Sep 6, 1972 - Hackney, London, England, UK
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.
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| Movie | 2007 | 28 Weeks Later | General Stone | |
| Movie | 2011 | Thor | Heimdall | |
| Movie | 2007 | The Reaping | Ben | |
| Movie | 2023 | Luther: The Fallen Sun | John Luther | |
| Movie | 2019 | Kroos | Self | |
| Movie | 2007 | American Gangster | Tango | |
| Movie | 2010 | Takers | Gordon Jennings | |
| Movie | 2008 | The Human Contract | Larry | |
| Movie | 2008 | Prom Night | Detective Winn | |
| Movie | 2005 | The Gospel | Reverend Charles Frank | |
| Movie | 2010 | The Losers | Roque | |
| Movie | 2008 | RocknRolla | Mumbles | |
| Movie | 2009 | The Unborn | Arthur Wyndham | |
| Movie | 2021 | An Audience with Adele | Self | |
| Movie | 2007 | This Christmas | Quentin "Junior" Whitfield | |
| Movie | 2021 | 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self | |
| Movie | 2016 | Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour | Self | |
| Movie | 2010 | Legacy | Malcolm Gray | |
| Movie | 2005 | Sometimes in April | Augustin | |
| Movie | 2007 | Daddy's Little Girls | Monty James | |
| Movie | 2021 | The Suicide Squad | Bloodsport | |
| Movie | 2009 | Obsessed | Derek Charles | |
| Movie | 2013 | Pacific Rim | Stacker Pentecost | |
| Movie | N/A | Infernus | Donovan Kamara | |
| Movie | 2011 | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | Moreau | |
| Movie | 2012 | Prometheus | Janek | |
| Movie | 2013 | Thor: The Dark World | Heimdall | |
| Movie | 2025 | Fixed | Rocco (voice) | |
| Movie | 2023 | Extraction 2 | Alcott | |
| Movie | 2011 | Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC | Self | |
| Movie | 2014 | No Good Deed | Colin Evans | |
| Movie | 2013 | Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom | Nelson Mandela | |
| Movie | 2022 | Thor: Love and Thunder | Heimdall | |
| Movie | 2011 | How Hip Hop Changed the World | Self | |
| Movie | 2000 | Sorted | Jam | |
| Movie | 2016 | The Jungle Book | Shere Khan (voice) | |
| Movie | 2015 | Beasts of No Nation | Commandant | |
| Movie | N/A | Bang! | ||
| Movie | N/A | Above the Below | Jackson | |
| Movie | 2003 | One Love | Aaron | |
| Movie | 2024 | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | Knuckles (voice) | |
| Movie | 2014 | Second Coming | Mark | |
| Movie | 2012 | How Clubbing Changed the World | Self | |
| Movie | 1999 | Belle Maman | Grégoire | |
| Movie | 2014 | Enchanted Kingdom | narrator | |
| Movie | 2023 | Gold: A Journey With Idris Elba | ||
| Movie | 2022 | The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse | The Fox (voice) | |
| Movie | 2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Heimdall | |
| Movie | 2016 | 100 Streets | Max | |
| Movie | 2016 | Bastille Day | Sean Briar | |
| Movie | 2015 | The Gunman | Barnes | |
| Movie | N/A | Untitled Idris Elba/Simon Kinberg Spy Romance Film | ||
| Movie | 2016 | Star Trek Beyond | Krall | |
| Movie | 2015 | King for a Term | Akuna's father | |
| Movie | 2022 | Food 2050 | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2012 | The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | Self | |
| Movie | 2016 | Zootopia | Chief Bogo (voice) | |
| Movie | 2017 | Thor: Ragnarok | Heimdall | |
| Movie | 2006 | All In The Game | Paul | |
| Movie | 2016 | Finding Dory | Fluke (voice) | |
| Movie | 2017 | The Dark Tower | Roland Deschain | |
| Movie | 2017 | Molly's Game | Charlie Jaffey | |
| Movie | 2017 | The Mountain Between Us | Dr. Ben Bass | |
| Movie | 2015 | Mandela, My Dad and Me | Self | |
| Movie | 2016 | Marine Life Interviews | Fluke (voice) | |
| Movie | 2002 | Buffalo Soldiers | Kimborough | |
| Movie | 2015 | Cut from a Different Cloth | ||
| Movie | 2012 | The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus | Self | |
| Movie | 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | Heimdall | |
| Movie | 2019 | Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw | Brixton | |
| Movie | 2019 | Cats | Macavity | |
| Movie | 2022 | Three Thousand Years of Longing | The Djinn | |
| Movie | 1996 | Spiders and Flies | Benton | |
| Movie | 2020 | Concrete Cowboy | Harp | |
| Movie | 2021 | The Harder They Fall | Rufus Buck | |
| Movie | 2025 | Heads of State | Sam Clarke | |
| Movie | 2022 | Beast | Dr. Nate Daniels | |
| Movie | 2020 | Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney | ||
| Movie | 2007 | Tapping the Wire | Self | |
| Movie | N/A | Stay Frosty | ||
| Movie | 2020 | One World: Together at Home | Self | |
| Movie | 2022 | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | Knuckles (voice) | |
| Movie | 2021 | Passion Project | Self | |
| Movie | 2024 | The Casting of Frank Stone | Robert Green | |
| Movie | 2025 | A House of Dynamite | ||
| Movie | N/A | Hammer Down | Mac | |
| Movie | 2026 | Masters of the Universe | Duncan / Man-At-Arms | |
| Movie | 2024 | A Very Sonic Christmas | Knuckles (voice) | |
| Movie | 2027 | Children of Blood and Bone | Lekan | |
| Movie | 2025 | Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis | Self - Presenter | |
| Movie | 2012 | The Peter Weyland Files: 'Prometheus' Transmission | Janek | |
| Movie | N/A | High in the Clouds | Barrel (voice) | |
| Movie | 2025 | Victory | Idris Elba | |
| Movie | 2025 | Zootopia 2 | Chief Bogo (voice) | |
| Movie | 2020 | Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort | Self | |
| Movie | N/A | The Ten Commandments | ||
| TV Show | 1998 | Ultraviolet | Vaughan Rice | 6 |
| TV Show | 2010 | Luther | DCI John Luther | 20 |
| TV Show | 2002 | The Wire | Stringer Bell | 37 |
| TV Show | 2006 | The One Show | Self - Guest | 1 |
| TV Show | 2002 | CSI: Miami | Angelo Sedaris | 1 |
| TV Show | 2005 | The Office | Charles Miner | 7 |
| TV Show | 2005 | The Tyra Banks Show | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2000 | Girlfriends | Paul Raymond | 1 |
