Idris Elba

Idris Elba

Known for
Acting
Born
September 6, 1972 (age 54)
Birthplace
Hackney, London, England, UK

Biography

Idris Elba (born September 6, 1972) is a British television, theatre, and film actor who has starred in both British and American productions. One of his first acting roles was in the soap opera Family Affairs. Since then he has worked in a variety of TV and movie projects including Ultraviolet, The Wire, No Good Deed and Zootopia.

Known For

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Filmography

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Infernus

Infernus

Movie · as Donovan Kamara

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Bang!

Bang!

Movie

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Stay Frosty

Stay Frosty

Movie

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Hammer Down

Hammer Down

Movie · as Mac

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This Is How It Goes

This Is How It Goes

Movie

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Untitled Luther Sequel

Untitled Luther Sequel

Movie · as John Luther

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Extraction 3 poster

Extraction 3

Movie · as Alcott

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In Laws

In Laws

Movie · as Carson Hughes

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Zootopia 3 poster

Zootopia 3

Movie · as Chief Bogo (voice)

2027
Children of Blood and Bone poster

Children of Blood and Bone

Movie · as Lekan

2027
High in the Clouds poster

High in the Clouds

Movie · as Barrel (voice)

2027
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 poster

Sonic the Hedgehog 4

Movie · as Knuckles (voice)

2026
Above the Below poster

Above the Below

Movie · as Jackson

2026
Masters of the Universe poster

Masters of the Universe

Movie · as Duncan

2026
Road to Glory poster

Road to Glory

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2025
Fixed poster

Fixed

Movie · as Rocco (voice)

2025
Heads of State poster

Heads of State

Movie · as Sam Clarke

2025
A House of Dynamite poster

A House of Dynamite

Movie · as POTUS

2025
Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis poster

Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis

Movie · as Self - Presenter

2025
Victory poster

Victory

Movie · as Idris Elba

2025
Zootopia 2 poster

Zootopia 2

Movie · as Chief Bogo (voice)

2025
Number One on the Call Sheet poster

Number One on the Call Sheet

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2025
Good Hang with Amy Poehler poster

Good Hang with Amy Poehler

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2024
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 poster

Sonic the Hedgehog 3

Movie · as Knuckles (voice)

2024
Knuckles poster

Knuckles

TV · as Knuckles the Echidna (voice) · 6 eps

2024
Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color poster

Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 4 eps

2023
Luther: The Fallen Sun poster

Luther: The Fallen Sun

Movie · as John Luther

2023
Extraction 2 poster

Extraction 2

Movie · as Alcott

2023
Gold: A Journey with Idris Elba poster

Gold: A Journey with Idris Elba

Movie

2023
Hijack poster

Hijack

TV · as Sam Nelson · 15 eps

2022
Thor: Love and Thunder poster

Thor: Love and Thunder

Movie · as Heimdall

2022
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse poster

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

Movie · as The Fox (voice)

2022
Three Thousand Years of Longing poster

Three Thousand Years of Longing

Movie · as The Djinn

2022
Beast poster

Beast

Movie · as Dr. Nate Daniels

2022
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 poster

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Movie · as Knuckles (voice)

2022
Idris Elba's Fight School poster

Idris Elba's Fight School

TV · as Self · 5 eps

2022
Human Playground poster

Human Playground

TV · as Self - Host · 6 eps

2022
Zootopia+ poster

Zootopia+

TV · as Chief Bogo (voice) · 1 ep

2022
The Evolution of Black British Music poster

The Evolution of Black British Music

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
An Audience with Adele poster

An Audience with Adele

Movie · as Self

2021
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony poster

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Movie · as Self

2021
The Suicide Squad poster

The Suicide Squad

Movie · as Bloodsport

2021
The Harder They Fall poster

The Harder They Fall

Movie · as Rufus Buck

2021
Passion Project poster

Passion Project

Movie · as Self

2021
What If...? poster

What If...?

