10.0
10.0
Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis
2025
as Self - Presenter
Idris Elba
Also known as: Big Driis the Londoner, DJ Big Driis, Idrissa Akuna Elba Obe
Nationality:United Kingdom
Height:6'2" (189 cm)
Education:National Youth Music Theatre, Barking and Dagenham College
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CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
Sir Idrissa Akuna Elba ( IH-driss; born 6 September 1972) is an English actor, DJ, and rapper. He has received a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for three BAFTA Awards and six Emmy Awards. He was named in the Time 100 list of the Most Influential People in the World in 2016. His films have grossed over $9.8 billion at the global box office, making him one of the top 20 highest-grossing actors. In 2025, Elba was named as the UK's ninth-most influential Black person in the 2026 Powerlist. Elba studied acting at the National Youth Music Theatre in London. He rose to prominence playing Stringer Bell in the HBO series The Wire (2002–2004), and DCI John Luther in the BBC One series Luther (2010–2019), the latter of which earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film as well as four nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He was also Emmy-nominated for his guest role in Showtime comedy-drama series The Big C (2011) and for his leading role in Apple TV+ thriller series Hijack (2023). He is also known for his recurring guest role as Charles Miner in the NBC sitcom The Office (2009). On film, Elba portrayed a ruthless and charismatic warlord in the Netflix drama Beasts of No Nation (2015) for which he received the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role as well as nominations for a British Academy Film Award and Golden Globe Award. He portrayed Nelson Mandela in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013) for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama. He has also acted in American Gangster (2007), Obsessed (2009), Prometheus (2012), Pacific Rim (2013), Star Trek Beyond (2016), Molly's Game (2017), The Dark Tower (2017), Hobbs & Shaw (2019), The Harder They Fall (2021), and A House of Dynamite (2025).
Notable Works
Sonic the HedgehogFinding DoryZootopiaThe Jungle BookThorThe Suicide SquadSonic the Hedgehog 3
Filmography (100 movies)
8.4
8.4
An Audience with Adele
2021
as Self
8.2
8.2
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
2022
as The Fox (voice)
8.2
8.2
Avengers: Infinity War
2018
as Heimdall
7.8
7.8
Cut from a Different Cloth
2015
7.8
7.8
Zootopia
2016
as Chief Bogo (voice)
7.7
7.7
Zootopia 2
2025
as Chief Bogo (voice)
7.6
7.6
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
2024
as Knuckles (voice)
7.6
7.6
American Gangster
2007
as Tango
7.6
7.6
Beasts of No Nation
2015
Producer
7.6
7.6
Thor: Ragnarok
2017
as Heimdall
7.5
7.5
The Suicide Squad
2021
as Bloodsport
7.4
7.4
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
2022
as Knuckles (voice)
7.4
7.4
Extraction 2
2023
as Alcott
7.3
7.3
Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015
as Heimdall
7.3
7.3
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
2016
as Self
7.3
7.3
Tapping the Wire
2007
as Self
7.2
7.2
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
2012
as Self
7.2
7.2
Molly's Game
2017
as Charlie Jaffey
7.1
7.1
Masters of the Universe
2026
as Duncan
7.1
7.1
Sometimes in April
2005
as Augustin
7.0
7.0
Finding Dory
