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Idris Elba
Actor, Producer, Director, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn September 6, 1972 (53 years)
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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Idris Elba Filmography
| 2027 | High in the Clouds · as Barrel (voice) |
| 2027 | Sonic the Hedgehog 4 · as Knuckles |
| 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 | A House of Dynamite · as Potus |
| 2025 | Fixed · as Rocco (voice) |
| 2025 | Heads of State · as Sam Clarke |
| 2024 | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 · as Knuckles (voice) |
| 2024 | Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2024 | Knuckles (TV Series) · as Knuckles The Echidna (voice) |
| 2023 | |
| 2023 | Hijack (TV Series) · as Sam Nelson |
| 2023 | Extraction II · as Alcott |
| 2023 | Luther: The Fallen Sun · as John Luther |
| 2022 | The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse · as The Fox (voice) |
| 2022 | Zootopia+ (TV Series) · as Chief Bogo (voice) |
| 2022 | Three Thousand Years of Longing · as The Djinn |
| 2022 | Beast · as Dr. Nate Daniels |
| 2022 | Thor: Love and Thunder · as Heimdall |
| 2022 | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 · as Knuckles (voice) |
| 2021 | The Harder They Fall · as Rufus Buck |
| 2021 | What If…? (TV Series) · as Heimdall (voice) |
| 2021 | The Suicide Squad · as Bloodsport |
| 2020 | A World of Calm (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2020 | Concrete Cowboy · as Harp |
| 2019 | Cats · as Macavity |
| 2019 | Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw · as Brixton |
| 2019 | Turn Up Charlie (TV Series) · as Charlie |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War · as Heimdall |
| 2017 | In The Long Run (TV Series) · as Walter Easmon |
| 2017 | Molly's Game · as Charlie Jaffey |
| 2017 | Thor: Ragnarok · as Heimdall |
| 2017 | The Mountain Between Us · as Dr. Ben Bass |
| 2017 | The Dark Tower · as Roland Deschain |
| 2017 | Guerrilla (TV Series) · as Kent |
| 2017 | Five by Five (TV Series) · as Alpha Ash |
| 2017 | |
| 2016 | Finding Dory: Marine Life Interviews · as Fluke (voice) |
| 2016 | 100 Streets · as Max |
| 2016 | Star Trek Beyond · as Krall |
| 2016 | Finding Dory · as Fluke (voice) |
| 2016 | The Take · as Sean Briar |
| 2016 | The Jungle Book · as Shere Khan (voice) |
| 2016 | Zootopia · as Chief Bogo (voice) |
| 2015 | Beasts of No Nation · as Commandant |
| 2015 | King for a Term · as Akuna's Father |
| 2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron · as Heimdall |
| 2015 | The Gunman · as Barnes |
| 2014 | No Good Deed · as Colin Evans |
| 2014 | Second Coming · as Mark |
| 2014 | Enchanted Kingdom · as Narrator |
| 2013 | Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom · as Nelson Mandela |
| 2013 | Thor: The Dark World · as Heimdall |
| 2013 | Pacific Rim · as Stacker Pentecost |
| 2013 | The Frame (TV Series) · as Stacker Pentecost |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | Prometheus · as Janek |
| 2012 | Playhouse Presents (TV Series) · as Akuna's Father |
| 2011 | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance · as Moreau |
| 2011 | Thor · as Heimdall |
| 2010 | Legacy · as Malcolm Gray |
| 2010 | Takers · as Gordon Jennings |
| 2010 | The Big C (TV Series) · as Lenny |
| 2010 | Luther (TV Series) · as John Luther |
| 2010 | Luther: Extended Inside Look · as Dci John Luther |
| 2010 | The Losers · as Roque |
| 2009 | Obsessed · as Derek Charles |
| 2009 | The Unborn · as Arthur Wyndham |
| 2008 | The Human Contract · as Larry |
| 2008 | RocknRolla · as Mumbles |
| 2008 | Prom Night · as Detective Winn |
| 2008 | The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (TV Series) · as Charlie Gotso |
| 2007 | This Christmas · as Quentin "junior" Whitfield |
| 2007 | American Gangster · as Tango |
| 2007 | 28 Weeks Later · as General Stone |
| 2007 | The Reaping · as Ben |
| 2007 | Daddy's Little Girls · as Monty James |
| 2006 | All in the Game · as Paul |
| 2005 | The Gospel · as Reverend Charles Frank |
| 2005 | The Office (US) (TV Series) · as Charles Miner |
| 2005 | Sometimes in April · as Augustin |
| 2005 | Jonny Zero (TV Series) · as Hodge |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | Queens Supreme (TV Series) · as Carla |
| 2002 | Hack (TV Series) · as Mac Boone |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami (TV Series) · as Angelo Sedaris |
| 2002 | The Wire (TV Series) · as Stringer Bell |
| 2001 | Buffalo Soldiers · as Kimborough |
| 2001 | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (TV Series) · as Robert Gabriel |
| 2000 | Aqua Teen Hunger Force (TV Series) · as Police Officer (voice) |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | Girlfriends (TV Series) · as Paul Raymond |
| 2000 | Soul Food (TV Series) · as Smitty |
| 2000 | In Defense (TV Series) · as Pc Paul Fraser |
| 1999 | Beautiful Mother · as Grégoire |
| 1998 | Ultraviolet (1998) (TV Series) · as Vaughan Rice |
| 1997 | Family Affairs (TV Series) · as Tim Webster |
| 1996 | Silent Witness (TV Series) · as Charlie |
| 1995 | |
| 1995 | The Governor (TV Series) · as Officer Chiswick |
| 1995 | Dangerfield (TV Series) · as Matt Gregory |
| 1994 | Crocodile Shoes (TV Series) · as Jo Jo |
| 1994 | Space Precinct (TV Series) · as Pizza Delivery Man |
| 1992 | Absolutely Fabulous (TV Series) · as Hilton |
| 1991 | 2 Point 4 Children (TV Series) · as Parachute Instructor |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as Lonnie Liston |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Devil (voice) |
| 1988 | London's Burning (TV Series) · as Cpl. Frost |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (TV Series) · as Raffy |
| 1984 | The Bill (TV Series) · as Alex Mason |
| 2025 | Heads of State · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | The Battle for Black Music: Paid in Full (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Knuckles (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Hijack (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | Human Playground (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | |
| 2019 | Turn Up Charlie (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | Yardie · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | In The Long Run (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | Guerrilla (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | Five by Five (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | Romesh: Talking to Comedians (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | Idris Elba: Fighter (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2016 | |
| 2015 | Mandela, My Dad and Me · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | No Good Deed · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | Idris Elba's How Clubbing Changed the World · as Executive Producer |
| 2011 | Demons Never Die · as Executive Producer |
| 2010 | Legacy · as Executive Producer |
| 2010 | Luther (TV Series) · as Associate Producer |
| 2025 | |
| 2025 | Number One on the Call Sheet (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2025 | Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis · as Self - Presenter |
