Idris Elba
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Sep 6, 1972 (54 years old)
Place of Birth
Hackney, London, England, UK
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
| 2027 | Children of Blood and BoneLekan | |
| 2027 | High in the CloudsBarrel (voice) | |
| 2027 | Sonic the Hedgehog 4Knuckles (voice) | |
| 2026 | Masters of the UniverseDuncan / Man-At-Arms | |
| 2025 | FixedRocco (voice) | |
| 2025 | Heads of StateSam Clarke | |
| 2025 | A House of DynamitePOTUS | |
| 2025 | Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime CrisisSelf - Presenter | |
| 2025 | VictoryIdris Elba | |
| 2025 | Zootopia 2Chief Bogo (voice) | |
| 2025 | Number One on the Call SheetSelf | |
| 2024 | Sonic the Hedgehog 3Knuckles (voice) | |
| 2024 | KnucklesKnuckles the Echidna (voice) | |
| 2024 | Erased: WW2's Heroes of ColorSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2023 | Luther: The Fallen SunJohn Luther | |
| 2023 | Extraction 2Alcott | |
| 2023 | Gold: A Journey with Idris Elba | |
| 2023 | HijackSam Nelson | |
| 2022 | Thor: Love and ThunderHeimdall | |
| 2022 | The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the HorseThe Fox (voice) | |
| 2022 | Three Thousand Years of LongingThe Djinn | |
| 2022 | BeastDr. Nate Daniels | |
| 2022 | Sonic the Hedgehog 2Knuckles (voice) | |
| 2022 | Idris Elba's Fight SchoolSelf | |
| 2022 | Human PlaygroundSelf - Host | |
| 2022 | Zootopia+Chief Bogo (voice) | |
| 2021 | An Audience with AdeleSelf | |
| 2021 | 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonySelf | |
| 2021 | The Suicide SquadBloodsport | |
| 2021 | The Harder They FallRufus Buck | |
| 2021 | Passion ProjectSelf | |
| 2021 | What If...?Heimdall (voice) | |
| 2020 | Concrete CowboyHarp | |
| 2020 | Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartneySelf | |
| 2020 | One World: Together at HomeSelf | |
| 2020 | Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief EffortSelf | |
| 2020 | Oprah Talks COVID-19Self | |
| 2020 | Elba vs. BlockSelf | |
| 2020 | Coronavirus, ExplainedSelf - Narrator | |
| 2020 | A World of CalmNarrator | |
| 2019 | KroosSelf | |
| 2019 | Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & ShawBrixton | |
| 2019 | CatsMacavity | |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson ShowGuest - Self | |
| 2019 | Turn Up CharlieCharlie | |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf - Guest | |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity WarHeimdall | |
| 2018 | In the Long RunWalter Easmon | |
| 2018 | The ShopSelf | |
| 2017 | Thor: RagnarokHeimdall | |
| 2017 | The Dark TowerRoland Deschain | |
| 2017 | Molly's GameCharlie Jaffey | |
| 2017 | The Mountain Between UsDr. Ben Bass | |
| 2017 | GuerrillaKent | |
| 2017 | five by fiveAlpha Ash | |
| 2017 | Idris Elba: FighterSelf | |
| 2016 | Madonna: Rebel Heart TourSelf | |
| 2016 | The Jungle BookShere Khan (voice) | |
| 2016 | 100 StreetsMax | |
| 2016 | Bastille DaySean Briar | |
| 2016 | Star Trek BeyondKrall | |
| 2016 | ZootopiaChief Bogo (voice) | |
| 2016 | Finding DoryFluke (voice) | |
| 2016 | Marine Life InterviewsFluke (voice) | |
| 2015 | Beasts of No NationCommandant | |
| 2015 | Avengers: Age of UltronHeimdall | |
| 2015 | The GunmanBarnes | |
| 2015 | King for a TermAkuna's father | |
| 2015 | Mandela, My Dad and MeSelf | |
| 2015 | Cut from a Different Cloth | |
| 2015 | Idris Elba: No LimitsSelf | |
| 2015 | Hot OnesSelf | |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest | |
| 2014 | No Good DeedColin | |
| 2014 | Second ComingMark | |
| 2014 | Enchanted Kingdomnarrator | |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf - Guest | |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf | |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf | |
| 2014 | Chicken Shop DateSelf - Guest | |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest | |
| 2013 | Pacific RimStacker Pentecost | |
| 2013 | Thor: The Dark WorldHeimdall | |
| 2013 | Mandela: Long Walk to FreedomNelson Mandela | |
| 2013 | Idris Elba: King of SpeedSelf | |
| 2013 | The FrameStacker Pentecost | |
| 2013 | The Last LegSelf | |
| 2012 | PrometheusJanek | |
| 2012 | How Clubbing Changed the WorldSelf | |
| 2012 | The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of VengeanceSelf | |
| 2012 | The Furious Gods: Making PrometheusSelf | |