2016
as Fluke (voice)
7.0
7.0
How Hip Hop Changed the World
2011
as Self
7.0
7.0
The Peter Weyland Files: 'Prometheus' Transmission
2012
as Janek
6.9
6.9
RocknRolla
2008
as Mumbles
6.9
6.9
Pacific Rim
2013
as Stacker Pentecost
6.9
6.9
Daddy's Little Girls
2007
as Monty James
6.9
6.9
Three Thousand Years of Longing
2022
as The Djinn
6.9
6.9
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
2013
as Nelson Mandela
6.9
6.9
The Jungle Book
2016
as Shere Khan (voice)
6.9
6.9
Heads of State
2025
Executive Producer
6.8
6.8
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
2019
as Brixton
6.8
6.8
Star Trek Beyond
2016
as Krall
6.8
6.8
Thor
2011
as Heimdall
6.7
6.7
The Mountain Between Us
2017
as Dr. Ben Bass
6.6
6.6
Luther: The Fallen Sun
2023
Producer
6.6
6.6
The Harder They Fall
2021
as Rufus Buck
6.6
6.6
28 Weeks Later
2007
as General Stone
6.6
6.6
Prometheus
2012
as Janek
6.6
6.6
Beast
2022
as Dr. Nate Daniels
6.5
6.5
This Christmas
2007
as Quentin "Junior" Whitfield
6.5
6.5
Thor: The Dark World
2013
as Heimdall
6.4
6.4
A House of Dynamite
2025
as POTUS
6.4
6.4
Fixed
2025
as Rocco (voice)
6.4
6.4
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022
as Heimdall
6.3
6.3
Bastille Day
2016
as Sean Briar
6.3
6.3
Enchanted Kingdom
2014
as narrator
6.3
6.3
The Losers
2010
as Roque
6.3
6.3
Buffalo Soldiers
2002
as Kimborough
6.2
6.2
Takers
2010
as Gordon Jennings
6.2
6.2
Marine Life Interviews
2016
as Fluke (voice)
6.2
6.2
A New Diva's Christmas Carol
2022
Producer
6.1
6.1
All In The Game
2006
as Paul
6.0
6.0
Mandela, My Dad and Me
2015
as Self
6.0
6.0
How Clubbing Changed the World
2012
Executive Producer
6.0
6.0
Concrete Cowboy
2020
Producer
6.0
6.0
100 Streets
2016
Producer
5.9
5.9
No Good Deed
2014
Executive Producer
5.9
5.9
Yardie
2018
Director
5.8
5.8
The Dark Tower
2017
as Roland Deschain
5.8
5.8
The Gunman
2015
as Barnes
5.7
5.7
Obsessed
2009
as Derek Charles
5.7
5.7
The Reaping
2007
as Ben
5.4
5.4
Sorted
2000
as Jam
5.3
5.3
One Love
2003
as Aaron
5.3
5.3
The Gospel
2005
as Reverend Charles Frank
5.2
5.2
The Unborn
2009
as Arthur Wyndham
5.2
5.2
Second Coming
2014
as Mark
5.1
5.1
Prom Night
2008
as Detective Winn
5.0
5.0
Belle Maman
1999
as Grégoire
5.0
5.0
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
2011
as Moreau
4.6
4.6
Legacy
2010
as Malcolm Gray
4.4
4.4
The Human Contract
2008
as Larry
4.1
4.1
Cats
2019
as Macavity
1.0
1.0
King for a Term
2015
Director
Passion Project
2021
as Self
This Is How It Goes
TBA
Executive Producer
Stay Frosty
TBA
Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney
2020
Zootopia: Better Zoogether
2025
as Chief Bogo
High in the Clouds
2027
as Barrel (voice)
Spiders and Flies
1996
as Benton
Zootopia 3
TBA
as Chief Bogo (voice)
Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC
2011
as Self
Children of Blood and Bone
2027
as Lekan
Infernus
TBA
Director
Untitled Idris Elba/Simon Kinberg Spy Romance Film
TBA
Producer
Victory
2025
Executive Producer
Food 2050
2022
as Narrator
The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
2012
as Self
Above the Below
TBA
Director
Gold: A Journey with Idris Elba
2023
Hammer Down
TBA
Producer
Sonic the Hedgehog 4
2027
as Knuckles (voice)
Bang!
TBA
Dust to Dreams
2025
Director
K. Michelle: The Rebellious Soul Musical
2014
Director
The Chelsea Cowboy
TBA
Executive Producer
Edicius
2021
Executive Producer
The Brown Dog
2024
Executive Producer
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