Idris Elba

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 142

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

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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

Acting

—		Knuckles (1 episode) as Knuckles the Echidna (voice)
—		Extraction 3 as Alcott
—		Fixed as Rocco (voice)
—		We All Die Young
—		Above the Below as Jackson
—		Infernus as Donovan Kamara
—		Untitled Idris Elba/Simon Kinberg Spy Romance Film
—		Street Dogs
—		Bang!
—		Netflix/Idris Elba The Hunchback of Notre Dame project as Quasimodo
—		Stay Frosty
—		Heads of State

2024

as Knuckles the Echidna (voice)

2023		Hijack (7 episodes) 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+ (1 episode) as Chief Bogo (voice)
2022		Food 2050 as Narrator
2022		Human Playground (6 episodes) 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 (5 episodes) 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		The Suicide Squad as Robert DuBois / Bloodsport

2020		Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney
2020		A World of Calm (1 episode) as Narrator
2020		Concrete Cowboy as Harp
2020		Elba vs. Block (8 episodes) as Himself
2020		Coronavirus, Explained (1 episode) as Self - Narrator
2020		One World: Together at Home as Self
2020		Oprah Talks COVID-19 (1 episode) as Self

2019		Cats as Macavity
2019		The Kelly Clarkson Show (1 episode)
2019		Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw as Brixton
2019		Kroos as Self
2019		Turn Up Charlie (8 episodes) as Charlie

2018		The Shop (1 episode) as Self
2018		Avengers: Infinity War as Heimdall
2018		In the Long Run (19 episodes) 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 (6 episodes) as Kent
2017		five by five (5 episodes) as Alpha Ash
2017		Idris Elba : Fighter (3 episodes) 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 (1 episode)
2015		King for a Term as Akuna's father
2015		Idris Elba: No Limits (4 episodes) as Himself
2015		Avengers: Age of Ultron as Heimdall
2015		Hot Ones (1 episode) 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		The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (1 episode) as Self (1 episode) as Self - Guest

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

2012		The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus as Self
2012		How Clubbing Changed the World as Himself
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 (20 episodes) as DCI John Luther
2010		The Losers as Roque

2009		The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (1 episode) 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 (1 episode) as Self - Guest (2 episodes) as Self
2007		Daddy's Little Girls as Monty James

2006		The One Show (1 episode) as Self - Guest
2006		All In The Game as Paul

2005		The Gospel as Reverend Charles Frank
2005		Made in Hollywood (1 episode) as Self
2005		The Tyra Banks Show (1 episode)
2005		The Office (8 episodes) as Charles Miner
2005		Sometimes in April as Augustin

2003

as Aaron

2002		Buffalo Soldiers as Kimborough
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		Sorted as Jam
2000		Girlfriends (1 episode) as Paul Raymond
2000		Soul Food (1 episode) as Smitty

1999

as Grégoire

1998

(6 episodes) as Vaughan Rice

1997

(1 episode) as Self

1996		Spiders and Flies as Benton
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

—		Knuckles (1 episode) … Executive Producer
—		Infernus … Producer
—		Heads of State … Executive Producer
—		Untitled Idris Elba/Simon Kinberg Spy Romance Film … Producer
—		The Chelsea Cowboy … Executive Producer
—		Netflix/Idris Elba The Hunchback of Notre Dame project … Producer

2023		Hijack (7 episodes) … Executive Producer
2023		Luther: The Fallen Sun … Producer

2022

… Producer

2020

… Producer

2019

(8 episodes) … Executive Producer

2018

… Executive Producer

2017

(5 episodes) … Executive Producer

2016

… Producer

2015

… Producer

2014

… Executive Producer

2012

… Executive Producer

2010

(2 episodes) … Associate Producer

Directing

—		Above the Below … Director
—		Infernus … Director
—		Netflix/Idris Elba The Hunchback of Notre Dame project … Director

2018

… Director

2015

… Director

Creator

2019

… Creator

2018

… Creator

Crew

2022

(1 episode) … Thanks

Writing

2015

… Writer

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