Idris Elba

Idris Elba

51 · Born: Sep 6, 1972

Personal Details

Official Socials
Height 6' 2"
Born Sep 6, 1972 Hackney, London, England, UK
Spouse
  • Sabrina Dhowre Elba

    ( Apr 26, 2019 to Apr 18, 2024 )
  • Sonya Hamlin

    ( Apr 9, 2006 to Aug 11, 2006 )
  • Kim Nørgaard

    ( Jun 1, 1999 to Dec 31, 1969 )
Parents
  • Eve Elba
  • Winston Elba

Biography

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.

Career

2025
Zootopia 2
Zootopia 2 as Chief Bogo (voice)
2024
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 as Knuckles the Echidna (voice)
Knuckles
Knuckles as Knuckles the Echidna (voice)
2023
Luther: The Fallen Sun
Luther: The Fallen Sun as John Luther
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Extraction II
Extraction II as Alcott
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Hijack
Hijack as Sam Nelson
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2022
Beast
Beast as Dr. Nate Daniels
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Three Thousand Years of Longing
Three Thousand Years of Longing as The Djinn
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Thor: Love and Thunder
Thor: Love and Thunder as Heimdall
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The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse as The Fox (voice)
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Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 as Knuckles the Echidna (voice)
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Zootopia+
Zootopia+ as Chief Bogo (voice)
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Human Playground
Human Playground as Host
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2021
The Harder They Fall
The Harder They Fall as Rufus Buck
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The Suicide Squad
The Suicide Squad as Robert DuBois / Bloodsport
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2020
Concrete Cowboy
Concrete Cowboy as Harp
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2019
Cats
Cats as Macavity
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Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Turn Up Charlie
Turn Up Charlie as Charlie
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2018
In the Long Run
In the Long Run as Walter Easmon
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2017
The Dark Tower
The Dark Tower as Roland Deschain
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The Mountain Between Us
The Mountain Between Us as Dr. Ben Bass
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Molly's Game
Molly's Game as Charlie Jaffey
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Thor: Ragnarok
Thor: Ragnarok as Heimdall
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Finding Dory: Marine Life Interviews
Guerrilla
Guerrilla as Kent
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Five by Five
Five by Five as Alpha Ash
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2016
The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book as Shere Khan (voice)
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Zootopia
Zootopia as Chief Bogo (voice)
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The Take
The Take as Sean Briar
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100 Streets
100 Streets as Max
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Finding Dory
Finding Dory as Fluke (voice)
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Star Trek Beyond
Star Trek Beyond as Krall
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2015
Beasts of No Nation
Beasts of No Nation as Commandant
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The Gunman
The Gunman as Barnes
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Cut from a Different Cloth
2014
Enchanted Kingdom
Enchanted Kingdom as narrator
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No Good Deed
No Good Deed as Colin Evans
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Second Coming
Second Coming as Mark
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2013
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom as Nelson Mandela
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Pacific Rim
Pacific Rim as Stacker Pentecost
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Thor: The Dark World
Thor: The Dark World as Heimdall
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2012
The Peter Weyland Files: 'Prometheus' Transmission
Prometheus
Prometheus as Janek
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2011
Thor
Thor as Heimdall
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Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance as Moreau
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2010
Legacy
Legacy as Malcolm Gray
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Takers
Takers as Gordon Jennings
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The Losers
The Losers as Roque
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Luther
Luther as DCI John Luther
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2009
The Unborn
The Unborn as Arthur Wyndham
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Obsessed
Obsessed as Derek Charles
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2008
RocknRolla
RocknRolla as Mumbles
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The Human Contract
The Human Contract as Larry
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Prom Night
Prom Night as Detective Winn
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2007
The Reaping
The Reaping as Ben
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This Christmas
This Christmas as Quentin "Junior" Whitfield
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28 Weeks Later
28 Weeks Later as General Stone
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Daddy's Little Girls
Daddy's Little Girls as Monty James
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2006
All in the Game
All in the Game as Paul
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2005
Sometimes in April
Sometimes in April as Augustin
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The Gospel
The Gospel as Reverend Charles Frank
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2004
Girlfriends
Girlfriends as Paul Raymond
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2003
One Love
One Love as Aaron
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CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami as Angelo Sedaris
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2002
The Wire
The Wire as Stringer Bell
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The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries as Robert Gabriel
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2001
Law & Order
Law & Order as Lonnie Liston
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1999
Dangerfield
Dangerfield as Matt Gregory
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1998
Ultraviolet
Ultraviolet as Vaughan Rice
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1997
Silent Witness
Silent Witness as Charlie
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1995
Absolutely Fabulous
Absolutely Fabulous as Hilton
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2022
Idris Elba's Fight School
2021
An Audience with Adele
2020
Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert
Elba vs. Block
Elba vs. Block
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2017
Idris Elba: Fighter
2016
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
2015
Mandela, My Dad and Me
The Daily Show
The Daily Show
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2013
Idris Elba: King of Speed
The Graham Norton Show
2012
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
2011
How Hip Hop Changed the World
Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC
2007
Tapping the Wire
Tapping the Wire
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2018
Yardie
Yardie as Director
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2019
Turn Up Charlie
Turn Up Charlie as Creator
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2018
In the Long Run
In the Long Run as Creator
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