| TV Show | 1996 | Silent Witness | Charlie | 2 |
| TV Show | 2000 | Soul Food | Smitty | 1 |
| TV Show | 1994 | Space Precinct | Pizza Delivery Man | 1 |
| TV Show | 1992 | Absolutely Fabulous | Hilton | 1 |
| TV Show | 1994 | Crocodile Shoes | Jo Jo | 1 |
| TV Show | 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Raffy | 3 |
| TV Show | 1995 | Dangerfield | Matt Gregory | 12 |
| TV Show | 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | 2 |
| TV Show | 2013 | Idris Elba: King of Speed | Self | 3 |
| TV Show | 2015 | Idris Elba: No Limits | Self | 4 |
| TV Show | 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest | 1 |
| TV Show | 1996 | The Daily Show | Self | 2 |
| TV Show | 1995 | The Governor | Officer Chiswick | 2 |
| TV Show | 1995 | Bramwell | Charlie Carter | 1 |
| TV Show | 2017 | Guerrilla | Kent | 6 |
| TV Show | 1991 | 2Point4 Children | Parachute Instructor | 1 |
| TV Show | 2005 | Made in Hollywood | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | 2 |
| TV Show | 2017 | five by five | Alpha Ash | 5 |
| TV Show | 2018 | In the Long Run | Walter Easmon | 19 |
| TV Show | 2023 | Hijack | Sam Nelson | 7 |
| TV Show | 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2 |
| TV Show | 2020 | Oprah Talks COVID-19 | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2024 | Knuckles | Knuckles the Echidna (voice) | 6 |
| TV Show | 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2021 | What If...? | Heimdall (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1990 | Law & Order | Lonnie Liston | 1 |
| TV Show | 2019 | Turn Up Charlie | Charlie | 8 |
| TV Show | 2022 | Idris Elba's Fight School | Self | 5 |
| TV Show | 2013 | The Frame | Stacker Pentecost | 1 |
| TV Show | 2018 | The Shop | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | 1 |
| TV Show | 2022 | Human Playground | Host | 6 |
| TV Show | 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self - Guest | 1 |
| TV Show | 2020 | Elba vs. Block | Self | 8 |
| TV Show | 1997 | The View | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2002 | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Robert Gabriel | 1 |
| TV Show | 1994 | MTV Europe Music Awards | Self - Presenter | 1 |
| TV Show | 2022 | Zootopia+ | Chief Bogo (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2002 | Hack | Mac Boone | 1 |
| TV Show | 2015 | Hot Ones | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1953 | The Oscars | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2020 | Coronavirus, Explained | Self - Narrator | 1 |
| TV Show | 2020 | A World of Calm | Narrator | 1 |
| TV Show | 2017 | Idris Elba: Fighter | Self | 3 |
| TV Show | 2024 | Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color | narrator | 4 |
| TV Show | N/A | Things Fall Apart | Okonkwo | 1 |
| TV Show | 2018 | Lie Detector | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2013 | The Last Leg | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2025 | Number One on the Call Sheet | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2014 | Chicken Shop Date | Self - Guest | 1 |
| TV Show | 2025 | Good Hang with Amy Poehler | 1 |
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| Movie | N/A | The Chelsea Cowboy | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2023 | Luther: The Fallen Sun | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2012 | How Clubbing Changed the World | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2014 | No Good Deed | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | N/A | Above the Below | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2015 | King for a Term | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2015 | King for a Term | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2015 | Beasts of No Nation | Producer | Production |
| Movie | N/A | Untitled Idris Elba/Simon Kinberg Spy Romance Film | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2022 | A New Diva's Christmas Carol | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2018 | Yardie | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2016 | 100 Streets | Producer | Production |
| Movie | N/A | Dust to Dreams | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | N/A | Dust to Dreams | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2014 | K. Michelle: The Rebellious Soul Musical | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2025 | Heads of State | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | N/A | Infernus | Producer | Production |
| Movie | N/A | Infernus | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2020 | Concrete Cowboy | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2018 | Yardie | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2021 | Edicius | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | N/A | Hammer Down | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2024 | The Brown Dog | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2025 | Victory | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2019 | Turn Up Charlie | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2010 | Luther | Associate Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2023 | Hijack | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2022 | TBC | Thanks | Crew |
| TV Show | 2024 | Knuckles | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2017 | five by five | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2017 | Guerrilla | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2024 | The Battle for Black Music: Paid in Full | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | N/A | Things Fall Apart | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 2018 | In the Long Run | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 2019 | Turn Up Charlie | Creator | Creator |
