Idris Elba
ActingBorn
September 6, 1972
Place of Birth
Hackney, London, England, UK
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
Filmography
High in the Clouds
2027
Sonic the Hedgehog 4
2027
Children of Blood and Bone
2027
Masters of the Universe
2026
Zootopia 2
2025
A House of Dynamite
2025
Fixed
2025
Heads of State
2025
Victory
2025
Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis
2025
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
2024
Gold: A Journey with Idris Elba
2023
Extraction 2
2023
Luther: The Fallen Sun
2023
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
2022
Three Thousand Years of Longing
2022
Beast
2022
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
2022
An Audience with Adele
2021
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
The Harder They Fall
2021
Passion Project
2021
The Suicide Squad
2021
Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney
2020
Concrete Cowboy
2020
Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort
2020
One World: Together at Home
2020
Cats
2019
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
2019
Kroos
2019
Avengers: Infinity War
2018
Molly's Game
2017
The Mountain Between Us
2017
Thor: Ragnarok
2017
The Dark Tower
2017
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
2016
Marine Life Interviews
2016
100 Streets
2016
Star Trek Beyond
2016
Finding Dory
2016
Bastille Day
2016
The Jungle Book
2016
Zootopia
2016
Mandela, My Dad and Me
2015
Beasts of No Nation
2015
King for a Term
2015
Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015
The Gunman
2015
Cut from a Different Cloth
2015
No Good Deed
2014
Second Coming
2014
Enchanted Kingdom
2014
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
2013
Thor: The Dark World
2013
Pacific Rim
2013
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
2012
The Peter Weyland Files: 'Prometheus' Transmission
2012
How Clubbing Changed the World
2012
The Path to Vengeance: Making 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance'
2012
Prometheus
2012
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
2011
How Hip Hop Changed the World
2011
Thor
2011
Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC
2011
Legacy
2010
Takers
2010
The Losers
2010
Obsessed
2009
The Unborn
2009
The Human Contract
2008
RocknRolla
2008
Prom Night
2008
This Christmas
2007
American Gangster
2007
Tapping the Wire
2007
28 Weeks Later
2007
The Reaping
2007
Daddy's Little Girls
2007
All In The Game
2006
The Gospel
2005
Sometimes in April
2005
One Love
2003
Buffalo Soldiers
2002
Sorted
2000
Belle Maman
1999
Spiders and Flies
1996
Infernus
Bang!
Above the Below
Stay Frosty
Hammer Down
This Is How It Goes
Untitled Luther Sequel
Extraction 3
Zootopia 3
Road to Glory
2026
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color
2024
Knuckles
2024
Hijack
2023
Zootopia+
2022
Human Playground
2022
The Evolution of Black British Music
2022
Idris Elba's Fight School
2022
What If...?
2021
A World of Calm
2020
Elba vs. Block
2020
Coronavirus, Explained
2020
Oprah Talks COVID-19
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Turn Up Charlie
2019
The Shop
2018
In the Long Run
2018
Guerrilla
2017
five by five
2017
Idris Elba: Fighter
2017
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Idris Elba: No Limits
2015
Hot Ones
2015
Chicken Shop Date
2014
Chicken Shop Date
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Idris Elba: King of Speed
2013
The Frame
2013
The Last Leg
2013
Playhouse Presents
2012
Luther
2010
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Made in Hollywood
2005
The Tyra Banks Show
2005
The Office
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Hack
2002
CSI: Miami
2002
The Wire
2002
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
2000
Girlfriends
2000
Soul Food
2000
Ultraviolet
1998
The View
1997
The Daily Show
1996
Silent Witness
1996
The Governor
1995
Bramwell
1995
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995
Dangerfield
1995
MTV Europe Music Awards
1994
Crocodile Shoes
1994
Space Precinct
1994
Absolutely Fabulous
1992
2Point4 Children
1991
Law & Order
1990
The Simpsons
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Oscars
1953