Idris Elba

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

146

Gender

Male

Birthday

1972-09-06 (51 years old)

Place of Birth

Hackney, London, England, UK

Also Known As

  • Idrissa Akuna Elba
  • إدريس إلبا
  • Идрис Эльба
  • 伊德瑞斯·艾尔巴
  • イドリス・エルバ
  • 이드리스 엘바
  • Idrissa Akuna "Idris" Elba
  • Ίντρις Έλμπα
  • Ідріс Ельба

Idris Elba

Biography

Idris Elba (born 6 September 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

Avengers: Infinity War
8.2%

Avengers: Infinity War

Apr 25, 2018

Avengers: Age of Ultron
7.3%

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Apr 22, 2015

Thor
6.8%

Thor

Apr 21, 2011

Thor: Ragnarok
7.6%

Thor: Ragnarok

Oct 2, 2017

Thor: The Dark World
6.5%

Thor: The Dark World

Oct 30, 2013

Zootopia
7.7%

Zootopia

Feb 11, 2016

Pacific Rim
6.9%

Pacific Rim

Jul 11, 2013

Finding Dory
7.0%

Finding Dory

Jun 16, 2016

Prometheus
6.5%

Prometheus

May 30, 2012

The Suicide Squad
7.5%

The Suicide Squad

Jul 28, 2021

The Jungle Book
6.9%

The Jungle Book

Apr 7, 2016

Thor: Love and Thunder
6.5%

Thor: Love and Thunder

Jul 6, 2022

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Acting

Heads of State
Stay Frosty
Netflix/Idris Elba The Hunchback of Notre Dame project as Quasimodo
Bang!
Street Dogs
Untitled Idris Elba/Simon Kinberg Spy Romance Film
Infernus as Donovan Kamara
Above the Below as Jackson
Gold: A Journey With Idris Elba
We All Die Young
Fixed as Rocco (voice)
Extraction 3 as Alcott
2025
Zootopia 2 as Chief Bogo (voice)
2024
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 as Knuckles the Echidna (voice)
2024
Knuckles as Knuckles the Echidna (voice)
2024
The 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards as Himself - Host
2023
Hijack as Sam Nelson
2023
Extraction 2 as Alcott
2023
Luther: The Fallen Sun as John Luther
2022
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse as The Fox (voice)
2022
Zootopia+ as Chief Bogo (voice)
2022
Food 2050 as Narrator
2022
Human Playground as Host
2022
Three Thousand Years of Longing as The Djinn
2022
Beast as Dr. Nate Daniels
2022
Thor: Love and Thunder as Heimdall
2022
Idris Elba's Fight School as Self
2022
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 as Knuckles the Echidna (voice)
2021
An Audience with Adele as Self
2021
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
2021
The Harder They Fall as Rufus Buck
2021
Passion Project as Self
2021
What If...? as Heimdall (voice)
2021
The Suicide Squad as Robert DuBois / Bloodsport
2020
Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney
2020
A World of Calm as Narrator
2020
Concrete Cowboy as Harp
2020
Elba vs. Block as Himself
2020
Coronavirus, Explained as Self - Narrator
2020
One World: Together at Home as Self
2020
Oprah Talks COVID-19 as Self
2019
Cats as Macavity
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw as Brixton
2019
Kroos as Self
2019
Turn Up Charlie as Charlie
2018
The Shop as Self
2018
Avengers: Infinity War as Heimdall
2018
In the Long Run as Walter Easmon
2017
Molly's Game as Charlie Jaffey
2017
Marine Life Interviews as Fluke (voice)
2017
The Mountain Between Us as Dr. Ben Bass
2017
Thor: Ragnarok as Heimdall
2017
The Dark Tower as Roland Deschain
2017
Guerrilla as Kent
2017
five by five as Alpha Ash
2017
Idris Elba: Fighter as himself
2016
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour as Self
2016
100 Streets as Max
2016
Star Trek Beyond as Krall
2016
Finding Dory as Fluke (voice)
2016
Bastille Day as Sean Briar
2016
The Jungle Book as Shere Khan (voice)
2016
Zootopia as Chief Bogo (voice)
2015
Mandela, My Dad and Me as Himself
2015
Beasts of No Nation as Commandant
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
King for a Term as Akuna's father
2015
Idris Elba: No Limits as Himself
2015
Avengers: Age of Ultron as Heimdall
2015
Hot Ones as Self
2015
The Gunman as Barnes
2015
