Idris Elba
b. 1972 (age 54)
Hackney, London, England, UK
Actor
Writer
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.
Known For
Filmography
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High in the Clouds
2027 Actor
Barrel
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Sonic the Hedgehog 4
2027 Actor
Knuckles
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Children of Blood and Bone
2027 Actor
Lekan
🎬
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Above the Below
2026 Actor
Director
Jackson
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Masters of the Universe
2026 Actor
Duncan
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★ 7.3
Zootopia 2
2025 Actor
Chief Bogo
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★ 6.4
A House of Dynamite
2025 Actor
POTUS
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★ 6.4
Heads of State
2025 Actor
Sam Clarke
🎞️
★ 5.2
Fixed
2025 Actor
Rocco
📺
★ 7.9
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025 Self
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★ 6.0
Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis
2025 Self
🎬
🎞️
★ 5.5
Victory
2025 Actor
Idris Elba (segment: Badman Generation)
🎬
🎞️
★ 6.2
Dust to Dreams
2025 Director
Writer
🎞️
★ 6.9
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
2024 Actor
Knuckles
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★ 6.1
Knuckles
2024 Actor
Knuckles
🎬
🎞️
★ 6.4
A Very Sonic Christmas
2024 Actor
Knuckles
🎬
🎞️
★ 6.9
Paramount Plus: A Mountain of Entertainment - Hail Patrick
2024 Actor
Knuckles
🎬
🎞️
★ 7.4
55th NAACP Image Awards
2024 Self
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★ 7.3
Hijack
2023 Actor
Sam Nelson
🎞️
★ 6.4
Luther: The Fallen Sun
2023 Actor
John Luther
🎞️
★ 6.3
Gold: A Journey with Idris Elba
2023 Self
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★ 6.1
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022 Actor
Heimdall
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★ 6.5
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
2022 Actor
Knuckles
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★ 6.7
Three Thousand Years of Longing
2022 Actor
The Djinn
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★ 5.6
Beast
2022 Actor
Dr. Nate Samuels
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★ 7.8
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
2022 Actor
The Fox
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★ 6.9
Human Playground
2022 Actor
Narrator
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★ 7.3
Idris Elba's Fight School
2022 Self
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🎞️
★ 5.4
Joshua v Usyk: Dethrone the King
2022 Self
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Pride of Britain Awards 2022
2022 Self
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★ 7.2
The Suicide Squad
2021 Actor
Bloodsport
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★ 8.4
An Audience with Adele
2021 Self
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★ 6.3
Concrete Cowboy
2020 Actor
Harp
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★ 7.5
Coronavirus, Explained
2020 Self
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★ 8.2
A World of Calm
2020 Actor
Narrator
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★ 7.2
Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert
2020 Self
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★ 3.0
Oprah Talks COVID-19
2020 Self
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★ 5.6
Elba vs. Block
2020 Self
Writer
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★ 6.4
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
2019 Actor
Brixton
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★ 2.8
Cats
2019 Actor
Macavity
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★ 7.0
Turn Up Charlie
2019 Actor
Writer
Charlie
🎬
🎞️
★ 6.4
Squarespace: Dream It
2019 Self
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Ford: New Breed
2019 Self
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★ 5.8
Yardie
2018 Director
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★ 7.5
In the Long Run
2018 Actor
Writer
Walter
🎬
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The Best FIFA Football Awards
2018 Self
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The Evening Standard Theatre Awards
2018 Self
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★ 7.9
Thor: Ragnarok
2017 Actor
Heimdall
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★ 7.4
Molly's Game
2017 Actor
Charlie Jaffey
🎞️
★ 5.6
The Dark Tower
2017 Actor
Roland
🎞️
★ 6.4
The Mountain Between Us
2017 Actor
Ben Bass
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★ 6.3
Five by Five
2017 Actor
Alpha Ash
🎬
🎞️
★ 6.1
Cut from a Different Cloth
2017 Self
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★ 6.8
Idris Elba: Fighter
2017 Self
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📺
The Idris Takeover
2017 Actor
Alpha Ash
🎬
🎞️
The Best FIFA Football Awards 2017
2017 Self
🎞️
★ 8.0
Zootopia
2016 Actor
Chief Bogo
🎞️
★ 7.2
Finding Dory
2016 Actor
Fluke
🎞️
★ 7.3
The Jungle Book
2016 Actor
Shere Khan
🎞️
★ 7.0
Star Trek Beyond
2016 Actor
Krall
🎞️
★ 6.4
The Take
2016 Actor
Sean Briar
🎞️
★ 5.8
100 Streets
2016 Actor
Max
🎞️
★ 7.5
31st Film Independent Spirit Awards
2016 Self
🎬
🎞️
★ 5.8
Sport Relief 2016
2016 Self
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The London Evening Standard British Film Awards
2016 Self
🎞️
★ 5.8
The Gunman
2015 Actor
Barnes
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★ 6.4
Idris Elba: No Limits
2015 Self
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★ 6.8
Mandela, My Dad and Me
2015 Actor
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10th Screen Nation Film and Television Awards 2015
2015 Self
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Story of Now
2015 Self
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★ 5.6
No Good Deed
2014 Actor
Colin
🎞️
★ 7.5
Enchanted Kingdom
2014 Actor
Narrator
🎞️
★ 5.1
Second Coming
2014 Actor
Mark
🎬
🎞️
★ 3.9
An Epic Journey to Coming to America
2014 Actor
Driis
🎬
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The Ones to Watch
2014 Self
🎬
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Irons in the Fire
2014 Actor
Narrator
🎬
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Rebellious Soul: The Musical
2014 Director
🎞️
★ 6.9
Pacific Rim
2013 Actor
Stacker Pentecost
🎞️
★ 7.1
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
2013 Actor
Nelson Mandela
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★ 7.9
Idris Elba: King of Speed
2013 Self
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Soliloquy (BFI Luminous)
2013 Actor
🎞️
★ 7.0
Prometheus
2012 Actor
Janek
📺
★ 6.8
Playhouse Presents
2012 Director
Writer
🎞️
★ 8.2
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
2012 Self
🎬
🎞️
★ 8.0
Idris Elba's How Clubbing Changed the World
2012 Self
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Pride of Britain Awards
2012 Self
🎞️
★ 7.0
Thor
2011 Actor
Heimdall
🎞️
★ 4.4
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
2011 Actor
Moreau
🎬
🎞️
★ 6.8
How Hip Hop Changed the World
2011 Self
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★ 5.6
Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC
2011 Self
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Real Strength
2011 Self
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★ 8.4
Luther
2010 Actor
DCI John Luther
🎞️
★ 6.2
The Losers
2010 Actor
Roque
🎞️
★ 6.2
Takers
2010 Actor
Gordon Jennings
🎞️
★ 5.0
Legacy
2010 Actor
Malcolm Gray
🎬
🎞️
★ 7.8
Luther: Extended Inside Look
2010 Actor
DCI John Luther
🎬
🎞️
The BRITs Encore
2010 Self
🎞️
★ 4.7
The Unborn
2009 Actor
Arthur Wyndham
🎞️
★ 5.1
Obsessed
2009 Actor
Derek
🎬
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★ 6.0
Russell Simmons Presents Brave New Voices
2009 Self