Idris Elba (born 6 September 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.
Known For
| Birth Location | Hackney, London, England, UK |
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| Born | 1972-09-06 |
Movies
Zootopia 2
as Chief Bogo (voice)
2025
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
as Knuckles the Echidna (voice)
2024
Extraction 2
as Alcott
2023
Luther: The Fallen Sun
as John Luther
2023
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
as The Fox (voice)
2022
The Meet Arnold: The Movie
as Grandpa Hank
2022
Food 2050
as Narrator
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 the Echidna (voice)
2022
An Audience with Adele
as Self
2021
2021
The Harder They Fall
as Rufus Buck
2021
Passion Project
as Self
2021
The Suicide Squad
as Robert DuBois / Bloodsport
2021
Concrete Cowboy
as Harp
2020
One World: Together at Home
as Self
2020
Cats
as Macavity
2019
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
as Brixton
2019
Kroos
as Self
2019
Avengers: Infinity War
as Heimdall
2018
Molly's Game
as Charlie Jaffey
2017
Marine Life Interviews
as Fluke (voice)
2017
The Mountain Between Us
as Dr. Ben Bass
2017
Thor: Ragnarok
as Heimdall
2017
The Dark Tower
as Roland Deschain
2017
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
as Self
2016
100 Streets
as Max
2016
Star Trek Beyond
as Krall
2016
Finding Dory
as Fluke (voice)
2016
Bastille Day
as Sean Briar
2016
The Jungle Book
as Shere Khan (voice)
2016
Zootopia
as Chief Bogo (voice)
2016
Mandela, My Dad and Me
as Himself
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
2015
No Good Deed
as Colin Evans
2014
Second Coming
as Mark
2014
Enchanted Kingdom
as narrator
2014
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
as Nelson Mandela
2013
Thor: The Dark World
as Heimdall
2013
Pacific Rim
as Stacker Pentecost
2013
2012
How Clubbing Changed the World
as Himself
2012
Prometheus
as Janek
2012
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
as Moreau
2011
How Hip Hop Changed the World
as Himself
2011
Thor
as Heimdall
2011
Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC
as Himself
2011
Legacy
as Malcolm Gray
2010
Takers
as Gordon Jennings
2010
The Losers
as Roque
2010
Obsessed
as Derek Charles
2009
The Unborn
as Arthur Wyndham
2009
The Human Contract
as Larry
2008
RocknRolla
as Mumbles
2008
Prom Night
as Detective Winn
2008
This Christmas
as Quentin "Junior" Whitfield
2007
Code Red: The Making of '28 Weeks Later'
as Self / General Stone
2007
American Gangster
as Tango
2007
Tapping the Wire
as Himself
2007
28 Weeks Later
as General Stone
2007
The Reaping
as Ben
2007
Daddy's Little Girls
as Monty James
2007
All In The Game
as Paul
2006
The Gospel
as Reverend Charles Frank
2005
Sometimes in April
as Augustin
2005
One Love
as Aaron
2003
Buffalo Soldiers
as Kimborough
2002
Sorted
as Jam
2000
Belle Maman
as Grégoire
1999
Spiders and Flies
as Benton
1996
Above the Below
as Jackson
-
Extraction 3
as Alcott
-
Fixed
as Rocco (voice)
-
Infernus
as Donovan Kamara
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Movies
Luther: The Fallen Sun
Producer
2023
A New Diva's Christmas Carol
Producer
2022
Concrete Cowboy
Producer
2020
Yardie
Executive Producer
2018
Yardie
Director
2018
100 Streets
Producer
2016
Beasts of No Nation
Producer
2015
King for a Term
Director
2015
King for a Term
Writer
2015
No Good Deed
Executive Producer
2014
How Clubbing Changed the World
Executive Producer
2012
Dust To Dreams
Writer
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Dust To Dreams
Director
-
Above the Below
Director
-
Infernus
Producer
-
Infernus
Director
-
Heads of State
Executive Producer
-
The Chelsea Cowboy
Executive Producer
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