| 2024 | The 76th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2024 | The 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2024 | 2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2023 | The Oscars · as Self - Presenter |
| 2022 | Human Playground (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 2022 | BET Awards 2022 · as Self - Presenter |
| 2022 | Idris Elba's Fight School (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2022 | The Game Awards 2022 · as Self |
| 2021 | An Audience with Adele · as Self |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | The Big Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | The Drew Barrymore Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2020 | DC Fandome · as Self |
| 2020 | GMA3: What You Need to Know (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | Coronavirus, Explained (TV Series) · as Self - Narrator |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | One World: Together at Home · as Self |
| 2020 | Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert · as Self |
| 2020 | Oprah Talks COVID-19 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | Toni Kroos · as Self |
| 2019 | Desus & Mero (2019) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | 2019 Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2018 | Strahan, Sara & Keke (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | The Shop: Uninterrupted (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | The Big Narstie Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2018 | Lie Detector (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | The IMDb Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | Quan arribin els marcians (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2017 | Idris Elba: Fighter (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour · as Self |
| 2016 | The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2016 | Quotidien (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | 2016 EE British Academy Film Awards · as Self - Nominee & Presenter |
| 2016 | 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Winner & Nominee |
| 2016 | 73rd Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2015 | Mandela, My Dad and Me · as Self |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | Idris Elba: No Limits (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | The Oscars · as Self - Presenter |
| 2014 | The CNBC Conversation (TV Series) · as Self - Un Ifad Goodwill Ambassador |
| 2014 | The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2014 | Good Morning Britain (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Chicken Shop Date (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | 45th NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | 71st Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2013 | Idris Elba: King of Speed (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | 2013 Soul Train Awards · as Self |
| 2013 | The Queen Latifah Show (2013) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2013 | The Real Daytime (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Black Girls Rock! 2012 · as Self |
| 2012 | The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus · as Self |
| 2012 | The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2012 | The Last Leg (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Oprah's Next Chapter (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2011 | The Jonathan Ross Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2011 | PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | Dish Nation (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | BET Awards 2011 · as Self |
| 2011 | 19th Annual Trumpet Awards · as Self |
| 2011 | Sneaker Shopping (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2011 | Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC · as Self |
| 2009 | Lopez Tonight (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2009 | BET Awards 2009 · as Self |
| 2009 | Russell Simmons Presents Brave New Voices (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2008 | The BET Honors · as Self |
| 2007 | Chelsea Lately (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2007 | Tapping the Wire · as Self |
| 2007 | 28 Weeks Later: The Rage Is Back · as Self |
| 2007 | First Take (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2006 | Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | The ONE Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | Soccer Aid (TV Series) · as Self - World Xi Coach |
| 2006 | CBeebies Bedtime Stories (TV Series) · as Self - Storyteller |
| 2006 | Dancing on Ice (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | The Tyra Banks Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Entertainment Tonight Canada (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Attack of the Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2004 | George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2004 | The Paul O'Grady Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2004 | The Insider (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Strictly Come Dancing (TV Series) · as Self - Terms And Conditions |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | Last Call with Carson Daly (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2001 | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2001 | Lorraine (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2001 | Football Focus (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | Saturday Kitchen (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2000 | BBC Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2000 | Entertainers with Byron Allen (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1999 | Loose Women (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | Leute heute (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Access Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | TFI Friday (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | E! Live from the Red Carpet (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | MTV Europe Music Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Presenter |
| 1994 | WGN Morning News (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Extra (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Sidewalks Entertainment (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1992 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1992 | ARD-Morgenmagazin (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | HBO First Look (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1989 | Rap City (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | This Morning (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1972 | Newsround (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2018 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2012 | Playhouse Presents (TV Series) |
| 2015 | |
| 2012 | Playhouse Presents (TV Series) |
| 2022 | Idris Elba's Fight School (TV Series) · as Executive Producer: For Green Door |
| 2019 | Turn Up Charlie (TV Series) · as Created By |
| 2017 | In The Long Run (TV Series) · as Created By |