Idris Elba
Acting
1972-09-06 · Hackney, London, England, UK
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.
Filmography
TheatersHigh in the Clouds
2027 · Movie
TheatersSonic the Hedgehog 4
2027 · Movie
TheatersChildren of Blood and Bone
2027 · Movie
Above the Below
2026 · Movie
Masters of the Universe
2026 · Movie
Road to Glory
2026 · Series
How To Hide It
2026 · Movie
Zootopia 2
2025 · Movie
A House of Dynamite
2025 · Movie
Dust to Dreams
2025 · Movie
Fixed
2025 · Movie
Heads of State
2025 · Movie
Victory
2025 · Movie
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025 · Series
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
2025 · Series
Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis
2025 · Movie
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
2024 · Movie
The Battle for Black Music: Paid in Full
2024 · Series
The Brown Dog
2024 · Movie
Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color
2024 · Series
Knuckles
2024 · Series
Gold: A Journey with Idris Elba
2023 · Movie
Hijack
2023 · Series
Extraction 2
2023 · Movie
Luther: The Fallen Sun
2023 · Movie
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
2022 · Movie
A New Diva's Christmas Carol
2022 · Movie
Zootopia+
2022 · Series
Human Playground
2022 · Series
Three Thousand Years of Longing
2022 · Movie
Beast
2022 · Movie
The Evolution of Black British Music
2022 · Series
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022 · Movie
Idris Elba's Fight School
2022 · Series
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
2022 · Movie
TBC
2022 · Series
An Audience with Adele
2021 · Movie
Edicius
2021 · Movie
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021 · Movie
The Harder They Fall
2021 · Movie
Passion Project
2021 · Movie
What If...?
2021 · Series
The Suicide Squad
2021 · Movie
Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney
2020 · Movie
A World of Calm
2020 · Series
Concrete Cowboy
2020 · Movie
Elba vs. Block
2020 · Series
Coronavirus, Explained
2020 · Series
Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort
2020 · Movie
One World: Together at Home
2020 · Movie
Oprah Talks COVID-19
2020 · Series
Cats
2019 · Movie
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Series
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
2019 · Movie
Kroos
2019 · Movie
Turn Up Charlie
2019 · Series
Yardie
2018 · Movie
The Shop
2018 · Series
Avengers: Infinity War
2018 · Movie
In the Long Run
2018 · Series
Molly's Game
2017 · Movie
The Mountain Between Us
2017 · Movie
Thor: Ragnarok
2017 · Movie
The Dark Tower
2017 · Movie
Guerrilla
2017 · Series
five by five
2017 · Series
Idris Elba: Fighter
2017 · Series
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
2016 · Movie
Marine Life Interviews
2016 · Movie
100 Streets
2016 · Movie
Star Trek Beyond
2016 · Movie
Finding Dory
2016 · Movie
Bastille Day
2016 · Movie
The Jungle Book
2016 · Movie
Zootopia
2016 · Movie
Mandela, My Dad and Me
2015 · Movie
Beasts of No Nation
2015 · Movie
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Series
King for a Term
2015 · Movie
Idris Elba: No Limits
2015 · Series
Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015 · Movie
Hot Ones
2015 · Series
The Gunman
2015 · Movie
Cut from a Different Cloth
2015 · Movie
Chicken Shop Date
2014 · Series
No Good Deed
2014 · Movie
Second Coming
2014 · Movie
K. Michelle: The Rebellious Soul Musical
2014 · Movie
Enchanted Kingdom
2014 · Movie
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Series
Idris Elba: King of Speed
2013 · Series
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
2013 · Movie
Thor: The Dark World
2013 · Movie
Pacific Rim
2013 · Movie
The Frame
2013 · Series
The Last Leg
2013 · Series
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
2012 · Movie
How Clubbing Changed the World
2012 · Movie
The Path to Vengeance: Making 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance'
2012 · Movie
Prometheus
2012 · Movie
Playhouse Presents
2012 · Series
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
2011 · Movie
Executing the Heist: The Making of 'Takers'
2011 · Movie
How Hip Hop Changed the World
2011 · Movie
Thor
2011 · Movie
Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC
2011 · Movie
Legacy
2010 · Movie
Takers
2010 · Movie
Luther
2010 · Series
The Losers
2010 · Movie
Obsessed
2009 · Movie
The Unborn
2009 · Movie
The Human Contract
2008 · Movie
RocknRolla
2008 · Movie
Prom Night
2008 · Movie
This Christmas
2007 · Movie
American Gangster
2007 · Movie
Code Red: The Making of '28 Weeks Later'
2007 · Movie
Tapping the Wire
2007 · Movie
28 Weeks Later
2007 · Movie
The Reaping
2007 · Movie
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Series
Daddy's Little Girls
2007 · Movie
All In The Game
2006 · Movie
The Gospel
2005 · Movie
Made in Hollywood
2005 · Series
The Tyra Banks Show
2005 · Series
The Office
2005 · Series
Sometimes in April
2005 · Movie
Jonny Zero
2005 · Series
One Love
2003 · Movie
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Series
Buffalo Soldiers
2002 · Movie
Hack
2002 · Series
CSI: Miami
2002 · Series
The Wire
2002 · Series
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002 · Series
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
2000 · Series
Sorted
2000 · Movie
Girlfriends
2000 · Series
Soul Food
2000 · Series
Belle Maman
1999 · Movie
Ultraviolet
1998 · Series
Verdict
1998 · Series
The View
1997 · Series
Spiders and Flies
1996 · Movie
Crucial Tales
1996 · Series
The Daily Show
1996 · Series
Silent Witness
1996 · Series
Degrees of Error
1995 · Series
The Governor
1995 · Series
Bramwell
1995 · Series
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995 · Series
Dangerfield
1995 · Series
MTV Europe Music Awards
1994 · Series
Crocodile Shoes
1994 · Series
Space Precinct
1994 · Series
Absolutely Fabulous
1992 · Series
2Point4 Children
1991 · Series
Law & Order
1990 · Series
The Simpsons
1989 · Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Series
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987 · Series
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Series
The Oscars
1953 · Series
Extraction 3
Movie
This Is How It Goes
Movie
Bang!
Movie
Untitled Luther Sequel
Movie
The Chelsea Cowboy
Movie
Infernus
Movie
Hammer Down
Movie
Stay Frosty
Movie