
Idris Elba
Department: Acting
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

28 Weeks Later
2007

Thor
2011

The Reaping
2007

Luther: The Fallen Sun
2023

Kroos
2019

American Gangster
2007

Takers
2010

The Human Contract
2008

Prom Night
2008

The Gospel
2005

The Losers
2010

RocknRolla
2008

The Unborn
2009

An Audience with Adele
2021

This Christmas
2007

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021

Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
2016

Legacy
2010

Sometimes in April
2005

Daddy's Little Girls
2007

The Suicide Squad
2021

Obsessed
2009

Pacific Rim
2013

Infernus
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Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
2011

Prometheus
2012

Thor: The Dark World
2013

Fixed
2025

Extraction 2
2023

Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC
2011

No Good Deed
2014

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
2013

Thor: Love and Thunder
2022

How Hip Hop Changed the World
2011

Sorted
2000

The Jungle Book
2016

Beasts of No Nation
2015

Bang!
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Above the Below
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One Love
2003

Sonic the Hedgehog 3
2024

Second Coming
2014

How Clubbing Changed the World
2012

Belle Maman
1999

Enchanted Kingdom
2014

Gold: A Journey with Idris Elba
2023

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
2022

Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015

100 Streets
2016

Bastille Day
2016

The Gunman
2015

Star Trek Beyond
2016

King for a Term
2015

The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
2012

Zootopia
2016

Thor: Ragnarok
2017

All In The Game
2006

Finding Dory
2016

The Dark Tower
2017

Molly's Game
2017

The Mountain Between Us
2017

Mandela, My Dad and Me
2015

Marine Life Interviews
2016

Buffalo Soldiers
2002

Cut from a Different Cloth
2015

The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
2012

Avengers: Infinity War
2018

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
2019

Cats
2019

Three Thousand Years of Longing
2022

Spiders and Flies
1996

Concrete Cowboy
2020

The Harder They Fall
2021

Heads of State
2025

Beast
2022

Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney
2020

Tapping the Wire
2007

Stay Frosty
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One World: Together at Home
2020

Sonic the Hedgehog 2
2022

Passion Project
2021

A House of Dynamite
2025

Hammer Down
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Masters of the Universe
2026

Children of Blood and Bone
2027

Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis
2025

The Peter Weyland Files: 'Prometheus' Transmission
2012

High in the Clouds
2027

Victory
2025

Zootopia 2
2025

Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort
2020

This Is How It Goes
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Untitled Luther Sequel
—

Sonic the Hedgehog 4
2027

Ultraviolet
1998

Luther
2010

The Wire
2002

CSI: Miami
2002

The Office
2005

The Tyra Banks Show
2005

Girlfriends
2000

Silent Witness
1996

Soul Food
2000

Space Precinct
1994

Crocodile Shoes
1994

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987

Dangerfield
1995

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988

Idris Elba: King of Speed
2013

Idris Elba: No Limits
2015

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014

The Daily Show
1996

The Governor
1995

Bramwell
1995

Guerrilla
2017

2Point4 Children
1991

Made in Hollywood
2005

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014

five by five
2017

In the Long Run
2018

Hijack
2023

The Graham Norton Show
2007

Oprah Talks COVID-19
2020

Knuckles
2024

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019

What If...?
2021

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014

Law & Order
1990

Turn Up Charlie
2019

Idris Elba's Fight School
2022

The Frame
2013

The Shop
2018

Saturday Night Live
1975

Human Playground
2022

Elba vs. Block
2020

The View
1997

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002

MTV Europe Music Awards
1994

Zootopia+
2022

Hack
2002

Hot Ones
2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015

The Oscars
1953

Coronavirus, Explained
2020

A World of Calm
2020

Idris Elba: Fighter
2017

Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color
2024

The Last Leg
2013

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003

Number One on the Call Sheet
2025

Chicken Shop Date
2014

Aqua Teen Hunger Force
2000

The Simpsons
1989

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003

The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995

Absolutely Fabulous
1992

Playhouse Presents
2012