Idris Elba
September 6, 1972 (52 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
- 2025 · Zootopia 2 as Chief Bogo (voice)
- 2025 · Heads of State as Sam Clarke
- 2025 · Number One on the Call Sheet as Self
- 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 · Hijack as Sam Nelson
- 2023 · Extraction 2 as Alcott
- 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 · Sonic the Hedgehog 2 as Knuckles (voice)
- 2021 · What If...? as Heimdall (voice)
- 2021 · The Suicide Squad as Bloodsport
- 2020 · A World of Calm as Narrator
- 2020 · Elba vs. Block as Self
- 2020 · Coronavirus, Explained as Self - Narrator
- 2020 · Oprah Talks COVID-19 as Self
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw as Brixton
- 2019 · Turn Up Charlie as Charlie
- 2018 · The Shop as Self
- 2018 · Avengers: Infinity War as Heimdall
- 2018 · In the Long Run as Walter Easmon
- 2018 · Lie Detector as Self
- 2017 · Thor: Ragnarok as Heimdall
- 2017 · The Dark Tower as Roland Deschain
- 2017 · Guerrilla as Kent
- 2016 · Star Trek Beyond as Krall
- 2016 · Finding Dory as Fluke (voice)
- 2016 · The Jungle Book as Shere Khan (voice)
- 2016 · Zootopia as Chief Bogo (voice)
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Idris Elba: No Limits as Self
- 2015 · Avengers: Age of Ultron as Heimdall
- 2015 · Hot Ones as Self
- 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 · 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 · Prometheus as Janek
- 2011 · Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance as Moreau
- 2011 · Thor as Heimdall
- 2010 · Luther as DCI John Luther
- 2007 · American Gangster as Tango
- 2007 · 28 Weeks Later as General Stone
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2005 · Made in Hollywood as Self
- 2005 · The Tyra Banks Show as
- 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 · Girlfriends as Paul Raymond
- 1998 · Ultraviolet as Vaughan Rice
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · Silent Witness as Charlie
- 1995 · Bramwell as Charlie Carter
- 1994 · MTV Europe Music Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1994 · Crocodile Shoes as Jo Jo
- 1994 · Space Precinct as Pizza Delivery Man
- 1992 · Absolutely Fabulous as Hilton
- 1991 · 2Point4 Children as Parachute Instructor
- 1990 · Law & Order as Lonnie Liston
- 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 · Things Fall Apart as Okonkwo
- 2026 · Masters of the Universe as Duncan / Man-At-Arms
- 2025 · A House of Dynamite as
- 2025 · Fixed as Rocco (voice)
- 2023 · Luther: The Fallen Sun as John Luther
- 2022 · The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse as The Fox (voice)
- 2022 · Beast as Dr. Nate Daniels
- 2022 · Idris Elba's Fight School as Self
- 2021 · An Audience with Adele as Self
- 2021 · The Harder They Fall as Rufus Buck
- 2020 · Concrete Cowboy as Harp
- 2020 · One World: Together at Home as Self
- 2019 · Cats as Macavity
- 2017 · Molly's Game as Charlie Jaffey
- 2017 · The Mountain Between Us as Dr. Ben Bass
- 2017 · five by five as Alpha Ash
- 2017 · Idris Elba: Fighter as Self
- 2016 · 100 Streets as Max
- 2016 · Bastille Day as Sean Briar
- 2015 · Beasts of No Nation as Commandant
- 2015 · The Gunman as Barnes
- 2014 · No Good Deed as Colin Evans
- 2014 · Enchanted Kingdom as narrator
- 2013 · Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom as Nelson Mandela
- 2010 · Legacy as Malcolm Gray
- 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
- 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
- 2000 · Soul Food as Smitty
- 1995 · The Governor as Officer Chiswick
- 1995 · Dangerfield as Matt Gregory
- Future · High in the Clouds as Barrel (voice)
- 2027 · Children of Blood and Bone as Lekan
- 2025 · Victory as Idris Elba
- 2025 · Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis as Self - Presenter
- 2024 · A Very Sonic Christmas as Knuckles (voice)
- 2024 · The Casting of Frank Stone as Robert Green
- 2023 · Gold: A Journey With Idris Elba as
- 2022 · Food 2050 as Narrator
- 2021 · 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
- 2021 · Passion Project as Self
- 2020 · Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney as
- 2019 · Kroos as Self
- 2016 · Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour as Self
- 2016 · Marine Life Interviews as Fluke (voice)
- 2015 · Mandela, My Dad and Me as Self
- 2015 · King for a Term as Akuna's father
- 2015 · Cut from a Different Cloth as
- 2014 · Second Coming as Mark
- 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
- 2011 · How Hip Hop Changed the World as Self
- 2011 · Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC as Self
- 2007 · Code Red: The Making of '28 Weeks Later' as Self / General Stone
- 2007 · Tapping the Wire as Self
- 2006 · All In The Game as Paul
- 2005 · The Gospel as Reverend Charles Frank
- 2003 · One Love as Aaron
- 2000 · Sorted as Jam
- 1999 · Belle Maman as Grégoire
- Future · We All Die Young as
- Future · Stay Frosty as
- 1996 · Spiders and Flies as Benton
- Future · Bang! as
- Future · Infernus as Donovan Kamara
- Future · Above the Below as Jackson
- Future · Hammer Down as Mac
- Future · Untitled Idris Elba/Simon Kinberg Spy Romance Film as