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.
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Acting History
2027
High in the Clouds as Barrel (voice)
2027Children of Blood and Bone as Lekan
2026Masters of the Universe as Duncan / Man-At-Arms
2025Zootopia 2 as Chief Bogo (voice)
2025A House of Dynamite as POTUS
2025Fixed as Rocco (voice)
2025Heads of State as Sam Clarke
2025Victory as Idris Elba
2025Number One on the Call Sheet as Self
2025Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis as Self - Presenter
2024Sonic the Hedgehog 3 as Knuckles (voice)
2024Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color as Narrator
2024Knuckles as Knuckles the Echidna (voice)
2023Gold: A Journey with Idris Elba
2023Hijack as Sam Nelson
2023Extraction 2 as Alcott
2023Luther: The Fallen Sun as John Luther
2022The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse as The Fox (voice)
2022Zootopia+ as Chief Bogo (voice)
2022Human Playground as Self - Host
2022Three Thousand Years of Longing as The Djinn
2022Beast as Dr. Nate Daniels
2022Thor: Love and Thunder as Heimdall
2022Idris Elba's Fight School as Self
2022Sonic the Hedgehog 2 as Knuckles (voice)
2021An Audience with Adele as Self
20212021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
2021The Harder They Fall as Rufus Buck
2021Passion Project as Self
2021What If...? as Heimdall (voice)
2021The Suicide Squad as Bloodsport
2020Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney
2020A World of Calm as Narrator
2020Concrete Cowboy as Harp
2020Elba vs. Block as Self
2020Coronavirus, Explained as Self - Narrator
2020Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort as Self
2020One World: Together at Home as Self
2020Oprah Talks COVID-19 as Self
2019Cats as Macavity
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw as Brixton
2019Kroos as Self
2019Turn Up Charlie as Charlie
2018The Shop as Self
2018Avengers: Infinity War as Heimdall
2018In the Long Run as Walter Easmon
2018Lie Detector as Self
2017Molly's Game as Charlie Jaffey
2017The Mountain Between Us as Dr. Ben Bass
2017Thor: Ragnarok as Heimdall
2017The Dark Tower as Roland Deschain
2017Guerrilla as Kent
2017five by five as Alpha Ash
2017Idris Elba: Fighter as Self
2016Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour as Self
2016Marine Life Interviews as Fluke (voice)
2016100 Streets as Max
2016Star Trek Beyond as Krall
2016Finding Dory as Fluke (voice)
2016Bastille Day as Sean Briar
2016The Jungle Book as Shere Khan (voice)
2016Zootopia as Chief Bogo (voice)
2015Mandela, My Dad and Me as Self
2015Beasts of No Nation as Commandant
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
2015King for a Term as Akuna's father
2015Idris Elba: No Limits as Self
2015Avengers: Age of Ultron as Heimdall
2015Hot Ones as Self
2015The Gunman as Barnes
2015Cut from a Different Cloth
2014Chicken Shop Date as Self - Guest
2014No Good Deed as Colin Evans
2014Second Coming as Mark
2014Enchanted Kingdom as narrator
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2013Idris Elba: King of Speed as Self
2013Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom as Nelson Mandela
2013Thor: The Dark World as Heimdall
2013Pacific Rim as Stacker Pentecost
2013The Frame as Stacker Pentecost
2013The Last Leg as Self
2012The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus as Self
2012The Peter Weyland Files: 'Prometheus' Transmission as Janek
2012How Clubbing Changed the World as Self
2012The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance as Self
2012Prometheus as Janek
2011Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance as Moreau
2011How Hip Hop Changed the World as Self
2011Thor as Heimdall
2011Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC as Self
2010Legacy as Malcolm Gray
2010Takers as Gordon Jennings
2010Luther as John Luther
2010The Losers as Roque
2009Obsessed as Derek Charles
2009The Unborn as Arthur Wyndham
2008The Human Contract as Larry
2008RocknRolla as Mumbles
2008Prom Night as Detective Winn
2007This Christmas as Quentin "Junior" Whitfield
2007American Gangster as Tango
2007Tapping the Wire as Self
200728 Weeks Later as General Stone
2007The Reaping as Ben
2007The Graham Norton Show as Self
2007Daddy's Little Girls as Monty James
2006All In The Game as Paul
2005The Gospel as Reverend Charles Frank
2005Made in Hollywood as Self
2005The Tyra Banks Show as Self
2005The Office as Charles Miner
2005Sometimes in April as Augustin
2003One Love as Aaron
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2002Buffalo Soldiers as Kimborough
2002Hack as Mac Boone
2002CSI: Miami as Angelo Sedaris
2002The Wire as Stringer Bell
2002The Inspector Lynley Mysteries as Robert Gabriel
2000Aqua Teen Hunger Force as Police Officer (voice)
2000Sorted as Jam
2000Girlfriends as Paul Raymond
2000Soul Food as Smitty
1999Belle Maman as Grégoire
1998Ultraviolet as Vaughan Rice
1997The View as Self
1996Spiders and Flies as Benton
1996The Daily Show as Self
1996Silent Witness as Charlie
1995The Governor as Officer Chiswick
1995Bramwell as Charlie Carter
1995Dangerfield as Matt Gregory
1994MTV Europe Music Awards as Self - Presenter
1994Crocodile Shoes as Jo Jo
1994Space Precinct as Pizza Delivery Man
1992Absolutely Fabulous as Hilton
19912Point4 Children as Parachute Instructor
1990Law & Order as Lonnie Liston
1989The Simpsons as Devil (voice)
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1987The Ruth Rendell Mysteries as Raffy
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1953The Oscars as Self
—Zootopia 3 as Chief Bogo (voice)
—Untitled Idris Elba/Simon Kinberg Spy Romance Film
—Hammer Down as Mac
—Above the Below as Jackson
—Bang!
—Things Fall Apart as Okonkwo
—This Is How It Goes
—Untitled Luther Sequel as John Luther
—Infernus as Donovan Kamara
—Stay Frosty