Biography
Idris Elba (born 6 September 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
all 151
Movies 94
TV Shows 57
self 37
Voice 7
Producer 7
Narrator 4
Director 2
Chief Bogo (voice)
![Zootopia 2](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/874372-zootopia-2.jpg)
Zootopia 2 (2025)
Movie
Knuckles the Echidna (voice)
![Sonic the Hedgehog 3](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/719620-sonic-the-hedgehog-3.jpg)
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024)
Movie
Knuckles the Echidna (voice) / Executive Producer
![Knuckles](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/707055-sonic-the-series.jpg)
Knuckles (2024)
TV
8
Sam Nelson / Executive Producer
![Hijack](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/791647-hijack.jpg)
Hijack (2023)
TV
6.5
John Luther
![Luther: The Fallen Sun](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/421613-luther.jpg)
Luther: The Fallen Sun (2023)
Movie
5.5
Chief Bogo (voice)
![Zootopia+](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/477591-zootopia.jpg)
Zootopia+ (2022)
TV
Narrator
![Food 2050](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/847504-food-2050.jpg)
Food 2050 (2022)
Movie
Narrator
![Human Playground](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/803681-human-playground.jpg)
Human Playground (2022)
TV
Dr. Nate Daniels
![Beast](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/457645-beast.jpg)
Beast (2022)
Movie
9.33
Knuckles the Echidna (voice)
![Sonic the Hedgehog 2](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/366636-sonic-2.jpg)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)
Movie
7.94
Thanks
![TBC](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
TBC (2022)
TV
Rufus Buck
![The Harder They Fall](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/494681-the-harder-they-fall.jpg)
The Harder They Fall (2021)
Movie
8
Heimdall (voice)
![What If...?](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/288699-what-if.jpg)
What If...? (2021)
TV
8.14
Robert DuBois / Bloodsport
![The Suicide Squad](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/21366-the-suicide-squad.jpg)
The Suicide Squad (2021)
Movie
8.25
Charles Miner
![The Office: Superfan Episodes](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/1073123-the-office-superfan-episodes.jpg)
The Office: Superfan Episodes (2021)
TV
Narrator
![A World of Calm](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/443915-a-world-of-calm.jpg)
A World of Calm (2020)
TV
Self - Narrator
![Coronavirus, Explained](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/396429-coronavirus-explained.jpg)
Coronavirus, Explained (2020)
TV
Macavity
![Cats](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/168424-cats.jpg)
Cats (2019)
Movie
5.52
Charlie
![Turn Up Charlie](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/232410-turn-up-charlie.jpg)
Turn Up Charlie (2019)
TV
5.3
Director
![Yardie](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/21751-yardie.jpg)
Yardie (2018)
Movie
Walter
![In the Long Run](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/47302-in-the-long-run.jpg)
In the Long Run (2018)
TV
Charlie Jaffey
![Molly's Game](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/5756-molly-s-game.jpg)
Molly's Game (2017)
Movie
7.86
Heimdall
![Thor: Ragnarok](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/378-thor-ragnarok.jpg)
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Movie
6.94
Roland Deschain
![The Dark Tower](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/5694-the-dark-tower.jpg)
The Dark Tower (2017)
Movie
5.93
Kent / Executive Producer
![Guerrilla](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/20515-guerrilla.jpg)
Guerrilla (2017)
TV
6
Alpha Ash
![five by five](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/656361-five-by-five.jpg)
five by five (2017)
TV
Self - Presenter
![Idris Elba: Fighter](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/260281-idris-elba-fighter.jpg)
Idris Elba: Fighter (2017)
TV
Fluke (voice)
![Finding Dory](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/5398-finding-dory.jpg)
Finding Dory (2016)
Movie
7.78
Sean Briar
![Bastille Day](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/16763-bastille-day.jpg)
Bastille Day (2016)
Movie
5.94
Shere Khan
![The Jungle Book](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/6074-the-jungle-book.jpg)
The Jungle Book (2016)
Movie
7.64
Chief Bogo (voice)
![Zootopia](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/5396-zootopia.jpg)
Zootopia (2016)
Movie
7.43
Producer
![Beasts of No Nation](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/9196-beasts-of-no-nation.jpg)
Beasts of No Nation (2015)
Movie
1
Akuna's Father
![King for a Term](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
King for a Term (2015)
Movie
Barnes
![The Gunman](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/13053-the-gunman.jpg)
The Gunman (2015)
Movie
7
Narrator
![Enchanted Kingdom](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/47295-enchanted-kingdom.jpg)
Enchanted Kingdom (2014)
Movie
Self / Self - Guest
![The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/121313-the-tonight-show-starring-jimmy-fallon.jpg)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
TV
6.58
Self - Presenter
![Idris Elba: King of Speed](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/22017-idris-elba-king-of-speed.jpg)
Idris Elba: King of Speed (2013)
TV
Nelson Mandela
![Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/12553-mandela-long-walk-to-freedom.jpg)
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)
Movie
1
Stacker Pentecost
![Pacific Rim](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/527-pacific-rim.jpg)
Pacific Rim (2013)
Movie
6.24
Stacker Pentecost
![The Frame](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/784672-the-frame.jpg)
The Frame (2013)
TV
Self - Presenter
![How Clubbing Changed the World](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
How Clubbing Changed the World (2012)
Movie
Heimdall
