Idris Elba

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1972-09-06 (52 years old)

Place of Birth Hackney, London, England, UK

Also Known As Idrissa Akuna Elba , Idrissa Akuna "Idris" Elba, 伊卓瑞斯·艾巴

Idris Elba

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

Actor

Infernus

as Donovan Kamara

Fixed

as Rocco (voice)

Extraction 3

as Alcott

Above the Below

as Jackson

Street Dogs

as John Luther

2025
Zootopia 2

as Chief Bogo (voice)

2024
Sonic the Hedgehog 3

as Knuckles (voice)

2024
2024
Knuckles

as Knuckles the Echidna (voice)

2023
Extraction 2

as Alcott

2023
Luther: The Fallen Sun

as John Luther

2023
Hijack

as Sam Nelson

2022
Food 2050

as Narrator

2022
Beast

as Dr. Nate Daniels

2022
2022
Sonic the Hedgehog 2

as Knuckles (voice)

2022
Zootopia+

as Chief Bogo (voice)

2022
2021
The Harder They Fall

as Rufus Buck

2021
2021
The Suicide Squad

as Bloodsport

2021
What If...?

as Heimdall (voice)

2020
2020
A World of Calm

as Narrator

2020
2020
Coronavirus, Explained

as Self - Narrator

2019
Cats

as Macavity

2019
Kroos

as Self

2019
Turn Up Charlie

as Charlie

2018
2018
The Shop

as Self

2018
In the Long Run

as Walter Easmon

2018
Lie Detector

as Self

2017
Molly's Game

as Charlie Jaffey

2017
The Mountain Between Us

as Dr. Ben Bass

2017
Thor: Ragnarok

as Heimdall

2017
The Dark Tower

as Roland Deschain

2017
Guerrilla

as Kent

2017
five by five

as Alpha Ash

2016
Marine Life Interviews

as Fluke (voice)

2016
2016
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
Beasts of No Nation

as Commandant

2015
King for a Term

as Akuna's father

2015
2015
The Gunman

as Barnes

2015
Hot Ones

as Self

2014
No Good Deed

as Colin Evans

2014
2014
Enchanted Kingdom

as narrator

2013
2013
2013
Pacific Rim

as Stacker Pentecost

2013
The Frame

as Stacker Pentecost

2012
Prometheus

as Janek

2011
Thor

as Heimdall

2010
Legacy

as Malcolm Gray

2010
Takers

as Gordon Jennings

2010
The Losers

as Roque

2010
Luther

as DCI John Luther

2009
Obsessed

as Derek Charles

2009
The Unborn

as Arthur Wyndham

2008
2008
RocknRolla

as Mumbles

2008
Prom Night

as Detective Winn

2007
This Christmas

as Quentin "Junior" Whitfield

2007
2007
2007
2007
28 Weeks Later

as General Stone

2007
2007
Daddy's Little Girls

as Monty James

2007
The Graham Norton Show

as Self - Guest

2006
2006
The One Show

as Self - Guest

2005
The Gospel

as Reverend Charles Frank

2005
Sometimes in April

as Augustin

2005
2005
The Office

as Charles Miner

2003
One Love

as Aaron

2002
Buffalo Soldiers

as Kimborough

2002
Hack

as Mac Boone

2002
CSI: Miami

as Angelo Sedaris

2002
The Wire

as Stringer Bell

2002
2000
Sorted

as Jam

2000
Girlfriends

as Paul Raymond

2000
Soul Food

as Smitty

1999
Belle Maman

as Grégoire

1998
Ultraviolet

as Vaughan Rice

1997
The View

as Self

1996
1996
1996
Silent Witness

as Charlie

1995
The Governor

as Officer Chiswick

1995
Bramwell

as Charlie Carter

1995
Dangerfield

as Matt Gregory

1994
MTV Europe Music Awards

as Self - Presenter

1994
1994
Space Precinct

as Pizza Delivery Man

1992
1991
2Point4 Children

as Parachute Instructor

1990
Law & Order

as Lonnie Liston

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

1953
The Oscars

as Self

Producer

Things Fall Apart

as Executive Producer

Hammer Down

as Producer

Infernus

as Producer

Heads of State

as Executive Producer

The Chelsea Cowboy

as Executive Producer

2024
Knuckles

as Executive Producer

2023
2023
Hijack

as Executive Producer

2021
Edicius

as Executive Producer

2020
Concrete Cowboy

as Producer

2019
Turn Up Charlie

as Executive Producer

2018
Yardie

as Executive Producer

2017
five by five

as Executive Producer

2017
Guerrilla

as Executive Producer

2016
100 Streets

as Producer

2015
2014
No Good Deed

as Executive Producer

2012
How Clubbing Changed the World

as Executive Producer

2010
Luther

as Associate Producer

Director

Infernus

as Director

Dust to Dreams

as Director

Above the Below

as Director

2018
Yardie

as Director

2015
King for a Term

as Director

Writer

Dust to Dreams

as Writer

2015
King for a Term

as Writer

Creator

2019
Turn Up Charlie

as Creator

2018
In the Long Run

as Creator

Crew

2022
TBC

as Thanks