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.
Filmography
all 167
Movies 106
TV Shows 61
self 42
Producer 22
Voice 14
Narrator 4
Director 4
Creator 1
Knuckles (voice)
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 (2027)
Movie
Duncan / Man-At-Arms
Masters of the Universe (2026)
Movie
Chief Bogo (voice)
Zootopia 2 (2025)
Movie
Idris Elba
F1 75 Live at The O2 (2025)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis (2025)
Movie
Knuckles (voice)
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024)
Movie
8.24
Knuckles (voice)
A Very Sonic Christmas (2024)
Movie
Executive Producer
The Battle for Black Music: Paid in Full (2024)
TV
Robert Green
The Casting of Frank Stone (2024)
Movie
Executive Producer
The Brown Dog (2024)
Movie
Knuckles the Echidna (voice) / Executive Producer
Knuckles (2024)
TV
8
Sam Nelson / Executive Producer
Hijack (2023)
TV
6
John Luther / Producer
Luther: The Fallen Sun (2023)
Movie
5.5
The Fox (voice)
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (2022)
Movie
Chief Bogo (voice)
Zootopia+ (2022)
TV
Narrator
Food 2050 (2022)
Movie
Dr. Nate Daniels
Beast (2022)
Movie
9.33
Knuckles (voice)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)
Movie
8.41
Thanks
TBC (2022)
TV
Executive Producer
Edicius (2021)
Movie
Rufus Buck
The Harder They Fall (2021)
Movie
8
Heimdall (voice)
What If...? (2021)
TV
8.14
Bloodsport
The Suicide Squad (2021)
Movie
8.25
Narrator
A World of Calm (2020)
TV
Harp / Producer
Concrete Cowboy (2020)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Coronavirus, Explained (2020)
TV
Macavity
Cats (2019)
Movie
5.52
Charlie / Creator / Executive Producer
Turn Up Charlie (2019)
TV
5.3
Director / Executive Producer
Yardie (2018)
Movie
Walter Easmon / Creator
In the Long Run (2018)
TV
Charlie Jaffey
Molly's Game (2017)
Movie
7.86
Dr. Ben Bass
The Mountain Between Us (2017)
Movie
5.48
Heimdall
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Movie
6.94
Roland Deschain
The Dark Tower (2017)
Movie
5.93
Kent / Executive Producer
Guerrilla (2017)
TV
6
Alpha Ash / Executive Producer
five by five (2017)
TV
Fluke (voice)
Marine Life Interviews (2016)
Movie
8
Max / Producer
100 Streets (2016)
Movie
10
Fluke (voice)
Finding Dory (2016)
Movie
7.78
Sean Briar
Bastille Day (2016)
Movie
5.94
Shere Khan (voice)
The Jungle Book (2016)
Movie
7.64
Chief Bogo (voice)
Zootopia (2016)
Movie
7.39
Commandant / Producer
Beasts of No Nation (2015)
Movie
1
Akuna's father / Director / Writer
King for a Term (2015)
Movie
Barnes
The Gunman (2015)
Movie
7
Colin Evans / Executive Producer
No Good Deed (2014)
Movie
6
narrator
Enchanted Kingdom (2014)
Movie
Self / Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
TV
6.58
Nelson Mandela
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)
Movie
1
Stacker Pentecost
Pacific Rim (2013)
Movie
6.43
Stacker Pentecost
The Frame (2013)
TV
Self / Executive Producer
How Clubbing Changed the World (2012)
Movie
Heimdall
Thor (2011)
Movie
7.1
Malcolm Gray
Legacy (2010)
Movie
Gordon Jennings
Takers (2010)
Movie
5.56
DCI John Luther / Associate Producer
Luther (2010)
TV
6.83
Derek Charles
Obsessed (2009)
Movie
6
Arthur Wyndham
The Unborn (2009)
Movie
6
Mumbles
RocknRolla (2008)
Movie
5.5
Detective Winn
Prom Night (2008)
Movie
5.44
Quentin 'Junior' Whitfield
This Christmas (2007)
Movie
10
Self / General Stone
Code Red: The Making of '28 Weeks Later' (2007)
Movie
General Stone
28 Weeks Later (2007)
Movie
9.5
Self / Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
TV
7.5
Monty James
Daddy's Little Girls (2007)
Movie
6
Self - Guest
The One Show (2006)
TV
Reverend Charles Frank
The Gospel (2005)
Movie
Charles Miner
The Office (2005)
TV
7.61
Augustin
Sometimes in April (2005)
Movie
Aaron
One Love (2003)
Movie
Kimborough
Buffalo Soldiers (2002)
Movie
2
Mac Boone
Hack (2002)
TV
Angelo Sedaris
CSI: Miami (2002)
TV
5.14
Stringer Bell
The Wire (2002)
TV
6.84
Robert Gabriel
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2002)
TV
6
Paul Raymond
Girlfriends (2000)
TV
Smitty
Soul Food (2000)
TV
Grégoire
Belle Maman (1999)
Movie
Vaughan Rice
Ultraviolet (1998)
TV
4.8
Charlie
Silent Witness (1996)
TV
5.5
Officer Chiswick
The Governor (1995)
TV
Charlie Carter
Bramwell (1995)
TV
Matt Gregory
Dangerfield (1995)
TV
Self - Presenter
MTV Europe Music Awards (1994)
TV
Pizza Delivery Man
Space Precinct (1994)
TV
6
Parachute Instructor
2Point4 Children (1991)
TV
5
Lonnie Liston
Law & Order (1990)
TV
4.88
Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
TV
Self - Host
Saturday Night Live (1975)
TV
6.36
Mac / Producer
Hammer Down
Movie
Okonkwo / Executive Producer
Things Fall Apart
TV
Executive Producer
Heads of State
Movie
Knuckles the Echidna (voice)
Sonic the Hedgehog 5
Movie
Donovan Kamara / Producer / Director
Infernus
Movie
Jackson / Director
Above the Below
Movie
Rocco (voice)
Fixed
Movie
Alcott
Extraction 3
Movie
Writer / Director
Dust to Dreams
Movie
Executive Producer
The Chelsea Cowboy
Movie
John Luther
Street Dogs
Movie
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1972-09-06 (52 years old)
Birth NameIdrissa Akuna Elba
Birth PlaceLondon Borough of Hackney, United Kingdom
Height1.89-meter
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom, Sierra Leone
ResidencesLondon, United Kingdom
Also Known AsIdrissa Akuna Elba , Idrissa Akuna "Idris" Elba, 伊卓瑞斯·艾巴, ادریس البا, ایدریس البا
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire, The Prince's Trust
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