Idris Elba
September 6, 1972 (53 years old) in Hackney, London, England, UK
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
Credits
- 2027 · High in the Clouds as Barrel (voice)
- 2026 · Masters of the Universe as Duncan / Man-At-Arms
- 2025 · Victory as Idris Elba
- 2024 · Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color as Narrator
- 2023 · Luther: The Fallen Sun as John Luther
- 2021 · The Harder They Fall as Rufus Buck
- 2021 · Passion Project as Self
- 2020 · A World of Calm as Narrator
- 2020 · Concrete Cowboy as Harp
- 2020 · Coronavirus, Explained as Self - Narrator
- 2020 · One World: Together at Home as Self
- 2019 · Kroos as Self
- 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
- 2015 · Beasts of No Nation as Commandant
- 2015 · Idris Elba: No Limits as Self
- 2015 · The Gunman as Barnes
- 2014 · No Good Deed as Colin Evans
- 2014 · Enchanted Kingdom as narrator
- 2013 · The Frame as Stacker Pentecost
- 2010 · Takers as Gordon Jennings
- 2010 · The Losers as Roque
- 2009 · Obsessed as Derek Charles
- 2009 · The Unborn as Arthur Wyndham
- 2008 · The Human Contract as Larry
- 2008 · RocknRolla as Mumbles
- 2007 · Daddy's Little Girls as Monty James
- 2005 · Sometimes in April as Augustin
- 2003 · One Love as Aaron
- 2002 · Buffalo Soldiers as Kimborough
- 2000 · Soul Food as Smitty
- 1995 · Bramwell as Charlie Carter
- 1995 · Dangerfield as Matt Gregory
- 1994 · Space Precinct as Pizza Delivery Man
- Future · Hammer Down as Mac
- Future · Bang! as
- Future · Above the Below as Jackson
- 1994 · Crocodile Shoes as Jo Jo
- Future · Stay Frosty as
- 2027 · Children of Blood and Bone as Lekan
- 2025 · Zootopia 2 as Chief Bogo (voice)
- 2025 · A House of Dynamite as POTUS
- 2025 · Fixed as Rocco (voice)
- 2025 · Heads of State as Sam Clarke
- 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 · The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse as The Fox (voice)
- 2022 · Zootopia+ as Chief Bogo (voice)
- 2022 · Human Playground as Self - 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 · What If...? as Heimdall (voice)
- 2021 · The Suicide Squad as Bloodsport
- 2020 · Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney as
- 2020 · Elba vs. Block as Self
- 2020 · Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort 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
- 2018 · The Shop as Self
- 2018 · Avengers: Infinity War as Heimdall
- 2018 · Lie Detector as Self
- 2017 · Molly's Game as Charlie Jaffey
- 2017 · Thor: Ragnarok as Heimdall
- 2017 · The Dark Tower as Roland Deschain
- 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 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · King for a Term as Akuna's father
- 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 · Second Coming as Mark
- 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 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
- 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 · Luther as John Luther
- 2008 · Prom Night as Detective Winn
- 2007 · This Christmas as Quentin "Junior" Whitfield
- 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
- 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 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 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
- 1999 · Belle Maman as Grégoire
- 1998 · Ultraviolet as Vaughan Rice
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1995 · The Governor as Officer Chiswick
- Future · Untitled Luther Sequel as John Luther
- 1996 · Spiders and Flies as Benton
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · Silent Witness as Charlie
- 1994 · MTV Europe Music Awards as Self - Presenter
- 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 · Untitled Idris Elba/Simon Kinberg Spy Romance Film as
- Future · This Is How It Goes as
- Future · Infernus as Donovan Kamara