Idris Elba
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Alive Alone | 2025 | |
| Movie | Fixed | Rocco (voice) | 2025 |
| Movie | Heads of State | 2025 | |
| Series | Knuckles | Knuckles the Echidna (voice) | 2024-04-26 |
| Movie | Luther: The Fallen Sun | John Luther | 2023-02-24 |
| Series | Hijack | Sam Nelson | 2023-06-28 |
| Movie | Extraction 2 | Alcott | 2023-06-09 |
| Movie | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | Knuckles (voice) | 2022-03-30 |
| Movie | Three Thousand Years of Longing | The Djinn | 2022-08-24 |
| Movie | The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse | The Fox (voice) | 2022-12-25 |
| Movie | Food 2050 | Narrator | 2022-11-07 |
| Movie | Beast | Dr. Nate Daniels | 2022-08-11 |
| Movie | Thor: Love and Thunder | Heimdall | 2022-07-06 |
| Movie | The Suicide Squad | Bloodsport | 2021-07-28 |
| Movie | 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self | 2021-11-20 |
| Movie | The Harder They Fall | Rufus Buck | 2021-10-22 |
| Movie | An Audience with Adele | Self | 2021-11-21 |
| Movie | Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert | Self | 2020-04-10 |
| Movie | One World: Together at Home | Self | 2020-04-18 |
| Movie | Concrete Cowboy | Harp | 2020-09-13 |
| Series | Turn Up Charlie | Charlie | 2019-03-15 |
| Movie | Cats | Macavity | 2019-12-19 |
| Movie | Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw | Brixton | 2019-08-01 |
| Movie | Kroos | Self | 2019-07-04 |
| Movie | Pacific Rim: Uprising | Stacker Pentecost | 2018-03-21 |
| Series | In the Long Run | Walter Easmon | 2018-03-29 |
| Movie | Avengers: Infinity War | Heimdall | 2018-04-25 |
| Series | Guerrilla | Kent | 2017-04-13 |
| Movie | Thor: Ragnarok | Heimdall | 2017-10-02 |
| Movie | Molly's Game | Charlie Jaffey | 2017-12-07 |
| Movie | The Mountain Between Us | Dr. Ben Bass | 2017-10-05 |
| Movie | The Dark Tower | Roland Deschain | 2017-08-03 |
| Movie | Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour | Self | 2016-12-09 |
| Movie | Zootopia | Chief Bogo (voice) | 2016-02-11 |
| Movie | The Jungle Book | Shere Khan (voice) | 2016-04-07 |
| Movie | Marine Life Interviews | Fluke (voice) | 2016-11-15 |
| Movie | 100 Streets | Max | 2016-11-11 |
| Movie | Star Trek Beyond | Krall | 2016-07-07 |
| Movie | Bastille Day | Sean Briar | 2016-04-22 |
| Movie | Finding Dory | Fluke (voice) | 2016-06-16 |
| Movie | The Gunman | Barnes | 2015-02-16 |
| Movie | Cut from a Different Cloth | 2015-02-03 | |
| Movie | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Heimdall | 2015-04-22 |
| Movie | King for a Term | Akuna's father | 2015-07-09 |
| Series | Idris Elba: No Limits | Self | 2015-07-06 |
| Movie | Beasts of No Nation | Commandant | 2015-09-11 |
| Movie | Mandela, My Dad and Me | Self | 2015-12-07 |
| Movie | Enchanted Kingdom | narrator | 2014-03-25 |
| Movie | No Good Deed | Colin Evans | 2014-09-10 |
| Movie | Second Coming | Mark | 2014-09-02 |
| Movie | Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom | Nelson Mandela | 2013-11-28 |
| Series | Idris Elba: King of Speed | Self | 2013-12-25 |
| Movie | Thor: The Dark World | Heimdall | 2013-10-30 |
| Movie | Pacific Rim | Stacker Pentecost | 2013-07-11 |
| Movie | Prometheus | Janek | 2012-05-30 |
| Movie | How Clubbing Changed the World | Self | 2012-08-24 |
| Movie | The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus | Self | 2012-10-11 |
| Movie | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | Moreau | 2011-12-10 |
| Movie | Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC | Self | 2011-01-01 |
| Movie | Thor | Heimdall | 2011-04-21 |
| Movie | How Hip Hop Changed the World | Self | 2011-08-12 |
| Movie | The Losers | Roque | 2010-04-23 |
| Movie | Takers | Gordon Jennings | 2010-08-26 |
| Movie | Legacy | Malcolm Gray | 2010-10-15 |
| Series | Luther | DCI John Luther | 2010-05-04 |
| Movie | The Unborn | Arthur Wyndham | 2009-01-09 |
| Movie | Obsessed | Derek Charles | 2009-02-26 |
| Series | The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency | Unknown | 2009-03-15 |
| Movie | Prom Night | Detective Winn | 2008-04-10 |
| Movie | The Human Contract | Larry | 2008-09-12 |
| Movie | RocknRolla | Mumbles | 2008-09-04 |
| Movie | Daddy's Little Girls | Monty James | 2007-02-14 |
| Movie | This Christmas | Quentin "Junior" Whitfield | 2007-11-27 |
| Movie | Code Red: The Making of '28 Weeks Later' | Self / General Stone | 2007-11-09 |
| Series | The Graham Norton Show | Himself | 2007-02-22 |
| Movie | 28 Weeks Later | General Stone | 2007-04-26 |
| Movie | The Reaping | Ben | 2007-04-05 |
| Movie | American Gangster | Tango | 2007-11-02 |
| Movie | Tapping the Wire | Self | 2007-07-01 |
| Movie | All In The Game | Paul | 2006-05-11 |
| Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
| Movie | Sometimes in April | Augustin | 2005-02-17 |
| Movie | The Gospel | Reverend Charles Frank | 2005-10-07 |
| Series | The Office | Unknown | 2005-03-24 |
| Series | The Tyra Banks Show | Unknown | 2005-09-12 |
| Movie | One Love | Aaron | 2003-05-18 |
| Series | The Wire | Stringer bell | 2002-06-02 |
| Movie | Buffalo Soldiers | Kimborough | 2002-10-31 |
| Series | CSI: Miami | Unknown | 2002-09-23 |
| Series | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Robert Gabriel | 2002-04-08 |
| Series | Girlfriends | Unknown | 2000-09-11 |
| Movie | Sorted | Jam | 2000-10-06 |
| Series | Soul Food | Unknown | 2000-06-28 |
| Movie | Belle Maman | Grégoire | 1999-03-10 |
| Series | Ultraviolet | Vaughan Rice | 1998-09-15 |
| Series | Silent Witness | Unknown | 1996-02-21 |
| Movie | Spiders and Flies | Benton | 1996-12-07 |
| Series | The Daily Show | Idris Elba | 1996-07-22 |
| Series | Dangerfield | Matt Gregory | 1995-01-27 |
| Series | The Governor | Officer Chiswick | 1995-05-14 |
| Series | Bramwell | Charlie Carter | 1995-05-01 |
| Series | Space Precinct | Unknown | 1994-10-03 |
| Series | Crocodile Shoes | Unknown | 1994-11-10 |
| Series | Absolutely Fabulous | Unknown | 1992-11-12 |
| Series | 2Point4 Children | Parachute Instructor | 1991-09-03 |
| Series | Law & Order | Unknown | 1990-09-13 |
| Series | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Unknown | 1987-08-02 |
| Series | The Oscars | Idris Elba | 1953-03-19 |