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.
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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 · 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 · Victory as Idris Elba
- 2025 · Number One on the Call Sheet as Self
- 2025 · Good Hang with Amy Poehler as
- 2022 · Food 2050 as Narrator
- 2022 · Beast as Dr. Nate Daniels
- 2021 · An Audience with Adele as Self
- 2021 · The Harder They Fall as Rufus Buck
- 2021 · Passion Project as Self
- 2020 · A World of Calm as Narrator
- 2020 · Coronavirus, Explained as Self - Narrator
- 2019 · Cats as Macavity
- 2019 · Kroos as Self
- 2019 · Turn Up Charlie as Charlie
- 2018 · The Shop as Self
- 2017 · The Mountain Between Us as Dr. Ben Bass
- 2015 · The Gunman as Barnes
- 2014 · No Good Deed as Colin Evans
- 2014 · Second Coming as Mark
- 2013 · The Frame as Stacker Pentecost
- 2012 · The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus as Self
- 2012 · How Clubbing Changed the World as Self
- 2010 · Takers as Gordon Jennings
- 2009 · The Unborn as Arthur Wyndham
- 2008 · RocknRolla as Mumbles
- 2008 · Prom Night as Detective Winn
- 2007 · This Christmas as Quentin "Junior" Whitfield
- 2007 · The Reaping as Ben
- 2006 · All In The Game as Paul
- 2003 · One Love as Aaron
- 2002 · Buffalo Soldiers as Kimborough
- 2000 · Sorted as Jam
- 2000 · Soul Food as Smitty
- 1999 · Belle Maman as Grégoire
- 1998 · Ultraviolet as Vaughan Rice
- 1995 · Bramwell as Charlie Carter
- 1995 · Dangerfield as Matt Gregory
- Future · Infernus as Donovan Kamara
- Future · Above the Below as Jackson
- 2025 · Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis as Self - Presenter
- 2024 · Sonic the Hedgehog 3 as Knuckles (voice)
- 2024 · Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color as narrator
- 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
- 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 · Human Playground as Host
- 2022 · Three Thousand Years of Longing as The Djinn
- 2022 · Thor: Love and Thunder as Heimdall
- 2022 · Idris Elba's Fight School as Self
- 2022 · Sonic the Hedgehog 2 as Knuckles (voice)
- 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 · Concrete Cowboy as Harp
- 2020 · Elba vs. Block as Self
- 2020 · Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort as Self
- 2020 · One World: Together at Home as Self
- 2020 · Oprah Talks COVID-19 as Self
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw as Brixton
- 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 · 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 as
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 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 · 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 Last Leg as Self
- 2012 · The Peter Weyland Files: 'Prometheus' Transmission as Janek
- 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
- 2010 · The Losers as Roque
- 2009 · Obsessed as Derek Charles
- 2008 · The Human Contract as Larry
- 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
- 2007 · Daddy's Little Girls as Monty James
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2005 · The Gospel as Reverend Charles Frank
- 2005 · Made in Hollywood as Self
- 2005 · The Tyra Banks Show as
- 2005 · The Office as Charles Miner
- 2005 · Sometimes in April as Augustin
- 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 · Girlfriends as Paul Raymond
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1995 · The Governor as Officer Chiswick
- 1994 · Crocodile Shoes as Jo Jo
- Future · Hammer Down as Mac
- Future · Things Fall Apart as Okonkwo
- Future · This Is How It Goes as
- 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
- 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 · Bang! as
- Future · Untitled Idris Elba/Simon Kinberg Spy Romance Film as
- Future · Stay Frosty as