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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 6, 1972
Place of Birth
Hackney, London, England, UK
Also Known As
- Idrissa Akuna Elba
- Idrissa Akuna "Idris" Elba
- 伊卓瑞斯·艾巴
- ادریس البا
- ایدریس البا
Idris Elba
5.8 Popularity
Biography
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
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Lekan
Children of Blood and Bone
2027
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Duncan / Man-At-Arms
Masters of the Universe
2026
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Chief Bogo (voice)
Zootopia 2
2025
0.0
Sam Clarke
Heads of State
2025
0.0
Rocco (voice)
Fixed
2025
0.0
Victory
2025
9.0
Self
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
10.0
Self - Presenter
Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis
2025
7.7
Knuckles (voice)
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
2024
6.7
Knuckles (voice)
A Very Sonic Christmas
2024
Credits
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Children of Blood and Bone
as Lekan
2027
0.0
Masters of the Universe
as Duncan / Man-At-Arms
2026
0.0
Zootopia 2
as Chief Bogo (voice)
2025
0.0
Heads of State
as Sam Clarke
2025
0.0
Fixed
as Rocco (voice)
2025
0.0
Victory
2025
0.0
Number One on the Call Sheet
as Self
2025
9.0
Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis
as Self - Presenter
2025
10.0
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
as Knuckles (voice)
2024
7.7
A Very Sonic Christmas
as Knuckles (voice)
2024
6.7
The Casting of Frank Stone
as Robert Green
2024
8.0
Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color
as narrator
2024
5.5
Knuckles
as Knuckles the Echidna (voice)
2024
7.4
Gold: A Journey With Idris Elba
2023
0.0
Hijack
as Sam Nelson
2023
7.7
Extraction 2
as Alcott
2023
7.4
Luther: The Fallen Sun
as John Luther
2023
6.7
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
as The Fox (voice)
2022
8.2
Zootopia+
as Chief Bogo (voice)
2022
7.2
Food 2050
as Narrator
2022
0.0
Human Playground
as Host
2022
7.1
Three Thousand Years of Longing
as The Djinn
2022
6.9
Beast
as Dr. Nate Daniels
2022
6.6
Thor: Love and Thunder
as Heimdall
2022
6.4
Idris Elba's Fight School
as Self
2022
4.5
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
as Knuckles (voice)
2022
7.5
An Audience with Adele
as Self
2021
8.3
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self
2021
7.0
The Harder They Fall
as Rufus Buck
2021
6.6
Passion Project
as Self
2021
0.0
What If...?
as Heimdall (voice)
2021
8.1
The Suicide Squad
as Bloodsport
2021
7.5
Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney
2020
0.0
A World of Calm
as Narrator
2020
6.8
Concrete Cowboy
as Harp
2020
6.0
Elba vs. Block
as Self
2020
0.0
Coronavirus, Explained
as Self - Narrator
2020
6.9
One World: Together at Home
as Self
2020
7.0
Oprah Talks COVID-19
as Self
2020
6.0
Cats
as Macavity
2019
4.0
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
6.4
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
as Brixton
2019
6.8
Kroos
as Self
2019
6.1
Turn Up Charlie
as Charlie
2019
6.6
The Shop
as Self
2018
4.9
Avengers: Infinity War
as Heimdall
2018
8.2
In the Long Run
as Walter Easmon
2018
7.3
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Lie Detector
as Self
2018
10.0
Molly's Game
as Charlie Jaffey
2017
7.1
The Mountain Between Us
as Dr. Ben Bass
2017
6.7
Thor: Ragnarok
as Heimdall
2017
7.6
The Dark Tower
as Roland Deschain
2017
5.8
Guerrilla
as Kent
2017
5.0
five by five
as Alpha Ash
2017
0.0
Idris Elba: Fighter
as Self
2017
7.3
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
as Self
2016
7.3
Marine Life Interviews
as Fluke (voice)
2016
6.2
100 Streets
as Max
2016
6.0
Star Trek Beyond
as Krall
2016
6.8
Finding Dory
as Fluke (voice)
2016
7.0
Bastille Day
as Sean Briar
2016
6.3
The Jungle Book
as Shere Khan (voice)
2016
6.9
Zootopia
as Chief Bogo (voice)
2016
7.7
Mandela, My Dad and Me
as Self
2015
6.0
Beasts of No Nation
as Commandant
2015
7.6
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
6.3
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King for a Term
as Akuna's father
2015
1.0
Idris Elba: No Limits
as Self
2015
0.0
Avengers: Age of Ultron
as Heimdall
2015
7.3
Hot Ones
as Self
2015
7.4
The Gunman
