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