Idris Elba
British actor · United Kingdom · Actors · Born 1972 · age 54 · also Sierra Leone
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Something wrong?Elba threaded the needle: a British actor who became an American prestige-drama anchor (Stringer Bell, John Luther) without losing the London edge, then slid into blockbuster franchises - Marvel's Heimdall, DC's Bloodsport, Sonic's Knuckles - and kept the credibility intact.
A life in dates
Masters of the UniverseFilm, 2026Duncan2025
A House of DynamiteFilm, POTUS2023
Extraction 2Film, Alcott2022Honorary DoctorateAward
BeastFilm, 2022Dr. Nate Daniels2021
What If...?Series, Heimdall (voice)
The Harder They FallFilm, 2021Rufus Buck2018
Avengers: Infinity WarFilm, Heimdall2017
Molly's GameFilm, Charlie Jaffey2016Officer of the Order of the British EmpireAward
Bastille DayFilm, 2016Sean Briar2015
Hot OnesSeries
Avengers: Age of UltronFilm, 2015Heimdall2013
The Last LegSeries2012
PrometheusFilm, Janek2011
Ghost Rider: Spirit of VengeanceFilm, Moreau2010
TakersFilm, Gordon Jennings2008
RocknRollaFilm, Mumbles2007
The Graham Norton ShowSeries
28 Weeks LaterFilm, 2007General Stone2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!Series2002
CSI: MiamiSeries, Angelo Sedaris1997
The ViewSeries1990
Law & OrderSeries, Lonnie Liston1988The King's TrustAward
LIVE with Kelly and MarkSeries, 19881972Born6 September 1972Also in Deutsch
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Elba (back row, centre) with the cast of RocknRolla at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival
Elba at the premiere of Molly's Game, 2017 Toronto International Film Festival
Elba in 2018
Elba at the American Music Awards in 2007
Elba and British cabinet minister Justine Greening at a meeting with diaspora representatives at the "Defeating Ebola in Sierra Leone" conference in London, October 2014
Elba with British prime minister Keir Starmer in 2024
Elba with King Charles III in 2025Listen
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MUMasters of the Universe
ZOZootopia 2
HSHeads of StateADA House of Dynamite
SHSonic the Hedgehog 3EXExtraction 2
LSLuther: The Fallen Sun
TTThor: Love and Thunder
SHSonic the Hedgehog 2
THThe Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
TLThree Thousand Years of LongingBEBeast
TSThe Suicide SquadTFThe Harder They Fall
FSFast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & ShawAWAvengers: Infinity War
TRThor: Ragnarok
TTThe Dark TowerMGMolly's Game
TUThe Mountain Between Us
ZOZootopia
FDFinding Dory
TBThe Jungle Book
SBStar Trek BeyondBDBastille DayAUAvengers: Age of Ultron
TGThe Gunman
BNBeasts of No Nation
TWThor: The Dark World
PRPacific RimPRPrometheus
THThorGVGhost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
TLThe LosersTATakers
TUThe UnbornRORocknRollaWL28 Weeks Later
AGAmerican Gangster
TRThe Reaping210 credits on file
Television 24
WIWhat If...?
TSThe Kelly Clarkson Show
TCThe Late Show with Stephen ColbertHOHot Ones
TFThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
LMLate Night with Seth MeyersTLThe Last Leg
LULutherTSThe Graham Norton Show
TOThe Office
TSThe Tyra Banks ShowJLJimmy Kimmel Live!CMCSI: Miami
TWThe Wire
GIGirlfriends
AFAqua Teen Hunger ForceTVThe View
TSThe Daily Show
SWSilent WitnessLOLaw & Order
TSThe SimpsonsLMLIVE with Kelly and Mark
SLSaturday Night Live
TOThe OscarsAwards
In their orbit
Spouse: Sabrina DhowreAbout this person
Idrissa Akuna Elba, born 6 September 1972, studied at the National Youth Music Theatre in London and broke through playing Tim in Family Affairs before HBO's The Wire (2002-2004) made him unavoidable as Stringer Bell. The BBC's Luther (2010-2019) won him a Golden Globe and four Emmy nods; he was Emmy-nominated again for The Big C and Hijack. On film he played Nelson Mandela in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013), a warlord in Beasts of No Nation (2015) that earned him a SAG Award, and turned up in American Gangster, Prometheus, Pacific Rim, Star Trek Beyond, Molly's Game, Hobbs & Shaw, and The Harder They Fall. He joined both the MCU (Heimdall across six films starting with Thor) and the DCEU (Bloodsport in The Suicide Squad), voiced Zootopia's Chief Bogo and Sonic's Knuckles, directed Yardie (2018), DJs as Big Driis, and co-owns a Formula E team. His films have grossed over $9.8 billion worldwide.
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