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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.

From Hackney, London, England, UK

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Popularity

102

Credits

6.7

Rating

104M

Budget

375M

Revenue

Acting

Primarily

102 Credits

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Credit 102

2027 Children of Blood and Bone as Lekan

2026 Masters of the Universe as Duncan / Man-At-Arms

2025 Zootopia 2 as Chief Bogo (voice)

2025 A House of Dynamite

2025 Fixed as Rocco (voice)

2025 Heads of State as Sam Clarke Executive Producer

2025 Hammer Down as Mac Producer

2025 The Chelsea Cowboy Executive Producer

2025 Infernus as Donovan Kamara Producer, Director

2025 Dust to Dreams Writer, Director

2025 We All Die Young

2025 Bang!

2025 Above the Below as Jackson Director

2025 Untitled Idris Elba/Simon Kinberg Spy Romance Film Producer

2025 Stay Frosty

2025 F1 75 Live at The O2 as Idris Elba

2025 Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis as Self - Presenter

2024 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 as Knuckles (voice)

2024 A Very Sonic Christmas as Knuckles (voice)

2024 The Casting of Frank Stone as Robert Green

2024 The Brown Dog Executive Producer

2024 Knuckles as Knuckles the Echidna (voice) Executive Producer

2023 Gold: A Journey With Idris Elba

2023 Extraction 2 as Alcott

2023 Luther: The Fallen Sun as John Luther Producer

2022 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse as The Fox (voice)

2022 A New Diva's Christmas Carol Producer

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 (voice)

2021 Edicius Executive Producer

2021 An Audience with Adele as Self

2021 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self

2021 The Harder They Fall as Rufus Buck

2021 Passion Project as Self

2021 The Suicide Squad as Bloodsport

2020 Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney

2020 Concrete Cowboy as Harp Producer

2020 One World: Together at Home as Self

2019 Cats as Macavity

2019 Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw as Brixton

2019 Kroos as Self

2018 Yardie Director, Executive Producer

2018 Avengers: Infinity War as Heimdall

2017 Molly's Game as Charlie Jaffey

2017 The Mountain Between Us as Dr. Ben Bass

2017 Thor: Ragnarok as Heimdall

2017 The Dark Tower as Roland Deschain

2016 Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour as Self

2016 Marine Life Interviews as Fluke (voice)

2016 100 Streets as Max Producer

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)

2015 Mandela, My Dad and Me as Self

2015 Beasts of No Nation as Commandant Producer

2015 King for a Term as Akuna's father Writer, Director

2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron as Heimdall

2015 The Gunman as Barnes

2015 Cut from a Different Cloth

2014 No Good Deed as Colin Evans Executive Producer

2014 Second Coming as Mark

2014 K. Michelle: The Rebellious Soul Musical Director

2014 Enchanted Kingdom as narrator

2013 Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom as Nelson Mandela

2013 Thor: The Dark World as Heimdall

2013 Pacific Rim as Stacker Pentecost

2012 The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus as Self

2012 How Clubbing Changed the World as Self Executive Producer

2012 The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance as Self

2012 Prometheus as Janek

2011 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance as Moreau

2011 How Hip Hop Changed the World as Self

2011 Thor as Heimdall

2011 Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC as Self

2010 Legacy as Malcolm Gray

2010 Takers as Gordon Jennings

2010 The Losers as Roque

2009 Obsessed as Derek Charles

2009 The Unborn as Arthur Wyndham

2008 The Human Contract as Larry

2008 RocknRolla as Mumbles

2008 Prom Night as Detective Winn

2007 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 Self

2007 28 Weeks Later as General Stone

2007 The Reaping as Ben

2007 Daddy's Little Girls as Monty James

2006 All In The Game as Paul

2005 The Gospel as Reverend Charles Frank

2005 Sometimes in April as Augustin

2003 One Love as Aaron

2002 Buffalo Soldiers as Kimborough

2000 Sorted as Jam

1999 Belle Maman as Grégoire

1996 Spiders and Flies as Benton

Genres

7.36 Unknown 1

7.33 Family 8

7.19 Documentary 15

7.14 Adventure 20

7.05 Science Fiction 9

7.05 Animation 7

6.99 War 3

6.99 History 2

6.93 Music 7

6.84 Crime 12

6.83 Action 23

6.43 TV Movie 3

6.35 Comedy 18

6.32 Western 2

6.29 Romance 6

6.27 Fantasy 10

6.17 Horror 7

6.14 Thriller 15

6.03 Drama 28

5.90 Mystery 6