The character Stringer Bell, played by Idris Elba, is one of the most compelling television antiheroes ever. Mr. Elba went on to become a prominent film star (he recently won a Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance on "Luther"), yet was never recognized with a mere nomination for his striking portrayal of the business-minded drug dealer in Baltimore. The same could be said for many of the show's other fine actors, including Michael B. Jordan, who played a teen-age drug dealer on "The Wire" and the main character in 2015's Rocky sequel "Creed," and Dominic West, who played Detective Jimmy McNulty on "The Wire" and currently stars in Showtime's "The Affair."