Cut from a Different Cloth
2014
No Good Deed as Colin Evans
2014
Second Coming as Mark
2014
Enchanted Kingdom as narrator
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2013
Idris Elba: King of Speed as Self
2013
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom as Nelson Mandela
2013
Thor: The Dark World as Heimdall
2013
Pacific Rim as Stacker Pentecost
2013
The Frame as Stacker Pentecost
2012
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus as Self
2012
How Clubbing Changed the World as Himself
2012
The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance as Self
2012
Prometheus as Janek
2011
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance as Moreau
2011
How Hip Hop Changed the World as Himself
2011
Thor as Heimdall
2011
Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC as Himself
2010
Legacy as Malcolm Gray
2010
Takers as Gordon Jennings
2010
Luther as DCI John Luther
2010
The Losers as Roque
2009
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency as Charlie Gotso
2009
Obsessed as Derek Charles
2009
The Unborn as Arthur Wyndham
2008
The Human Contract as Larry
2008
RocknRolla as Mumbles
2008
Prom Night as Detective Winn
2007
This Christmas as Quentin "Junior" Whitfield
2007
Code Red: The Making of '28 Weeks Later' as Self / General Stone
2007
American Gangster as Tango
2007
Tapping the Wire as Himself
2007
28 Weeks Later as General Stone
2007
The Reaping as Ben
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest
2007
Daddy's Little Girls as Monty James
2006
The One Show as Self - Guest
2006
All In The Game as Paul
2005
The Gospel as Reverend Charles Frank
2005
Made in Hollywood as Self
2005
The Tyra Banks Show
2005
The Office as Charles Miner
2005
Sometimes in April as Augustin
2003
One Love as Aaron
2002
Buffalo Soldiers as Kimborough
2002
Hack as Mac Boone
2002
CSI: Miami as Angelo Sedaris
2002
The Wire as Stringer Bell
2002
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries as Robert Gabriel
2000
Sorted as Jam
2000
Girlfriends as Paul Raymond
2000
Soul Food as Smitty
1999
Belle Maman as Grégoire
1998
Ultraviolet as Vaughan Rice
1997
The View as Self
1996
Spiders and Flies as Benton
1996
The Daily Show as Self
1996
Silent Witness as Charlie
1995
The Governor as Officer Chiswick
1995
Bramwell as Charlie Carter
1995
Dangerfield as Matt Gregory
1994
MTV Europe Music Awards as Self - Presenter
1994
Crocodile Shoes as Jo Jo
1994
Space Precinct as Pizza Delivery Man
1992
Absolutely Fabulous as Hilton
1991
2Point4 Children as Parachute Instructor
1990
Law & Order as Lonnie Liston
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries as Raffy
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1953
The Oscars as Self

Creator

2019
Turn Up Charlie as Creator
2018
In the Long Run as Creator

Crew

2022
TBC as Thanks

Directing

Netflix/Idris Elba The Hunchback of Notre Dame project as Director
Infernus as Director
Above the Below as Director
Dust To Dreams as Director
2018
Yardie as Director
2015
King for a Term as Director

Production

Netflix/Idris Elba The Hunchback of Notre Dame project as Producer
The Chelsea Cowboy as Executive Producer
Untitled Idris Elba/Simon Kinberg Spy Romance Film as Producer
Heads of State as Executive Producer
Infernus as Producer
2024
Knuckles as Executive Producer
2023
Hijack as Executive Producer
2023
Luther: The Fallen Sun as Producer
2022
A New Diva's Christmas Carol as Producer
2020
Concrete Cowboy as Producer
2019
Turn Up Charlie as Executive Producer
2018
Yardie as Executive Producer
2017
five by five as Executive Producer
2016
100 Streets as Producer
2015
Beasts of No Nation as Producer
2014
No Good Deed as Executive Producer
2012
How Clubbing Changed the World as Executive Producer
2010
Luther as Associate Producer

Writing

Dust To Dreams as Writer
2015
King for a Term as Writer
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