Idris Elba
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1972-09-06 (52 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.
Known For
Acting
High in the Clouds
as Barrel (voice)
Above the Below
as Jackson
Hammer Down
as Mac
Infernus
as Donovan Kamara
(2027)
Children of Blood and Bone
as Lekan
(2026)
Masters of the Universe
as Duncan / Man-At-Arms
(2025)
Zootopia 2
as Chief Bogo (voice)
(2025)
Heads of State
as Sam Clarke
(2025)
(2025)
Fixed
as Rocco (voice)
(2025)
Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis
as Self - Presenter
(2025)
Victory
as Idris Elba
(2024)
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
as Knuckles (voice)
(2024)
A Very Sonic Christmas
as Knuckles (voice)
(2024)
The Casting of Frank Stone
as Robert Green
(2023)
Extraction 2
as Alcott
(2023)
Luther: The Fallen Sun
as John Luther
(2023)
(2022)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
as Knuckles (voice)
(2022)
Thor: Love and Thunder
as Heimdall
(2022)
Three Thousand Years of Longing
as The Djinn
(2022)
Beast
as Dr. Nate Daniels
(2022)
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
as The Fox (voice)
(2022)
Food 2050
as Narrator
(2021)
The Suicide Squad
as Bloodsport
(2021)
The Harder They Fall
as Rufus Buck
(2021)
(2021)
An Audience with Adele
as Self
(2021)
Passion Project
as Self
(2020)
One World: Together at Home
as Self
(2020)
Concrete Cowboy
as Harp
(2020)
(2019)
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
as Brixton
(2019)
Cats
as Macavity
(2019)
Kroos
as Self
(2018)
Avengers: Infinity War
as Heimdall
(2017)
Thor: Ragnarok
as Heimdall
(2017)
The Dark Tower
as Roland Deschain
(2017)
Molly's Game
as Charlie Jaffey
(2017)
The Mountain Between Us
as Dr. Ben Bass
(2016)
Zootopia
as Chief Bogo (voice)
(2016)
The Jungle Book
as Shere Khan (voice)
(2016)
Finding Dory
as Fluke (voice)
(2016)
Star Trek Beyond
as Krall
(2016)
Bastille Day
as Sean Briar
(2016)
100 Streets
as Max
(2016)
Marine Life Interviews
as Fluke (voice)
(2016)
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
as Self
(2015)
Avengers: Age of Ultron
as Heimdall
(2015)
Beasts of No Nation
as Commandant
(2015)
The Gunman
as Barnes
(2015)
(2015)
Mandela, My Dad and Me
as Self
(2015)
King for a Term
as Akuna's father
(2014)
No Good Deed
as Colin Evans
(2014)
Enchanted Kingdom
as narrator
(2014)
Second Coming
as Mark
(2013)
Pacific Rim
as Stacker Pentecost
(2013)
Thor: The Dark World
as Heimdall
(2013)
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
as Nelson Mandela
(2012)
Prometheus
as Janek
(2012)
(2012)
(2012)
(2012)
(2011)
Thor
as Heimdall
(2011)
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
as Moreau
(2011)
Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC
as Self
(2011)
(2010)
Takers
as Gordon Jennings
(2010)
The Losers
as Roque
(2010)
Legacy
as Malcolm Gray
(2009)
Obsessed
as Derek Charles
(2009)
The Unborn
as Arthur Wyndham
(2008)
RocknRolla
as Mumbles
(2008)
Prom Night
as Detective Winn
(2008)
The Human Contract
as Larry
(2007)
28 Weeks Later
as General Stone
(2007)
American Gangster
as Tango
(2007)
The Reaping
as Ben
(2007)
Daddy's Little Girls
as Monty James
(2007)
This Christmas
as Quentin "Junior" Whitfield
(2007)
Code Red: The Making of '28 Weeks Later'
as Self / General Stone
(2007)
Tapping the Wire
as Self
(2006)
All In The Game
as Paul
(2005)
Sometimes in April
as Augustin
(2005)
The Gospel
as Reverend Charles Frank
(2003)
One Love
as Aaron
(2002)
Buffalo Soldiers
as Kimborough
(2000)
Sorted
as Jam
(1999)
Belle Maman
as Grégoire
(1996)
Spiders and Flies
as Benton
Crew
The Chelsea Cowboy
Executive Producer
Above the Below
Director
Dust to Dreams
Director, Writer
Infernus
Producer, Director
Hammer Down
Producer
(2025)
Heads of State
Executive Producer
(2025)
Victory
Executive Producer
(2024)
The Brown Dog
Executive Producer
(2023)
Luther: The Fallen Sun
Producer
(2022)
A New Diva's Christmas Carol
Producer
(2021)
Edicius
Executive Producer
(2020)
Concrete Cowboy
Producer
(2018)
Yardie
Director, Executive Producer
(2016)
100 Streets
Producer
(2015)
King for a Term
Director, Writer
(2015)
Beasts of No Nation
Producer
(2014)
No Good Deed
Executive Producer
(2014)
(2012)
How Clubbing Changed the World
Executive Producer