Acting

2024

(6 episodes) as Knuckles the Echidna (voice)

2023

(8 episodes) as Sam Nelson

2022		Zootopia+ (1 episode) as Chief Bogo (voice)
2022		Human Playground (6 episodes) as Host
2022		Idris Elba's Fight School (5 episodes) as Self

2021

(1 episode) as Heimdall (voice)

2020		A World of Calm (1 episode) as Narrator
2020		Elba vs. Block (8 episodes) as Self
2020		Coronavirus, Explained (1 episode) as Self - Narrator
2020		Oprah Talks COVID-19 (1 episode) as Self

2019		The Kelly Clarkson Show (1 episode) as Self
2019		Turn Up Charlie (8 episodes) as Charlie

2018		The Shop (1 episode) as Self
2018		In the Long Run (19 episodes) as Walter Easmon

2017		Guerrilla (6 episodes) as Kent
2017		five by five (5 episodes) as Alpha Ash
2017		Idris Elba: Fighter (3 episodes) as Self

2015		The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (1 episode)
2015		Idris Elba: No Limits (4 episodes) as Self
2015		Hot Ones (1 episode) as Self

2014		Late Night with Seth Meyers (1 episode) as Self
2014		The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2 episodes) as Self (1 episode) as Self - Guest

2013		Idris Elba: King of Speed (3 episodes) as Self
2013		The Frame (1 episode) as Stacker Pentecost

2010

(20 episodes) as DCI John Luther

2009

(1 episode) as Charlie Gotso

2007

(1 episode) as Self - Guest (2 episodes) as Self

2006

(1 episode) as Self - Guest

2005		Made in Hollywood (1 episode) as Self
2005		The Tyra Banks Show (1 episode)
2005		The Office (8 episodes) as Charles Miner

2002		Hack (1 episode) as Mac Boone
2002		CSI: Miami (1 episode) as Angelo Sedaris
2002		The Wire (37 episodes) as Stringer Bell
2002		The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (1 episode) as Robert Gabriel

2000		Girlfriends (1 episode) as Paul Raymond
2000		Soul Food (1 episode) as Smitty

1998

(6 episodes) as Vaughan Rice

1997

(1 episode) as Self

1996		The Daily Show (2 episodes) as Self
1996		Silent Witness (2 episodes) as Charlie

1995		The Governor (2 episodes) as Officer Chiswick
1995		Bramwell (1 episode) as Charlie Carter
1995		Dangerfield (12 episodes) as Matt Gregory

1994		MTV Europe Music Awards (1 episode) as Self - Presenter
1994		Crocodile Shoes (1 episode) as Jo Jo
1994		Space Precinct (1 episode) as Pizza Delivery Man

1992

(1 episode) as Hilton

1991

(1 episode) as Parachute Instructor

1990

(1 episode) as Lonnie Liston

1988

(2 episodes) as Self - Guest

1987

(4 episodes) as Raffy

1975

(1 episode) as Self - Host

1953

(1 episode) as Self

Production

2024

(6 episodes) … Executive Producer

2023

(7 episodes) … Executive Producer

2019

(8 episodes) … Executive Producer

2017		Guerrilla (6 episodes) … Executive Producer
2017		five by five (5 episodes) … Executive Producer

2010

(2 episodes) … Associate Producer

Creator

2019

… Creator

2018

… Creator

Crew

2022

(1 episode) … Thanks