21, 2002)
- Episode 1x08: Lessons (Jul 28, 2002)
- Episode 1x09: Game Day (Aug 4, 2002)
- Episode 1x10: The Cost (Aug 11, 2002)
- Episode 1x11: The Hunt (Aug 18, 2002)
- Episode 1x12: Cleaning Up (Sep 1, 2002)
- Episode 1x13: Sentencing (Sep 8, 2002)
- Episode 2x01: Ebb Tide (Jun 1, 2003)
- Episode 2x02: Collateral Damage (Jun 8, 2003)
- Episode 2x03: Hot Shots (Jun 15, 2003)
- Episode 2x04: Hard Cases (Jun 22, 2003)
- Episode 2x05: Undertow (Jun 29, 2003)
- Episode 2x06: All Prologue (Jul 6, 2003)
- Episode 2x07: Backwash (Jul 13, 2003)
- Episode 2x09: Stray Rounds (Aug 3, 2003)
- Episode 2x10: Storm Warnings (Aug 10, 2003)
- Episode 2x11: Bad Dreams (Aug 17, 2003)
- Episode 2x12: Port in a Storm (Aug 24, 2003)
- Episode 3x01: Time After Time (Sep 19, 2004)
- Episode 3x02: All Due Respect (Sep 26, 2004)
- Episode 3x03: Dead Soldiers (Oct 3, 2004)
- Episode 3x04: Hamsterdam (Oct 10, 2004)
- Episode 3x05: Straight and True (Oct 17, 2004)
- Episode 3x06: Homecoming (Oct 31, 2004)
- Episode 3x07: Back Burners (Nov 7, 2004)
- Episode 3x08: Moral Midgetry (Nov 14, 2004)
- Episode 3x09: Slapstick (Nov 21, 2004)
- Episode 3x10: Reformation (Nov 28, 2004)
- Episode 3x11: Middle Ground (Dec 12, 2004)
- Episode 3x12: Mission Accomplished (Dec 19, 2004)