![Thor](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/380-thor.jpg)
Thor (2011)
Movie
6.99
Malcolm Gray
![Legacy](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/24882-legacy.jpg)
Legacy (2010)
Movie
Gordon Jennings
![Takers](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/16522-takers.jpg)
Takers (2010)
Movie
5.56
DCI John Luther
![Luther](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/20295-luther.jpg)
Luther (2010)
TV
6.83
Arthur Wyndham
![The Unborn](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/18472-the-unborn.jpg)
The Unborn (2009)
Movie
6
Mumbles
![RocknRolla](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/7038-rocknrolla.jpg)
RocknRolla (2008)
Movie
5.5
Detective Winn
![Prom Night](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/1774-prom-night.jpg)
Prom Night (2008)
Movie
5.44
Quentin Whitfield
![This Christmas](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/15541-this-christmas.jpg)
This Christmas (2007)
Movie
10
Self / Self - Guest
![The Graham Norton Show](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/69494-the-graham-norton-show.jpg)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
TV
7.5
Self - Guest
![The One Show](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/124938-the-one-show.jpg)
The One Show (2006)
TV
Reverend Charles Frank
![The Gospel](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/26249-the-gospel.jpg)
The Gospel (2005)
Movie
Charles Miner
![The Office](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/20581-the-office.jpg)
The Office (2005)
TV
7.64
Augustin
![Sometimes in April](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/9190-sometimes-in-april.jpg)
Sometimes in April (2005)
Movie
Aaron
![One Love](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/47297-one-love.jpg)
One Love (2003)
Movie
Kimborough
![Buffalo Soldiers](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/10643-buffalo-soldiers.jpg)
Buffalo Soldiers (2002)
Movie
2
Mac Boone
![Hack](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/43712-hack.jpg)
Hack (2002)
TV
Angelo Sedaris
![CSI: Miami](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/35256-csi-miami.jpg)
CSI: Miami (2002)
TV
5.14
Stringer Bell
![The Wire](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/5971-the-wire.jpg)
The Wire (2002)
TV
6.84
Robert Gabriel
![The Inspector Lynley Mysteries](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/73606-the-inspector-lynley-mysteries.jpg)
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2002)
TV
6
Paul Raymond
![Girlfriends](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/25070-girlfriends.jpg)
Girlfriends (2000)
TV
Smitty
![Soul Food](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/388232-soul-food.jpg)
Soul Food (2000)
TV
Grégoire
![Belle Maman](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/34746-belle-maman.jpg)
Belle Maman (1999)
Movie
Vaughan Rice
![Ultraviolet](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/47259-ultraviolet.jpg)
Ultraviolet (1998)
TV
4.8
Charlie
![Silent Witness](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/23283-silent-witness.jpg)
Silent Witness (1996)
TV
5.5
Officer Chiswick
![The Governor](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/325557-the-governor.jpg)
The Governor (1995)
TV
Charlie Carter
![Bramwell](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/94038-bramwell.jpg)
Bramwell (1995)
TV
Matt Gregory
![Dangerfield](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Dangerfield (1995)
TV
Self - Presenter
![MTV Europe Music Awards](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/569405-mtv-europe-music-awards.jpg)
MTV Europe Music Awards (1994)
TV
Pizza Delivery Man
![Space Precinct](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/150273-space-precinct.jpg)
Space Precinct (1994)
TV
6
Parachute Instructor
![2Point4 Children](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/22055-2point4-children.jpg)
2Point4 Children (1991)
TV
5
Lonnie Liston
![Law & Order](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/24896-law-order.jpg)
Law & Order (1990)
TV
5.78
Self - Guest
![LIVE with Kelly and Mark](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/112089-live-with-regis-and-kathie-lee.jpg)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
TV
Self - Host
![Saturday Night Live](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/15718-saturday-night-live.jpg)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
TV
6.36
Actor
![Heads of State](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Heads of State
Movie
Jackson
![Above the Below](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Above the Below
Movie
Rocco
![Fixed](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/569892-fixed.jpg)
Fixed
Movie
Donovan Kamara
![Infernus](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Infernus
Movie
Alcott
![Extraction 3](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/933284-extraction-3.jpg)
Extraction 3
Movie
Director / Writer
![Dust To Dreams](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Dust To Dreams
Movie
Actor
![Bang!](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Bang!
Movie
Actor
![Stay Frosty](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Stay Frosty
Movie
Executive Producer
![The Chelsea Cowboy](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/618445-the-chelsea-cowboy.jpg)
The Chelsea Cowboy
Movie
Quasimodo / Director / Producer
![Netflix/Idris Elba The Hunchback of Notre Dame project](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Netflix/Idris Elba The Hunchback of Notre Dame project
Movie
Ratings
Average 6.22
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1972-09-06 (51 years old)
Birth NameIdrissa Akuna Elba
Birth PlaceLondon Borough of Hackney, United Kingdom
Height1.89-meter
CitizenshipsSierra Leone, United Kingdom
ResidencesLondon, United Kingdom
Also Known AsIdrissa Akuna Elba , Idrissa Akuna "Idris" Elba, 伊卓瑞斯·艾巴
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire, The Prince's Trust
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