Idris Elba

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1972-09-06 (53 years old)

Place of Birth

Hackney, London, England, UK

Idris Elba

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.

Acting

2007

28 Weeks Later

as General Stone

2011

Thor

as Heimdall

2007

2023

2019

Kroos

as Self

2007

2010

Takers

as Gordon Jennings

2008

2008

Prom Night

as Detective Winn

2005

The Gospel

as Reverend Charles Frank

2010

The Losers

as Roque

2008

RocknRolla

as Mumbles

2009

The Unborn

as Arthur Wyndham

2007

This Christmas

as Quentin "Junior" Whitfield

2010

Legacy

as Malcolm Gray

2005

2007

Daddy's Little Girls

as Monty James

2021

The Suicide Squad

as Bloodsport

2009

Obsessed

as Derek Charles

2013

Pacific Rim

as Stacker Pentecost

-

Infernus

as Donovan Kamara

2012

Prometheus

as Janek

2013

2025

Fixed

as Rocco (voice)

2023

Extraction 2

as Alcott

2014

No Good Deed

as Colin Evans

2013

2022

2000

Sorted

as Jam

2016

The Jungle Book

as Shere Khan (voice)

2015

Beasts of No Nation

as Commandant

-

Above the Below

as Jackson

2003

One Love

as Aaron

2024

Sonic the Hedgehog 3

as Knuckles (voice)

2014

1999

Belle Maman

as Grégoire

2014

2016

2016

Bastille Day

as Sean Briar

2015

The Gunman

as Barnes

2016

2015

King for a Term

as Akuna's father

2022

Food 2050

as Narrator

2016

Zootopia

as Chief Bogo (voice)

2017

Thor: Ragnarok

as Heimdall

2006

2016

Finding Dory

as Fluke (voice)

2017

The Dark Tower

as Roland Deschain

2017

Molly's Game

as Charlie Jaffey

2017

2016

Marine Life Interviews

as Fluke (voice)

2002

Buffalo Soldiers

as Kimborough

2018

2019

Cats

as Macavity

1996

2020

2021

2025

Heads of State

as Sam Clarke

2022

Beast

as Dr. Nate Daniels

2007

2022

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

as Knuckles (voice)

2021

2024

2026

Masters of the Universe

as Duncan / Man-At-Arms

2024

A Very Sonic Christmas

as Knuckles (voice)

2025

-

High in the Clouds

as Barrel (voice)

2025

Victory

as Idris Elba

2025

Zootopia 2

as Chief Bogo (voice)

Production

-

The Chelsea Cowboy

as Executive Producer

2023

2012

How Clubbing Changed the World

as Executive Producer

2014

No Good Deed

as Executive Producer

-

Above the Below

as Director

2015

King for a Term

as Director

2015

2015

2018

Yardie

as Director

2016

100 Streets

as Producer

-

Dust to Dreams

as Director

-

2025

Heads of State

as Executive Producer

-

Infernus

as Director

-

Infernus

as Producer

2020

Concrete Cowboy

as Producer

2018

Yardie

as Executive Producer

2021

Edicius

as Executive Producer

-

Hammer Down

as Producer

2024

The Brown Dog

as Executive Producer

2025

Victory

as Executive Producer

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