TV · as Heimdall (voice) · 1 ep

2020
Concrete Cowboy poster

Concrete Cowboy

Movie · as Harp

2020
Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney poster

Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney

Movie · as Self

2020
One World: Together at Home poster

One World: Together at Home

Movie · as Self

2020
Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort

Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort

Movie · as Self

2020
Oprah Talks COVID-19 poster

Oprah Talks COVID-19

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
Elba vs. Block poster

Elba vs. Block

TV · as Self · 8 eps

2020
Coronavirus, Explained poster

Coronavirus, Explained

TV · as Self - Narrator · 1 ep

2020
A World of Calm poster

A World of Calm

TV · as Narrator · 1 ep

2019
Kroos poster

Kroos

Movie · as Self

2019
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw poster

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

Movie · as Brixton

2019
Cats poster

Cats

Movie · as Macavity

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Guest - Self · 1 ep

2019
Turn Up Charlie poster

Turn Up Charlie

TV · as Charlie · 8 eps

2018
Avengers: Infinity War poster

Avengers: Infinity War

Movie · as Heimdall

2018
In the Long Run poster

In the Long Run

TV · as Walter Easmon · 19 eps

2018
The Shop poster

The Shop

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
Thor: Ragnarok poster

Thor: Ragnarok

Movie · as Heimdall

2017
The Dark Tower poster

The Dark Tower

Movie · as Roland Deschain

2017
Molly's Game poster

Molly's Game

Movie · as Charlie Jaffey

2017
The Mountain Between Us poster

The Mountain Between Us

Movie · as Dr. Ben Bass

2017
Guerrilla poster

Guerrilla

TV · as Kent · 6 eps

2017
five by five poster

five by five

TV · as Alpha Ash · 5 eps

2017
Idris Elba: Fighter poster

Idris Elba: Fighter

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2016
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour poster

Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour

Movie · as Self

2016
The Jungle Book poster

The Jungle Book

Movie · as Shere Khan (voice)

2016
100 Streets poster

100 Streets

Movie · as Max

2016
Bastille Day poster

Bastille Day

Movie · as Sean Briar

2016
Star Trek Beyond poster

Star Trek Beyond

Movie · as Krall

2016
Zootopia poster

Zootopia

Movie · as Chief Bogo (voice)

2016
Finding Dory poster

Finding Dory

Movie · as Fluke (voice)

2016
Marine Life Interviews poster

Marine Life Interviews

Movie · as Fluke (voice)

2015
Beasts of No Nation poster

Beasts of No Nation

Movie · as Commandant

2015
Avengers: Age of Ultron poster

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Movie · as Heimdall

2015
The Gunman poster

The Gunman

Movie · as Barnes

2015
King for a Term

King for a Term

Movie · as Akuna's father

2015
Mandela, My Dad and Me poster

Mandela, My Dad and Me

Movie · as Self

2015
Cut from a Different Cloth

Cut from a Different Cloth

Movie

2015
Idris Elba: No Limits poster

Idris Elba: No Limits

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2015
Hot Ones poster

Hot Ones

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
No Good Deed poster

No Good Deed

Movie · as Colin

2014
Second Coming poster

Second Coming

Movie · as Mark

2014
Enchanted Kingdom poster

Enchanted Kingdom

Movie · as narrator

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
Chicken Shop Date poster

Chicken Shop Date

TV · as Self - Guest, Self - Guest (archive footage) · 1 ep

2013
Pacific Rim poster

Pacific Rim

Movie · as Stacker Pentecost

2013
Thor: The Dark World poster

Thor: The Dark World

Movie · as Heimdall

2013
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom poster

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

Movie · as Nelson Mandela

2013
Idris Elba: King of Speed poster

Idris Elba: King of Speed

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2013
The Frame poster

The Frame

TV · as Stacker Pentecost · 1 ep

2013
The Last Leg poster

The Last Leg

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Prometheus poster

Prometheus

Movie · as Janek

2012
How Clubbing Changed the World

How Clubbing Changed the World

Movie · as Self

2012
The Path to Vengeance: Making 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance' poster

The Path to Vengeance: Making 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance'

Movie · as Self

2012
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus poster

The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus

Movie · as Self

2012
Playhouse Presents poster

Playhouse Presents

TV · as Akuna's Father / Narrator · 1 ep

2011
Thor poster

Thor

Movie · as Heimdall

2011
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance poster

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

Movie · as Moreau

2011
Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC poster

Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC

Movie · as Self

2011
How Hip Hop Changed the World

How Hip Hop Changed the World

Movie · as Self

2011
Executing the Heist: The Making of 'Takers' poster

Executing the Heist: The Making of 'Takers'

