
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 | The Peter Weyland Files: 'Prometheus' Transmission | Janek | 2023 |
Movie | The Trap | 2023 | |
Movie | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | Knuckles the Echidna (voice) | 2022-03-30 |
Movie | The Harder They Fall | Rufus Buck | 2021-10-22 |
Movie | The Suicide Squad | Robert DuBois / Bloodsport | 2021-07-28 |
Movie | 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self | 2021-11-20 |
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 (uncredited) | 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 | The Dark Tower | Roland Deschain | 2017-08-03 |
Movie | Molly's Game | Charlie Jaffey | 2017-01-01 |
Movie | Marine Life Interviews | Fluke | 2017-11-15 |
Movie | The Mountain Between Us | Dr. Ben Bass | 2017-10-05 |
Movie | Thor: Ragnarok | Heimdall | 2017-10-24 |
Movie | The Jungle Book | Shere Khan (voice) | 2016-04-07 |
Movie | Zootopia | Chief Bogo (voice) | 2016-02-11 |
Movie | Bastille Day | Sean Briar | 2016-04-22 |
Movie | Finding Dory | Fluke (voice) | 2016-06-16 |
Movie | Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour | Self | 2016-12-09 |
Movie | 100 Streets | Max | 2016-11-11 |
Movie | Star Trek Beyond | Krall | 2016-07-07 |
Movie | The Gunman | Barnes | 2015-02-16 |
Movie | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Heimdall | 2015-04-22 |
Movie | King for a Term | Akuna's father | 2015-07-09 |
Movie | Mandela, My Dad and Me | Himself | 2015-12-07 |
Movie | Beasts of No Nation | Commandant | 2015-09-11 |
Series | Idris Elba: No Limits | Himself | 2015-07-06 |
Movie | Enchanted Kingdom | narrator | 2014-03-25 |
Movie | Second Coming | Mark | 2014-09-02 |
Movie | No Good Deed | Colin Evans | 2014-09-10 |
Movie | Pacific Rim | Stacker Pentecost | 2013-07-11 |
Movie | Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom | Nelson Mandela | 2013-11-28 |
Series | Idris Elba: King of Speed | Himself | 2013-12-26 |
Movie | Thor: The Dark World | Heimdall | 2013-10-30 |
Movie | Prometheus | Janek | 2012-05-30 |
Movie | How Clubbing Changed the World | Himself | 2012-08-24 |
Movie | The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus | Himself | 2012-10-11 |
Movie | Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC | Himself | 2011-01-01 |
Movie | Thor | Heimdall | 2011-04-21 |
Movie | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | Moreau | 2011-12-11 |
Movie | How Hip Hop Changed the World | Himself | 2011-08-12 |
Movie | The Losers | William Roque | 2010-04-23 |
Series | Luther | DCI John Luther | 2010-05-04 |
Movie | Legacy | Malcolm Gray | 2010-10-15 |
Movie | Takers | Gordon Jennings | 2010-08-26 |
Series | The Big C | Lenny | 2010-08-16 |
Movie | The Unborn | Arthur Wyndham | 2009-01-09 |
Movie | Obsessed | Derek Charles | 2009-04-24 |
Movie | The Human Contract | Larry | 2008-09-12 |
Movie | Prom Night | Detective Winn | 2008-04-10 |
Movie | RocknRolla | Mumbles | 2008-09-04 |
Movie | Daddy's Little Girls | Monty James | 2007-02-14 |
Movie | The Reaping | Ben | 2007-04-05 |
Movie | 28 Weeks Later | General Stone | 2007-04-26 |
Movie | This Christmas | Quentin "Junior" Whitfield | 2007-11-27 |
Movie | American Gangster | Tango | 2007-11-02 |
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 Tyra Banks Show | Unknown | 2005-09-12 |
Series | The Office | Unknown | 2005-03-24 |
Movie | One Love | Aaron | 2003-05-18 |
Series | The Wire | Stringer bell | 2002-06-02 |
Series | CSI: Miami | Unknown | 2002-09-23 |
Movie | Buffalo Soldiers | Kimborough | 2002-10-31 |
Series | Soul Food | Unknown | 2000-06-28 |
Series | Girlfriends | Unknown | 2000-09-11 |
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 |
Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Idris Elba | 1996-07-22 |
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 |
Series | The Oscars | Idris Elba | 1953-03-18 |