Acting · Hackney, London, England, UK · Born September 6, 1972
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.
MovieHigh in the Clouds
2027
as Barrel (voice)
MovieSonic the Hedgehog 4
2027
as Knuckles (voice)
MovieChildren of Blood and Bone
2027
as Lekan
Above the Below
2026
as Jackson
MovieMasters of the Universe
2026
as Duncan
TVRoad to Glory
2026
as Self
MovieZootopia 2
2025
as Chief Bogo (voice)
MovieA House of Dynamite
2025
as POTUS
MovieFixed
2025
as Rocco (voice)
MovieHeads of State
2025
as Sam Clarke
MovieVictory
2025
as Idris Elba
TVNumber One on the Call Sheet
2025
as Self
TVGood Hang with Amy Poehler
2025
MovieIdris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis
2025
as Self - Presenter
MovieSonic the Hedgehog 3
2024
as Knuckles (voice)
TVErased: WW2's Heroes of Color
2024
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVKnuckles
2024
as Knuckles the Echidna (voice)
MovieGold: A Journey with Idris Elba
2023
TVHijack
2023
as Sam Nelson
MovieExtraction 2
2023
as Alcott
MovieLuther: The Fallen Sun
2023
as John Luther
MovieThe Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
2022
as The Fox (voice)
TVZootopia+
2022
as Chief Bogo (voice)
TVHuman Playground
2022
as Self - Host
MovieThree Thousand Years of Longing
2022
as The Djinn
MovieBeast
2022
as Dr. Nate Daniels
TVThe Evolution of Black British Music
2022
as Self
MovieThor: Love and Thunder
2022
as Heimdall
TVIdris Elba's Fight School
2022
as Self
MovieSonic the Hedgehog 2
2022
as Knuckles (voice)
MovieAn Audience with Adele
2021
as Self
Movie2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
as Self
MovieThe Harder They Fall
2021
as Rufus Buck
MoviePassion Project
2021
as Self
TVWhat If...?
2021
as Heimdall (voice)
MovieThe Suicide Squad
2021
as Bloodsport
MovieIdris Elba Meets Paul McCartney
2020
as Self
TVA World of Calm
2020
as Narrator
MovieConcrete Cowboy
2020
as Harp
TVElba vs. Block
2020
as Self
TVCoronavirus, Explained
2020
as Self - Narrator
Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort
2020
as Self
MovieOne World: Together at Home
2020
as Self
TVOprah Talks COVID-19
2020
as Self
MovieCats
2019
as Macavity
TVThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Guest - Self
MovieFast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
2019
as Brixton
MovieKroos
2019
as Self
TVTurn Up Charlie
2019
as Charlie
TVThe Shop
2018
as Self
MovieAvengers: Infinity War
2018
as Heimdall
TVIn the Long Run
2018
as Walter Easmon
MovieMolly's Game
2017
as Charlie Jaffey
MovieThe Mountain Between Us
2017
as Dr. Ben Bass
MovieThor: Ragnarok
2017
as Heimdall
MovieThe Dark Tower
2017
as Roland Deschain
TVGuerrilla
2017
as Kent
TVfive by five
2017
as Alpha Ash
TVIdris Elba: Fighter
2017
as Self
MovieMadonna: Rebel Heart Tour
2016
as Self
MovieMarine Life Interviews
2016
as Fluke (voice)
Movie100 Streets
2016
as Max
MovieStar Trek Beyond
2016
as Krall
MovieFinding Dory
2016
as Fluke (voice)
MovieBastille Day
2016
as Sean Briar
MovieThe Jungle Book
2016
as Shere Khan (voice)
MovieZootopia
2016
as Chief Bogo (voice)
MovieMandela, My Dad and Me
2015
as Self
MovieBeasts of No Nation
2015
as Commandant
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
King for a Term
2015
as Akuna's father
TVIdris Elba: No Limits
2015
as Self
MovieAvengers: Age of Ultron
2015
as Heimdall
TVHot Ones
2015
as Self
MovieThe Gunman
2015
as Barnes
Cut from a Different Cloth
2015