Movie · as Self

2010
Takers poster

Takers

Movie · as Gordon Jennings

2010
The Losers poster

The Losers

Movie · as Roque

2010
Legacy poster

Legacy

Movie · as Malcolm Gray

2010
Luther poster

Luther

TV · as John Luther · 20 eps

2010
The Big C poster

The Big C

TV · as Lenny · 4 eps

2009
The Unborn poster

The Unborn

Movie · as Arthur Wyndham

2009
Obsessed poster

Obsessed

Movie · as Derek Charles

2008
The Human Contract poster

The Human Contract

Movie · as Larry

2008
Prom Night poster

Prom Night

Movie · as Detective Winn

2008
RocknRolla poster

RocknRolla

Movie · as Mumbles

2007
28 Weeks Later poster

28 Weeks Later

Movie · as General Stone

2007
The Reaping poster

The Reaping

Movie · as Ben

2007
American Gangster poster

American Gangster

Movie · as Tango

2007
This Christmas poster

This Christmas

Movie · as Quentin "Junior" Whitfield

2007
Daddy's Little Girls poster

Daddy's Little Girls

Movie · as Monty James

2007
Tapping the Wire poster

Tapping the Wire

Movie · as Self

2007
Code Red: The Making of '28 Weeks Later' poster

Code Red: The Making of '28 Weeks Later'

Movie · as Self

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2006
All In The Game poster

All In The Game

Movie · as Paul

2005
The Gospel poster

The Gospel

Movie · as Reverend Charles Frank

2005
Sometimes in April poster

Sometimes in April

Movie · as Augustin

2005
The Office poster

The Office

TV · as Charles Miner · 7 eps

2005
The Tyra Banks Show poster

The Tyra Banks Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Made in Hollywood poster

Made in Hollywood

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Jonny Zero poster

Jonny Zero

TV · as Hodge · 1 ep

2003
One Love poster

One Love

Movie · as Aaron

2003
Scarface: Origins of a Hip Hop Classic

Scarface: Origins of a Hip Hop Classic

Movie

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2003
Queens Supreme poster

Queens Supreme

TV · as Carla · 1 ep

2002
Buffalo Soldiers poster

Buffalo Soldiers

Movie · as Kimborough

2002
The Wire poster

The Wire

TV · as Stringer Bell · 37 eps

2002
CSI: Miami poster

CSI: Miami

TV · as Angelo Sedaris · 1 ep

2002
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries poster

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

TV · as Robert Gabriel · 1 ep

2002
Hack poster

Hack

TV · as Mac Boone · 1 ep

2000
Sorted poster

Sorted

Movie · as Jam

2000
Girlfriends poster

Girlfriends

TV · as Paul Raymond · 1 ep

2000
Soul Food poster

Soul Food

TV · as Smitty · 1 ep

2000
Aqua Teen Hunger Force poster

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

TV · as Police Officer (voice) · 1 ep

2000
In Defence

In Defence

TV · as PC Paul Fraser · 1 ep

1999
Belle Maman poster

Belle Maman

Movie · as Grégoire

1998
Ultraviolet poster

Ultraviolet

TV · as Vaughan Rice · 6 eps

1998
Verdict

Verdict

TV · as PC Brian Rawlinson · 1 ep

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
Insiders

Insiders

TV · as Robinson Bennett · 6 eps

1997
Family Affairs poster

Family Affairs

TV · as Tim Webster · 10 eps

1996
Spiders and Flies

Spiders and Flies

Movie · as Benton

1996
Silent Witness poster

Silent Witness

TV · as Charlie · 2 eps

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1996
Crucial Tales

Crucial Tales

TV · as Benton · 1 ep

1995
Dangerfield poster

Dangerfield

TV · as Matt Gregory · 12 eps

1995
Bramwell poster

Bramwell

TV · as Charlie Carter · 1 ep

1995
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA poster

The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1995
The Governor poster

The Governor

TV · as Officer Donny Chiswick · 6 eps

1995
Degrees of Error

Degrees of Error

TV · as Walter Jones · 4 eps

1994
Space Precinct poster

Space Precinct

TV · as Pizza Delivery Man · 1 ep

1994
Crocodile Shoes poster

Crocodile Shoes

TV · as Jo Jo · 1 ep

1994
MTV Europe Music Awards poster

MTV Europe Music Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1993
The Boot Street Band

The Boot Street Band

TV · as Spike · 6 eps

1992
Absolutely Fabulous poster

Absolutely Fabulous

TV · as Hilton · 1 ep

1991
2Point4 Children poster

2Point4 Children

TV · as Parachute Instructor · 1 ep

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Lonnie Liston · 1 ep

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Devil (voice) · 1 ep

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries poster

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

TV · as Raffy · 3 eps

1986
London's Burning poster

London's Burning

TV · as L Cpl Frost · 2 eps

1984
The Bill poster

The Bill

TV · as Alex Mason, Earl Lee · 1 ep

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep