Idris Elba

Known for: Acting

Born: 1972-09-06 (age 53)

From: Hackney, London, England, UK

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.

Filmography (159)

MOVIE
High in the Clouds
2027
as Barrel (voice)
MOVIE
Sonic the Hedgehog 4
2027
as Knuckles (voice)
MOVIE
Children of Blood and Bone
2027
as Lekan
MOVIE
Above the Below
2026
as Jackson
MOVIE★ 6.9
Masters of the Universe
2026
as Duncan / Man-At-Arms
TV★ 9.0
Road to Glory
2026
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.7
Zootopia 2
2025
as Chief Bogo (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.4
A House of Dynamite
2025
as POTUS
MOVIE★ 6.2
Fixed
2025
as Rocco (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.8
Heads of State
2025
as Sam Clarke
MOVIE
Victory
2025
as Idris Elba
TV★ 3.6
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
as Self
MOVIE★ 3.3
Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis
2025
as Self - Presenter
MOVIE★ 7.6
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
2024
as Knuckles (voice)
TV★ 7.2
Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color
2024
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TV★ 7.3
Knuckles
2024
as Knuckles the Echidna (voice)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Gold: A Journey with Idris Elba
2023
TV★ 7.5
Hijack
2023
as Sam Nelson
MOVIE★ 7.4
Extraction 2
2023
as Alcott
MOVIE★ 6.6
Luther: The Fallen Sun
2023
as John Luther
MOVIE★ 8.2
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
2022
as The Fox (voice)
TV★ 7.1
Zootopia+
2022
as Chief Bogo (voice)
TV★ 6.9
Human Playground
2022
as Self - Host
MOVIE★ 6.9
Three Thousand Years of Longing
2022
as The Djinn
MOVIE★ 6.5
Beast
2022
as Dr. Nate Daniels
TV★ 1.0
The Evolution of Black British Music
2022
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.4
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022
as Heimdall
TV★ 4.5
Idris Elba's Fight School
2022
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.4
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
2022
as Knuckles (voice)
MOVIE★ 8.4
An Audience with Adele
2021
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.0
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Harder They Fall
2021
as Rufus Buck
MOVIE
Passion Project
2021
as Self
TV★ 8.0
What If...?
2021
as Heimdall (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Suicide Squad
2021
as Bloodsport
MOVIE
Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney
2020
as Self
TV★ 6.7
A World of Calm
2020
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.1
Concrete Cowboy
2020
as Harp
TV
Elba vs. Block
2020
as Self
TV★ 6.9
Coronavirus, Explained
2020
as Self - Narrator
MOVIE
Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort
2020
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.1
One World: Together at Home
2020
as Self
TV★ 6.0
Oprah Talks COVID-19
2020
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.1
Cats
2019
as Macavity
TV★ 6.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Guest - Self
MOVIE★ 6.8
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
2019
as Brixton
MOVIE★ 6.1
Kroos
2019
as Self
TV★ 6.5
Turn Up Charlie
2019
as Charlie
TV★ 5.3
The Shop
2018
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.2
Avengers: Infinity War
2018
as Heimdall
TV★ 7.3
In the Long Run
2018
as Walter Easmon
MOVIE★ 7.2
Molly's Game
2017
as Charlie Jaffey
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Mountain Between Us
2017
as Dr. Ben Bass
MOVIE★ 7.6
Thor: Ragnarok
2017
as Heimdall
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Dark Tower
2017
as Roland Deschain
TV★ 4.6
Guerrilla
2017
as Kent
TV
five by five
2017
as Alpha Ash
TV★ 7.3
Idris Elba: Fighter
2017
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.3
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
2016
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.2
Marine Life Interviews
2016
as Fluke (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.0
100 Streets
2016
as Max
MOVIE★ 6.8
Star Trek Beyond
2016
as Krall
MOVIE★ 7.0
Finding Dory
2016
as Fluke (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Bastille Day
2016
as Sean Briar
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Jungle Book
2016
as Shere Khan (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.8
Zootopia
2016
as Chief Bogo (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Mandela, My Dad and Me
2015
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.6
Beasts of No Nation
2015
as Commandant
TV★ 6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
MOVIE★ 1.0
King for a Term
2015
as Akuna's father
TV
Idris Elba: No Limits
2015
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.3
Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015
as Heimdall
TV★ 7.1
Hot Ones
2015
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Gunman
2015
as Barnes
MOVIE★ 7.8
Cut from a Different Cloth
2015
TV★ 8.0
Chicken Shop Date
2014
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 6.0
No Good Deed
2014
as Colin
MOVIE★ 5.1
Second Coming
2014
as Mark
MOVIE★ 6.3
Enchanted Kingdom
2014
as narrator
TV★ 5.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
TV★ 5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
TV★ 7.0
Idris Elba: King of Speed
2013
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.9
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
2013
as Nelson Mandela
MOVIE★ 6.5
Thor: The Dark World
2013
as Heimdall
MOVIE★ 6.9
Pacific Rim
2013
as Stacker Pentecost
TV★ 10.0
The Frame
2013
as Stacker Pentecost
TV★ 5.7
The Last Leg
2013
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
2012
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
How Clubbing Changed the World
2012
as Self
MOVIE
The Path to Vengeance: Making 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance'
2012
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.6
Prometheus
2012
as Janek
TV★ 6.0
Playhouse Presents
2012
as Akuna's Father / Narrator
MOVIE★ 5.0
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
2011
as Moreau
MOVIE
Executing the Heist: The Making of 'Takers'
2011
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
How Hip Hop Changed the World
2011
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.8
Thor
2011
as Heimdall
MOVIE
Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC
2011
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.7
Legacy
2010
as Malcolm Gray
MOVIE★ 6.3
Takers
2010
as Gordon Jennings
TV★ 7.9
Luther
2010
as John Luther
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Losers
2010
as Roque
MOVIE★ 5.8
Obsessed
2009
as Derek Charles
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Unborn
2009
as Arthur Wyndham
MOVIE★ 4.4
The Human Contract
2008
as Larry
MOVIE★ 6.9
RocknRolla
2008
as Mumbles
MOVIE★ 5.1
Prom Night
2008
as Detective Winn
MOVIE★ 6.6
This Christmas
2007
as Quentin "Junior" Whitfield
MOVIE★ 7.6
American Gangster
2007
as Tango
MOVIE★ 7.8
Tapping the Wire
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.6
28 Weeks Later
2007
as General Stone
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Reaping
2007
as Ben
TV★ 7.2
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.9
Daddy's Little Girls
2007
as Monty James
MOVIE★ 6.1
All In The Game
2006
as Paul
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Gospel
2005
as Reverend Charles Frank
TV★ 4.7
Made in Hollywood
2005
as Self
TV★ 5.0
The Tyra Banks Show
2005
as Self
TV★ 8.6
The Office
2005
as Charles Miner
MOVIE★ 7.1
Sometimes in April
2005
as Augustin
TV★ 5.3
Jonny Zero
2005
as Hodge
MOVIE★ 5.4
One Love
2003
as Aaron
TV★ 5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
Buffalo Soldiers
2002
as Kimborough
TV★ 7.9
Hack
2002
as Mac Boone
TV★ 7.7
CSI: Miami
2002
as Angelo Sedaris
TV★ 8.6
The Wire
2002
as Stringer Bell
TV★ 7.3
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002
as Robert Gabriel
TV★ 7.5
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
2000
as Police Officer (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.4
Sorted
2000
as Jam
TV★ 7.3
Girlfriends
2000
as Paul Raymond
TV★ 7.2
Soul Food
2000
as Smitty
MOVIE★ 5.1
Belle Maman
1999
as Grégoire
TV★ 7.2
Ultraviolet
1998
as Vaughan Rice
TV★ 4.3
The View
1997
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Spiders and Flies
1996
as Benton
TV★ 6.4
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
TV★ 7.6
Silent Witness
1996
as Charlie
TV★ 7.5
The Governor
1995
as Officer Donny Chiswick
TV★ 4.2
Bramwell
1995
as Charlie Carter
TV★ 6.0
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995
as Self - Host
TV★ 7.0
Dangerfield
1995
as Matt Gregory
TV★ 10.0
MTV Europe Music Awards
1994
as Self - Presenter
TV★ 7.3
Crocodile Shoes
1994
as Jo Jo
TV★ 6.2
Space Precinct
1994
as Pizza Delivery Man
TV★ 7.6
Absolutely Fabulous
1992
as Hilton
TV★ 7.3
2Point4 Children
1991
as Parachute Instructor
TV★ 7.3
Law & Order
1990
as Lonnie Liston
TV★ 8.0
The Simpsons
1989
as Devil (voice)
TV★ 5.6
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
TV★ 6.6
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as Raffy
TV★ 6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
TV★ 7.0
The Oscars
1953
as Self
MOVIE
Extraction 3
—
as Alcott
MOVIE
Untitled Luther Sequel
—
as John Luther
MOVIE
Bang!
—
MOVIE
Stay Frosty
—
MOVIE
This Is How It Goes
—
MOVIE
Hammer Down
—
as Mac
MOVIE
Infernus
—
as Donovan Kamara