Credits

• 2027 · High in the Clouds as Barrel (voice)
• 2027 · Sonic the Hedgehog 4 as Knuckles (voice)
• 2027 · Children of Blood and Bone as Lekan
• 2026 · Masters of the Universe as Duncan / Man-At-Arms
• 2025 · Fixed as Rocco (voice)
• 2024 · Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color as Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2023 · Luther: The Fallen Sun as John Luther
• 2022 · The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse as The Fox (voice)
• 2022 · Human Playground as Self - Host
• 2022 · The Evolution of Black British Music as Self
• 2021 · 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
• 2021 · The Harder They Fall as Rufus Buck
• 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 · Turn Up Charlie as Charlie
• 2018 · In the Long Run as Walter Easmon
• 2017 · The Mountain Between Us as Dr. Ben Bass
• 2017 · Guerrilla as Kent
• 2017 · five by five as Alpha Ash
• 2016 · Marine Life Interviews as Fluke (voice)
• 2016 · 100 Streets as Max
• 2015 · Beasts of No Nation as Commandant
• 2015 · The Gunman as Barnes
• 2013 · Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom as Nelson Mandela
• 2010 · Takers as Gordon Jennings
• 2008 · RocknRolla as Mumbles
• Future · Extraction 3 as Alcott
• 2009 · The Unborn as Arthur Wyndham
• 2008 · The Human Contract as Larry
• 2008 · Prom Night as Detective Winn
• 2007 · This Christmas as Quentin "Junior" Whitfield
• 2007 · The Reaping as Ben
• 2007 · Daddy's Little Girls as Monty James
• 2005 · Sometimes in April as Augustin
• 2002 · Buffalo Soldiers as Kimborough
• 1998 · Ultraviolet as Vaughan Rice
• 1994 · Crocodile Shoes as Jo Jo
• Future · Zootopia 3 as Chief Bogo (voice)
• 2026 · Road to Glory as Self
• 2025 · Zootopia 2 as Chief Bogo (voice)
• 2025 · A House of Dynamite as POTUS
• 2025 · Heads of State as Sam Clarke
• 2025 · Victory as Idris Elba
• 2025 · Number One on the Call Sheet as Self
• 2025 · Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis as Self - Presenter
• 2024 · Sonic the Hedgehog 3 as Knuckles (voice)
• 2024 · Knuckles as Knuckles the Echidna (voice)
• 2023 · Gold: A Journey with Idris Elba as
• 2023 · Hijack as Sam Nelson
• 2023 · Extraction 2 as Alcott
• 2022 · Zootopia+ as Chief Bogo (voice)
• 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 · Passion Project as Self
• 2021 · What If...? as Heimdall (voice)
• 2021 · The Suicide Squad as Bloodsport
• 2020 · Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney as Self
• 2020 · Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort as Self
• 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Guest - Self
• 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self - Guest
• 2019 · Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw as Brixton
• 2019 · Kroos as Self
• 2018 · The Shop as Self
• 2018 · Avengers: Infinity War as Heimdall
• 2017 · Molly's Game as Charlie Jaffey
• 2017 · Thor: Ragnarok as Heimdall
• 2017 · Alien: Paradise as Janek
• 2017 · The Dark Tower as Roland Deschain
• 2017 · Idris Elba: Fighter as Self
• 2016 · Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour as Self
• 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 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as
• 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
• 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 · Cut from a Different Cloth as
• 2014 · Chicken Shop Date as Self - Guest
• 2014 · Chicken Shop Date as Self - Guest (archive footage)
• 2014 · No Good Deed as Colin
• 2014 · Second Coming as Mark
• 2014 · Enchanted Kingdom as narrator
• 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
• 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
• 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 · 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 · The Peter Weyland Files: 'Prometheus' Transmission as Janek
• 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
• 2012 · Playhouse Presents as Akuna's Father / Narrator
• 2011 · Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance as Moreau
• 2011 · Executing the Heist: The Making of 'Takers' as Self
• 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 · Luther as John Luther
• 2010 · The Losers as Roque
• 2009 · Obsessed as Derek Charles
• 2007 · American Gangster as Tango
• 2007 · Tapping the Wire as Self
• 2007 · 28 Weeks Later as General Stone
• 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
• 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 as Self
• 2005 · The Office as Charles Miner
• 2003 · One Love as Aaron
• 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
• 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
• 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 · Aqua Teen Hunger Force as Police Officer (voice)
• 2000 · Sorted as Jam
• 2000 · Girlfriends as Paul Raymond
• 2000 · Soul Food as Smitty
• 1999 · Belle Maman as Grégoire
• 1997 · The View as Self
• 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
• 1996 · Silent Witness as Charlie
• 1995 · The Governor as Officer Chiswick
• 1995 · Bramwell as Charlie Carter
• 1995 · The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA as Self - Host
• 1995 · Dangerfield as Matt Gregory
• 1994 · MTV Europe Music Awards as Self - Presenter
• 1994 · Space Precinct as Pizza Delivery Man
• 1992 · Absolutely Fabulous as Hilton
• 1991 · 2Point4 Children as Parachute Instructor
• 1990 · Law & Order as Lonnie Liston
• 1989 · The Simpsons as Devil (voice)
• 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
• Future · This Is How It Goes as
• Future · Infernus as Donovan Kamara
• Future · Bang! as
• 1996 · Spiders and Flies as Benton
• Future · Above the Below as Jackson
• Future · Stay Frosty as
• Future · Hammer Down as Mac
• Future · Untitled Luther Sequel as John Luther