| 2012 | The Peter Weyland Files: 'Prometheus' TransmissionJanek | |
| 2012 | Playhouse PresentsAkuna's Father / Narrator | |
| 2011 | ThorHeimdall | |
| 2011 | Ghost Rider: Spirit of VengeanceMoreau | |
| 2011 | Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYCSelf | |
| 2011 | How Hip Hop Changed the WorldSelf | |
| 2010 | TakersGordon Jennings | |
| 2010 | The LosersRoque | |
| 2010 | LegacyMalcolm Gray | |
| 2010 | LutherJohn Luther | |
| 2009 | The UnbornArthur Wyndham | |
| 2009 | ObsessedDerek Charles | |
| 2008 | The Human ContractLarry | |
| 2008 | Prom NightDetective Winn | |
| 2008 | RocknRollaMumbles | |
| 2007 | 28 Weeks LaterGeneral Stone | |
| 2007 | The ReapingBen | |
| 2007 | American GangsterTango | |
| 2007 | This ChristmasQuentin "Junior" Whitfield | |
| 2007 | Daddy's Little GirlsMonty James | |
| 2007 | Tapping the WireSelf | |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton ShowSelf | |
| 2006 | All In The GamePaul | |
| 2005 | The GospelReverend Charles Frank | |
| 2005 | Sometimes in AprilAugustin | |
| 2005 | The OfficeCharles Miner | |
| 2005 | The Tyra Banks ShowSelf | |
| 2005 | Made in HollywoodSelf | |
| 2003 | One LoveAaron | |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self | |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest | |
| 2002 | Buffalo SoldiersKimborough | |
| 2002 | The WireStringer Bell | |
| 2002 | CSI: MiamiAngelo Sedaris | |
| 2002 | The Inspector Lynley MysteriesRobert Gabriel | |
| 2002 | HackMac Boone | |
| 2000 | SortedJam | |
| 2000 | GirlfriendsPaul Raymond | |
| 2000 | Soul FoodSmitty | |
| 2000 | Aqua Teen Hunger ForcePolice Officer (voice) | |
| 1999 | Belle MamanGrégoire | |
| 1998 | UltravioletVaughan Rice | |
| 1997 | The ViewSelf | |
| 1996 | Spiders and FliesBenton | |
| 1996 | Silent WitnessCharlie | |
| 1996 | The Daily ShowSelf | |
| 1995 | DangerfieldMatt Gregory | |
| 1995 | The GovernorOfficer Chiswick | |
| 1995 | BramwellCharlie Carter | |
| 1995 | The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRASelf - Host | |
| 1994 | Space PrecinctPizza Delivery Man | |
| 1994 | Crocodile ShoesJo Jo | |
| 1994 | MTV Europe Music AwardsSelf - Presenter | |
| 1992 | Absolutely FabulousHilton | |
| 1991 | 2Point4 ChildrenParachute Instructor | |
| 1990 | Law & OrderLonnie Liston | |
| 1989 | The SimpsonsDevil (voice) | |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf - Guest | |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell MysteriesRaffy | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host | |
| 1953 | The OscarsSelf | |
| - | InfernusDonovan Kamara | |
| - | Bang! | |
| - | Above the BelowJackson | |
| - | Stay Frosty | |
| - | Hammer DownMac | |
| - | This Is How It Goes | |
| - | Untitled Luther SequelJohn Luther | |
| - | Extraction 3Alcott |
| 2026 | How To Hide ItExecutive Producer | |
| 2025 | Heads of StateExecutive Producer | |
| 2025 | VictoryExecutive Producer | |
| 2024 | The Brown DogExecutive Producer | |
| 2024 | KnucklesExecutive Producer | |
| 2024 | The Battle for Black Music: Paid in FullExecutive Producer | |
| 2024 | Erased: WW2's Heroes of ColorExecutive Producer | |
| 2023 | Luther: The Fallen SunProducer | |
| 2023 | HijackExecutive Producer | |
| 2022 | A New Diva's Christmas CarolProducer | |
| 2021 | EdiciusExecutive Producer | |
| 2020 | Concrete CowboyProducer | |
| 2019 | Turn Up CharlieExecutive Producer | |
| 2018 | YardieExecutive Producer | |
| 2017 | five by fiveExecutive Producer | |
| 2017 | GuerrillaExecutive Producer | |
| 2016 | 100 StreetsProducer | |
| 2015 | Beasts of No NationProducer | |
| 2014 | No Good DeedExecutive Producer | |
| 2012 | How Clubbing Changed the WorldExecutive Producer | |
| 2010 | LutherAssociate Producer | |
| - | The Chelsea CowboyExecutive Producer | |
| - | InfernusProducer | |
| - | Hammer DownProducer | |
| - | This Is How It GoesExecutive Producer | |
| - | Untitled Luther SequelProducer |
| 2025 | Dust to DreamsDirector | |
| 2018 | YardieDirector | |
| 2015 | King for a TermDirector | |
| 2014 | K. Michelle: The Rebellious Soul MusicalDirector | |
| 2012 | Playhouse PresentsDirector | |
| - | Above the BelowDirector | |
| - | InfernusDirector | |
| - | This Is How It GoesDirector |
| 2025 | Dust to DreamsWriter | |
| 2015 | King for a TermWriter | |
| 2012 | Playhouse PresentsWriter |
| 2022 | TBCThanks |