Idris Elba
Acting·September 6, 1972 — 53 years old·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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—InfernusDonovan Kamara · Director · Producer—Bang!—Stay Frosty—Hammer DownMac · Producer—This Is How It GoesDirector · Executive Producer—Untitled Luther SequelJohn Luther · Producer—Extraction 3Alcott—The Chelsea CowboyExecutive Producer2027High in the CloudsBarrel (voice)2027Sonic the Hedgehog 4Knuckles (voice)2027Children of Blood and BoneLekan2026Above the BelowJackson · Director2026Masters of the UniverseDuncan / Man-At-Arms2026Road to GloryTVSelf2026How To Hide ItExecutive Producer2025Zootopia 2Chief Bogo (voice)2025A House of DynamitePOTUS2025Dust to DreamsDirector · Writer2025FixedRocco (voice)2025Heads of StateSam Clarke · Executive Producer2025VictoryIdris Elba · Executive Producer2025Number One on the Call SheetTVSelf2025Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime CrisisSelf - Presenter2024Sonic the Hedgehog 3Knuckles (voice)2024The Battle for Black Music: Paid in FullTVExecutive Producer2024The Brown DogExecutive Producer2024Erased: WW2's Heroes of ColorTVSelf - Narrator (voice) · Executive Producer2024KnucklesTVKnuckles the Echidna (voice) · Executive Producer2023Gold: A Journey with Idris Elba2023HijackTVSam Nelson · Executive Producer2023Extraction 2Alcott2023Luther: The Fallen SunJohn Luther · Producer2022The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the HorseThe Fox (voice)2022A New Diva's Christmas CarolProducer2022Zootopia+TVChief Bogo (voice)2022Human PlaygroundTVSelf - Host2022Three Thousand Years of LongingThe Djinn2022BeastDr. Nate Daniels2022The Evolution of Black British MusicTVSelf2022Thor: Love and ThunderHeimdall2022Idris Elba's Fight SchoolTVSelf2022Sonic the Hedgehog 2Knuckles (voice)2022TBCTVThanks2021An Audience with AdeleSelf2021EdiciusExecutive Producer20212021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonySelf2021The Harder They FallRufus Buck2021Passion ProjectSelf2021What If...?TVHeimdall (voice)2021The Suicide SquadBloodsport2020Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartneySelf2020A World of CalmTVNarrator2020Concrete CowboyHarp · Producer2020Elba vs. BlockTVSelf2020Coronavirus, ExplainedTVSelf - Narrator2020Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief EffortSelf2020One World: Together at HomeSelf2020Oprah Talks COVID-19TVSelf2019CatsMacavity2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowTVGuest - Self2019Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & ShawBrixton2019KroosSelf2019Turn Up CharlieTVCharlie · Executive Producer · Creator2018YardieDirector · Executive Producer2018The ShopTVSelf2018Avengers: Infinity WarHeimdall2018In the Long RunTVWalter Easmon · Creator2017Molly's GameCharlie Jaffey2017The Mountain Between UsDr. Ben Bass2017Thor: RagnarokHeimdall2017The Dark TowerRoland Deschain2017GuerrillaTVKent · Executive Producer2017five by fiveTVAlpha Ash · Executive Producer2017Idris Elba: FighterTVSelf2016Madonna: Rebel Heart TourSelf2016Marine Life InterviewsFluke (voice)2016100 StreetsMax · Producer2016Star Trek BeyondKrall2016Finding DoryFluke (voice)2016Bastille DaySean Briar2016The Jungle BookShere Khan (voice)2016ZootopiaChief Bogo (voice)2015Mandela, My Dad and MeSelf2015Beasts of No NationCommandant · Producer2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertTVSelf - Guest2015King for a TermAkuna's father · Director · Writer2015Idris Elba: No LimitsTVSelf2015Avengers: Age of UltronHeimdall2015Hot OnesTVSelf2015The GunmanBarnes2015Cut from a Different Cloth2014Chicken Shop DateTVSelf - Guest · Self - Guest (archive footage)2014No Good DeedColin · Executive Producer2014Second ComingMark2014K. Michelle: The Rebellious Soul MusicalDirector2014Enchanted Kingdomnarrator2014Late Night with Seth MeyersTVSelf · Self - Guest2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonTVSelf - Guest · Self2013Idris Elba: King of SpeedTVSelf2013Mandela: Long Walk to FreedomNelson Mandela2013Thor: The Dark WorldHeimdall2013Pacific RimStacker Pentecost2013The FrameTVStacker Pentecost2013The Last LegTVSelf2012The Furious Gods: Making PrometheusSelf2012How Clubbing Changed the WorldSelf · Executive Producer2012The Path to Vengeance: Making 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance'Self2012PrometheusJanek2012Playhouse PresentsTVAkuna's Father / Narrator · Writer · Director2011Ghost Rider: Spirit of VengeanceMoreau2011Executing the Heist: The Making of 'Takers'Self2011How Hip Hop Changed the WorldSelf2011ThorHeimdall2011Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYCSelf2010LegacyMalcolm Gray2010TakersGordon Jennings2010LutherTVJohn Luther · Associate Producer2010The LosersRoque2009ObsessedDerek Charles2009The UnbornArthur Wyndham2008The Human ContractLarry2008RocknRollaMumbles2008Prom NightDetective Winn2007This ChristmasQuentin "Junior" Whitfield2007American GangsterTango2007Tapping the WireSelf200728 Weeks LaterGeneral Stone2007The ReapingBen2007The Graham Norton ShowTVSelf2007Daddy's Little GirlsMonty James2006All In The GamePaul2005The GospelReverend Charles Frank2005Made in HollywoodTVSelf2005The Tyra Banks ShowTVSelf2005The OfficeTVCharles Miner2005Sometimes in AprilAugustin2005Jonny ZeroTVHodge2003One LoveAaron2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!TVSelf · Self - Guest2002Buffalo SoldiersKimborough2002HackTVMac Boone2002CSI: MiamiTVAngelo Sedaris2002The WireTVStringer Bell2002The Inspector Lynley MysteriesTVRobert Gabriel2000Aqua Teen Hunger ForceTVPolice Officer (voice)2000SortedJam2000GirlfriendsTVPaul Raymond2000Soul FoodTVSmitty1999Belle MamanGrégoire1998UltravioletTVVaughan Rice1997The ViewTVSelf1996Spiders and FliesBenton1996The Daily ShowTVSelf1996Silent WitnessTVCharlie1995The GovernorTVOfficer Donny Chiswick1995BramwellTVCharlie Carter1995The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRATVSelf - Host1995DangerfieldTVMatt Gregory1994MTV Europe Music AwardsTVSelf - Presenter1994Crocodile ShoesTVJo Jo1994Space PrecinctTVPizza Delivery Man1992Absolutely FabulousTVHilton19912Point4 ChildrenTVParachute Instructor1990Law & OrderTVLonnie Liston1989The SimpsonsTVDevil (voice)1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkTVSelf - Guest1987The Ruth Rendell MysteriesTVRaffy1975Saturday Night LiveTVSelf - Host1953The OscarsTVSelf