Acting
Idris Elba
EN, DE, PL, FR cinema · 105 credits
Born
6 September 1972 (age 54)
Birthplace
Hackney, London, England, UK
Also known as Idrissa Akuna Elba · Sir Idris Elba · Sir Idrissa Akuna Elba
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
Infernus
Infernus
as Donovan Kamara, Director, Producer
Hammer Down
Hammer Down
as Mac, Producer
This Is How It Goes
This Is How It Goes
Actor, Director, Executive Producer
Untitled Luther Sequel
Untitled Luther Sequel
as John Luther, Producer
Extraction 3
as Alcott
The Chelsea Cowboy
Executive Producer
High in the Clouds
as Barrel (voice)
Sonic the Hedgehog 4
as Knuckles (voice)
Above the Below
as Jackson, Director, Executive Producer
Masters of the Universe
as Duncan
How To Hide It
Executive Producer
Fixed
as Rocco (voice)
Heads of State
as Sam Clarke, Executive Producer
A House of Dynamite
as POTUS
Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis
as Self - Presenter
Victory
as Idris Elba, Executive Producer
Zootopia 2
as Chief Bogo (voice)
Dust to Dreams
Director, Writer
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
as Knuckles (voice)
The Brown Dog
Executive Producer
Luther: The Fallen Sun
as John Luther, Producer
Extraction 2
as Alcott
Thor: Love and Thunder
as Heimdall
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
as The Fox (voice)
Three Thousand Years of Longing
as The Djinn
Beast
as Dr. Nate Daniels
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
as Knuckles (voice)
The Suicide Squad
as Bloodsport
The Harder They Fall
as Rufus Buck
Edicius
Executive Producer
Concrete Cowboy
as Harp, Producer
Kroos
as Self
Cats
as Macavity
Avengers: Infinity War
as Heimdall
Yardie
Director, Executive Producer
Thor: Ragnarok
as Heimdall
The Dark Tower
as Roland Deschain
Molly's Game
as Charlie Jaffey
The Mountain Between Us
as Dr. Ben Bass
The Jungle Book
as Shere Khan (voice)
100 Streets
as Max, Producer
Bastille Day
as Sean Briar
Star Trek Beyond
as Krall
Zootopia
as Chief Bogo (voice)
Finding Dory
as Fluke (voice)
Marine Life Interviews
as Fluke (voice)
Beasts of No Nation
as Commandant, Producer
Avengers: Age of Ultron
as Heimdall
The Gunman
as Barnes
King for a Term
2015
King for a Term
as Akuna's father, Director, Writer
No Good Deed
as Colin, Executive Producer
Second Coming
as Mark
Enchanted Kingdom
as narrator
Pacific Rim
as Stacker Pentecost
Thor: The Dark World
as Heimdall
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
as Nelson Mandela
Prometheus
as Janek
How Clubbing Changed the World
2012
How Clubbing Changed the World
as Self, Executive Producer
Thor
as Heimdall
Takers
as Gordon Jennings
The Losers
as Roque
Legacy
as Malcolm Gray
The Unborn
as Arthur Wyndham
Obsessed
as Derek Charles
The Human Contract
as Larry
Prom Night
as Detective Winn
RocknRolla
as Mumbles
28 Weeks Later
as General Stone
The Reaping
as Ben
American Gangster
as Tango
This Christmas
as Quentin "Junior" Whitfield
Daddy's Little Girls
as Monty James
Tapping the Wire
as Self
All In The Game
as Paul
The Gospel
as Reverend Charles Frank
Sometimes in April
as Augustin
One Love
as Aaron
Scarface: Origins of a Hip Hop Classic
2003
Scarface: Origins of a Hip Hop Classic
Actor
Buffalo Soldiers
as Kimborough
Sorted
as Jam
Belle Maman
as Grégoire