TVChicken Shop Date
2014
as Self - Guest
MovieNo Good Deed
2014
as Colin
MovieSecond Coming
2014
as Mark
MovieEnchanted Kingdom
2014
as narrator
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
TVIdris Elba: King of Speed
2013
as Self
MovieMandela: Long Walk to Freedom
2013
as Nelson Mandela
MovieThor: The Dark World
2013
as Heimdall
MoviePacific Rim
2013
as Stacker Pentecost
TVThe Frame
2013
as Stacker Pentecost
TVThe Last Leg
2013
as Self
MovieThe Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
2012
as Self
How Clubbing Changed the World
2012
as Self
MovieThe Path to Vengeance: Making 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance'
2012
as Self
MoviePrometheus
2012
as Janek
TVPlayhouse Presents
2012
as Akuna's Father / Narrator
MovieGhost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
2011
as Moreau
MovieExecuting the Heist: The Making of 'Takers'
2011
as Self
How Hip Hop Changed the World
2011
as Self
MovieThor
2011
as Heimdall
MovieGumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC
2011
as Self
MovieLegacy
2010
as Malcolm Gray
MovieTakers
2010
as Gordon Jennings
TVLuther
2010
as John Luther
MovieThe Losers
2010
as Roque
MovieObsessed
2009
as Derek Charles
MovieThe Unborn
2009
as Arthur Wyndham
MovieThe Human Contract
2008
as Larry
MovieRocknRolla
2008
as Mumbles
MovieProm Night
2008
as Detective Winn
MovieThis Christmas
2007
as Quentin "Junior" Whitfield
MovieAmerican Gangster
2007
as Tango
MovieTapping the Wire
2007
as Self
Movie28 Weeks Later
2007
as General Stone
MovieThe Reaping
2007
as Ben
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
MovieDaddy's Little Girls
2007
as Monty James
MovieAll In The Game
2006
as Paul
MovieThe Gospel
2005
as Reverend Charles Frank
TVMade in Hollywood
2005
as Self
TVThe Tyra Banks Show
2005
as Self
TVThe Office
2005
as Charles Miner
MovieSometimes in April
2005
as Augustin
TVJonny Zero
2005
as Hodge
MovieOne Love
2003
as Aaron
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
MovieBuffalo Soldiers
2002
as Kimborough
TVHack
2002
as Mac Boone
TVCSI: Miami
2002
as Angelo Sedaris
TVThe Wire
2002
as Stringer Bell
TVThe Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002
as Robert Gabriel
TVAqua Teen Hunger Force
2000
as Police Officer (voice)
MovieSorted
2000
as Jam
TVGirlfriends
2000
as Paul Raymond
TVSoul Food
2000
as Smitty
MovieBelle Maman
1999
as Grégoire
TVUltraviolet
1998
as Vaughan Rice
TVThe View
1997
as Self
Spiders and Flies
1996
as Benton
TVThe Daily Show
1996
as Self
TVSilent Witness
1996
as Charlie
TVThe Governor
1995
as Officer Donny Chiswick
TVBramwell
1995
as Charlie Carter
TVThe Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995
as Self - Host
TVDangerfield
1995
as Matt Gregory
TVMTV Europe Music Awards
1994
as Self - Presenter
TVCrocodile Shoes
1994
as Jo Jo
TVSpace Precinct
1994
as Pizza Delivery Man
TVAbsolutely Fabulous
1992
as Hilton
TV2Point4 Children
1991
as Parachute Instructor
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Lonnie Liston
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Devil (voice)
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
TVThe Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as Raffy
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
Infernus
as Donovan Kamara
Bang!
Stay Frosty
Hammer Down
as Mac
This Is How It Goes
Untitled Luther Sequel
as John Luther
MovieExtraction 3
as Alcott
