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

General Stone

28 Weeks Later

Heimdall

Thor

Ben

The Reaping

John Luther

Luther: The Fallen Sun

Self

Kroos

We All Die Young

Tango

American Gangster

Gordon Jennings

Takers

Larry

The Human Contract

Detective Winn

Prom Night

Reverend Charles Frank

The Gospel

Roque

The Losers

Mumbles

RocknRolla

Arthur Wyndham

The Unborn

Self

An Audience with Adele

Quentin "Junior" Whitfield

This Christmas

Self

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Self

Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour

Malcolm Gray

Legacy

Augustin

Sometimes in April

Monty James

Daddy's Little Girls

Bloodsport

The Suicide Squad

Derek Charles

Obsessed

Stacker Pentecost

Pacific Rim

Donovan Kamara

Infernus

Moreau

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

Janek

Prometheus

Heimdall

Thor: The Dark World

Rocco (voice)

Fixed

Alcott

Extraction 2

Self

Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC

Self / General Stone

Code Red: The Making of '28 Weeks Later'

Colin Evans

No Good Deed

Nelson Mandela

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

Heimdall

Thor: Love and Thunder

Self

How Hip Hop Changed the World

Jam

Sorted

Shere Khan (voice)

The Jungle Book

Commandant

Beasts of No Nation

Bang!

Jackson

Above the Below

Aaron

One Love

Knuckles (voice)

Sonic the Hedgehog 3

Mark

Second Coming

Self

How Clubbing Changed the World

Grégoire

Belle Maman

narrator

Enchanted Kingdom

Gold: A Journey With Idris Elba

The Fox (voice)

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

Heimdall

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Max

100 Streets

Sean Briar

Bastille Day

Barnes

The Gunman

Untitled Idris Elba/Simon Kinberg Spy Romance Film

Krall

Star Trek Beyond

Chief Bogo (voice)

Zootopia 2

Akuna's father

King for a Term

Narrator

Food 2050

Self

The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

Chief Bogo (voice)

Zootopia

Heimdall

Thor: Ragnarok

Paul

All In The Game

Fluke (voice)

Finding Dory

Roland Deschain

The Dark Tower

Charlie Jaffey

Molly's Game

Dr. Ben Bass

The Mountain Between Us

Self

Mandela, My Dad and Me

Fluke (voice)

Marine Life Interviews

Kimborough

Buffalo Soldiers

Cut from a Different Cloth

Self

The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus

Heimdall

Avengers: Infinity War

Brixton

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

Macavity

Cats

The Djinn

Three Thousand Years of Longing

Benton

Spiders and Flies

Harp

Concrete Cowboy

Rufus Buck

The Harder They Fall

Sam Clarke

Heads of State

Dr. Nate Daniels

Beast

Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney

Self

Tapping the Wire

Stay Frosty

Self

One World: Together at Home

Knuckles (voice)

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Self

Passion Project

Robert Green

The Casting of Frank Stone

Untitled Kathryn Bigelow Political Thriller

Mac

Hammer Down

Duncan / Man-At-Arms

Masters of the Universe

Knuckles (voice)

A very Sonic Christmas

Lekan

Children of Blood and Bone

Self - Presenter

Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis

Idris Elba

F1 75 Live at The O2

Janek

Transmission

Barrel (voice)

High in the Clouds

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

96

Gender

Male

Birthday

1972-09-06

Place of Birth

Hackney, London, England, UK

Also Known As

Idrissa Akuna Elba