Idrissa Akuna "Idris" Elba (born 6 September 1972) is a British television, theatre, and film actor who has starred in both British and American productions. Elba grew up in Canning Town, East London. One of his first acting roles was in the soap opera Family Affairs. He has worked in a variety of TV roles including Ultraviolet and The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. He is also known for playing Russell "Stringer" Bell, a Baltimore druglord and aspiring businessman, in HBO's The Wire. Elba is also a DJ under the moniker DJ Big Driis / Big Driis the Londoner, and a hip-hop soul recording artist. In 2009, Elba appeared on a six-episode arc of the American sitcom The Office, playing Charles Miner, Michael Scott's new boss. In 2010, he appeared in the action film The Losers in the role of Roque, the second-in-command of a black-ops team. The same year, he appeared in the thriller Takers. Elba played the title role of Detective John Luther in the 6-part BBC television show Luther that aired from May 4, 2010 on BBC One. Description above from the Wikipedia article Idris Elba, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie | Fixed | Rocco (voice) | 2025 |
Movie | The Trap | 2025 | |
Movie | Heads of State | 2025 | |
Movie | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | Knuckles the Echidna (voice) | 2024-12-19 |
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 the Echidna (voice) | 2022-03-30 |
Movie | Thor: Love and Thunder | Heimdall | 2022-07-06 |
Movie | Food 2050 | Narrator | 2022-11-07 |
Movie | The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse | The Fox (voice) | 2022-12-25 |
Movie | Three Thousand Years of Longing | The Djinn | 2022-08-24 |
Movie | Beast | Dr. Nate Daniels | 2022-08-11 |
Movie | The Suicide Squad | Robert DuBois / Bloodsport | 2021-07-28 |
Movie | An Audience with Adele | Self | 2021-11-21 |
Movie | 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self | 2021-11-20 |
Movie | The Harder They Fall | Rufus Buck | 2021-10-22 |
Movie | Concrete Cowboy | Harp | 2020-09-13 |
Movie | Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert | Self | 2020-04-10 |
Movie | One World: Together at Home | Self | 2020-04-18 |
Series | Turn Up Charlie | Charlie | 2019-03-15 |
Movie | Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw | Brixton | 2019-08-01 |
Movie | Cats | Macavity | 2019-12-19 |
Movie | Kroos | Self | 2019-07-04 |
Series | In the Long Run | Walter Easmon | 2018-03-29 |
Movie | Avengers: Infinity War | Heimdall | 2018-04-25 |
Movie | Pacific Rim: Uprising | Stacker Pentecost | 2018-03-21 |
Movie | Molly's Game | Charlie Jaffey | 2017-12-07 |
Series | Guerrilla | Kent | 2017-04-13 |
Movie | The Mountain Between Us | Dr. Ben Bass | 2017-10-05 |
Movie | Thor: Ragnarok | Heimdall | 2017-10-02 |
Movie | The Dark Tower | Roland Deschain | 2017-08-03 |
Movie | Zootopia | Chief Bogo (voice) | 2016-02-11 |
Movie | Bastille Day | Sean Briar | 2016-04-22 |
Movie | The Jungle Book | Shere Khan (voice) | 2016-04-07 |
Movie | 100 Streets | Max | 2016-11-11 |
Movie | Finding Dory | Fluke (voice) | 2016-06-16 |
Movie | Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour | Self | 2016-12-09 |
Movie | Star Trek Beyond | Krall | 2016-07-07 |
Movie | The Gunman | Barnes | 2015-02-16 |
Movie | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Heimdall | 2015-04-22 |
Series | Idris Elba: No Limits | Himself | 2015-07-06 |
Movie | Beasts of No Nation | Commandant | 2015-09-11 |
Movie | King for a Term | Akuna's father | 2015-07-09 |
Movie | Second Coming | Mark | 2014-09-02 |
Movie | No Good Deed | Colin Evans | 2014-09-10 |
Movie | Enchanted Kingdom | narrator | 2014-03-25 |
Movie | Pacific Rim | Stacker Pentecost | 2013-07-11 |
Movie | Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom | Nelson Mandela | 2013-11-28 |
Movie | Thor: The Dark World | Heimdall | 2013-10-30 |
Series | Idris Elba: King of Speed | Self | 2013-12-25 |
Movie | Prometheus | Janek | 2012-05-30 |
Movie | The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus | Self | 2012-10-11 |
Movie | How Clubbing Changed the World | Himself | 2012-08-24 |
Movie | Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC | Himself | 2011-01-01 |
Movie | How Hip Hop Changed the World | Himself | 2011-08-12 |
Movie | Thor | Heimdall | 2011-04-21 |
Movie | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | Moreau | 2011-12-10 |
Movie | The Losers | Roque | 2010-04-23 |
Series | The Big C | Lenny | 2010-08-16 |
Movie | Takers | Gordon Jennings | 2010-08-26 |
Series | Luther | DCI John Luther | 2010-05-04 |
Movie | Legacy | Malcolm Gray | 2010-10-15 |
Movie | The Unborn | Arthur Wyndham | 2009-01-09 |
Movie | Obsessed | Derek Charles | 2009-02-26 |
Movie | RocknRolla | Mumbles | 2008-09-04 |
Movie | The Human Contract | Larry | 2008-09-12 |
Movie | Prom Night | Detective Winn | 2008-04-10 |
Movie | The Reaping | Ben | 2007-04-05 |
Movie | 28 Weeks Later | General Stone | 2007-04-26 |
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 |
Movie | American Gangster | Tango | 2007-11-02 |
Movie | Tapping the Wire | Himself | 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 |
Series | The Office | Unknown | 2005-03-24 |
Series | The Tyra Banks Show | Unknown | 2005-09-12 |
Movie | The Gospel | Reverend Charles Frank | 2005-10-07 |
Movie | One Love | Aaron | 2003-05-18 |
Series | The Wire | Stringer bell | 2002-06-02 |
Movie | Buffalo Soldiers | Kimborough | 2002-10-31 |
Series | Girlfriends | Unknown | 2000-09-11 |
Series | Soul Food | Unknown | 2000-06-28 |
Movie | Sorted | Jam | 2000-10-06 |
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 | Dangerfield | Matt Gregory | 1995-01-27 |
Series | Crocodile Shoes | Unknown | 1994-11-10 |
Series | Space Precinct | Unknown | 1994-10-03 |
Series | Absolutely Fabulous | Unknown | 1992-11-12 |
Series | Law & Order | Unknown | 1990-09-13 |
Series | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Unknown | 1987-08-02 |