Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

156

Gender

Male

Birthday

1972-09-06 (52 years old)

Place of Birth

Hackney, London, England, UK

Also Known As

Idrissa Akuna Elba
Idrissa Akuna "Idris" Elba
伊卓瑞斯·艾巴
ادریس البا
ایدریس البا

Idris Elba

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

8.2%

Avengers: Infinity War

Apr 25, 2018

7.3%

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Apr 22, 2015

6.8%

Thor

Apr 21, 2011

7.6%

Thor: Ragnarok

Oct 2, 2017

6.5%

Thor: The Dark World

Oct 30, 2013

7.7%

Zootopia

Feb 11, 2016

6.9%

Pacific Rim

Jul 11, 2013

6.6%

Prometheus

May 30, 2012

7.0%

Finding Dory

Jun 16, 2016

7.5%

The Suicide Squad

Jul 28, 2021

6.9%

The Jungle Book

Apr 7, 2016

6.4%

Thor: Love and Thunder

Jul 6, 2022

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Acting

—		We All Die Young
—		Infernus as Donovan Kamara
—		Bang!
—		Above the Below as Jackson
—		Untitled Idris Elba/Simon Kinberg Spy Romance Film
—		Heads of State
—		Stay Frosty
—		Untitled Kathryn Bigelow Political Thriller
—		Hammer Down as Mac
—		Things Fall Apart as Okonkwo

2027

Children of Blood and Bone as Lekan

2026

Masters of the Universe as Duncan / Man-At-Arms

2025		Zootopia 2 as Chief Bogo (voice)
2025		Fixed as Rocco (voice)
2025		Number One on the Call Sheet as Self
2025		F1 75 Live at The O2 as Idris Elba
2025		Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis as Self - Presenter

2024		Sonic the Hedgehog 3 as Knuckles (voice)
2024		A very Sonic Christmas as Knuckles (voice)
2024		The Casting of Frank Stone as Robert Green
2024		Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color as narrator
2024		Knuckles as Knuckles the Echidna (voice)

2023		Gold: A Journey With Idris Elba
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 (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 Bloodsport

2020		Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney
2020		A World of Calm as Narrator
2020		Concrete Cowboy as Harp
2020		Elba vs. Block as Self
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 as Self
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
2018		Lie Detector as Self

2017		Molly's Game as Charlie Jaffey
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 Self

2016		Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour as Self
2016		Marine Life Interviews as Fluke (voice)
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 Self
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 Self
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
2013		The Last Leg as Self

2012		The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus as Self
2012		How Clubbing Changed the World as Self
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 Self
2011		Thor as Heimdall
2011		Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC as Self

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 Self
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
2003		Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self

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

—		Above the Below as Director
—		Dust to Dreams as Director
—		Infernus as Director

2018

Yardie as Director

2015

King for a Term as Director

2014

K. Michelle: The Rebellious Soul Musical as Director

Production

—		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
—		Hammer Down as Producer
—		Things Fall Apart as Executive Producer