as Barnes
2015
5.7
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Cut from a Different Cloth
2015
7.8
No Good Deed
as Colin Evans
2014
5.9
Second Coming
as Mark
2014
5.2
Enchanted Kingdom
as narrator
2014
6.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2014
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.8
Idris Elba: King of Speed
as Self
2013
7.0
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
as Nelson Mandela
2013
6.9
Thor: The Dark World
as Heimdall
2013
6.5
Pacific Rim
as Stacker Pentecost
2013
6.9
The Frame
as Stacker Pentecost
2013
10.0
The Last Leg
as Self
2013
5.4
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
as Self
2012
7.2
Transmission
as Janek
2012
7.0
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How Clubbing Changed the World
as Self
2012
6.0
The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
as Self
2012
0.0
Prometheus
as Janek
2012
6.6
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
as Moreau
2011
5.0
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How Hip Hop Changed the World
as Self
2011
7.0
Thor
as Heimdall
2011
6.8
Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC
as Self
2011
0.0
Legacy
as Malcolm Gray
2010
4.6
Takers
as Gordon Jennings
2010
6.2
Luther
as DCI John Luther
2010
7.9
The Losers
as Roque
2010
6.3
Obsessed
as Derek Charles
2009
5.7
The Unborn
as Arthur Wyndham
2009
5.2
The Human Contract
as Larry
2008
4.5
RocknRolla
as Mumbles
2008
7.0
Prom Night
as Detective Winn
2008
5.0
This Christmas
as Quentin "Junior" Whitfield
2007
6.5
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Code Red: The Making of '28 Weeks Later'
as Self / General Stone
2007
6.0
American Gangster
as Tango
2007
7.6
Tapping the Wire
as Self
2007
6.5
28 Weeks Later
as General Stone
2007
6.6
The Reaping
as Ben
2007
5.7
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest
2007
7.2
Daddy's Little Girls
as Monty James
2007
6.9
The One Show
as Self - Guest
2006
4.5
All In The Game
as Paul
2006
6.1
The Gospel
as Reverend Charles Frank
2005
5.3
Made in Hollywood
as Self
2005
4.0
The Tyra Banks Show
2005
5.0
The Office
as Charles Miner
2005
8.6
Sometimes in April
as Augustin
2005
7.1
One Love
as Aaron
2003
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
5.5
Buffalo Soldiers
as Kimborough
2002
6.3
Hack
as Mac Boone
2002
7.7
CSI: Miami
as Angelo Sedaris
2002
7.7
The Wire
as Stringer Bell
2002
8.6
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
as Robert Gabriel
2002
7.1
Sorted
as Jam
2000
5.6
Girlfriends
as Paul Raymond
2000
7.2
Soul Food
as Smitty
2000
7.0
Belle Maman
as Grégoire
1999
5.1
Ultraviolet
as Vaughan Rice
1998
7.0
The View
as Self
1997
4.5
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Spiders and Flies
as Benton
1996
0.0
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
Silent Witness
as Charlie
1996
7.6
The Governor
as Officer Chiswick
1995
0.0
Bramwell
as Charlie Carter
1995
4.2
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Dangerfield
as Matt Gregory
1995
6.0
MTV Europe Music Awards
as Self - Presenter
1994
10.0
Crocodile Shoes
as Jo Jo
1994
7.2
Space Precinct
as Pizza Delivery Man
1994
5.7
Absolutely Fabulous
as Hilton
1992
7.5
2Point4 Children
as Parachute Instructor
1991
7.2
Law & Order
as Lonnie Liston
1990
7.4
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
5.5
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Raffy
1987
6.2
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
6.9
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Untitled Kathryn Bigelow Political Thriller
N/A
0.0
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We All Die Young
N/A
0.0
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Infernus
as Donovan Kamara
N/A
0.0
High in the Clouds
as Barrel (voice)
N/A
0.0
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Stay Frosty
N/A
0.0
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Hammer Down
as Mac
N/A
0.0
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Above the Below
as Jackson
N/A
0.0
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Bang!
N/A
0.0
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Things Fall Apart
as Okonkwo
N/A
0.0
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Untitled Idris Elba/Simon Kinberg Spy Romance Film
N/A
0.0