6.2Acting
Idris Elba
- Born
- 1972-09-06
- Birthplace
- Hackney, London, England, UK
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
185 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Children of Blood and Bone
2027 · Movie
Lekan
High in the Clouds
2027 · Movie
Barrel (voice)
Sonic the Hedgehog 4
2027 · Movie
Knuckles (voice)
Above the Below
2026 · Movie
Jackson · Director
How To Hide It
2026 · Movie
Executive Producer
Mane Six
2026 · Movie
Knuckles (voice)
Masters of the Universe
2026 · Movie
Duncan
Road to Glory
2026 · TV Show
Self
A House of Dynamite
2025 · Movie
POTUS
Dust to Dreams
2025 · Movie
Director · Writer
Fixed
2025 · Movie
Rocco (voice)
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
2025 · TV Show
Self - Guest
Heads of State
2025 · Movie
Sam Clarke · Executive Producer
Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis
2025 · Movie
Self - Presenter
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025 · TV Show
Self
Victory
2025 · Movie
Idris Elba · Executive Producer
Zootopia 2
2025 · Movie
Chief Bogo (voice)
Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color
2024 · TV Show
Self - Narrator (voice) · Executive Producer
Knuckles
2024 · TV Show
Knuckles the Echidna (voice) · Executive Producer
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
2024 · Movie
Knuckles (voice)
The Battle for Black Music: Paid in Full
2024 · TV Show
Executive Producer
The Brown Dog
2024 · Movie
Executive Producer
Extraction 2
2023 · Movie
Alcott
Gold: A Journey with Idris Elba
2023 · Movie
Cast
Hijack
2023 · TV Show
Sam Nelson · Executive Producer
Luther: The Fallen Sun
2023 · Movie
John Luther · Producer
A New Diva's Christmas Carol
2022 · Movie
Producer
Beast
2022 · Movie
Dr. Nate Daniels
Human Playground
2022 · TV Show
Self - Host
Idris Elba's Fight School
2022 · TV Show
Self
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
2022 · Movie
Knuckles (voice)
TBC
2022 · TV Show
Thanks
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
2022 · Movie
The Fox (voice)
The Evolution of Black British Music
2022 · TV Show
Self
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022 · Movie
Heimdall
Three Thousand Years of Longing
2022 · Movie
The Djinn
Zootopia+
2022 · TV Show
Chief Bogo (voice)
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021 · Movie
Self
An Audience with Adele
2021 · Movie
Self
Edicius
2021 · Movie
Executive Producer
Passion Project
2021 · Movie
Self
The Harder They Fall
2021 · Movie
Rufus Buck
The Suicide Squad
2021 · Movie
Bloodsport
What If...?
2021 · TV Show
Heimdall (voice)
A World of Calm
2020 · TV Show
Narrator
Concrete Cowboy
2020 · Movie
Harp · Producer
Coronavirus, Explained
2020 · TV Show
Self - Narrator
Elba vs. Block
2020 · TV Show
Self
Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney
2020 · Movie
Self
One World: Together at Home
2020 · Movie
Self
Oprah Talks COVID-19
2020 · TV Show
Self
Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort
2020 · Movie
Self
Cats
2019 · Movie
Macavity
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
2019 · Movie
Brixton
Kroos
2019 · Movie
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · TV Show
Guest - Self
Turn Up Charlie
2019 · TV Show
Charlie · Executive Producer · Creator
Avengers: Infinity War
2018 · Movie
Heimdall
In the Long Run
2018 · TV Show
Walter Easmon · Creator
The Shop
2018 · TV Show
Self
Yardie
2018 · Movie
Director · Executive Producer
five by five
2017 · TV Show
Alpha Ash · Executive Producer
Guerrilla
2017 · TV Show
Kent · Executive Producer
Idris Elba: Fighter
2017 · TV Show
Self
Molly's Game
2017 · Movie
Charlie Jaffey
The Dark Tower
2017 · Movie
Roland Deschain
The Mountain Between Us
2017 · Movie
Dr. Ben Bass
Thor: Ragnarok
2017 · Movie
Heimdall
100 Streets
2016 · Movie
Max · Producer
Bastille Day
2016 · Movie
Sean Briar
Finding Dory
2016 · Movie
Fluke (voice)
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
2016 · Movie
Self
Marine Life Interviews
2016 · Movie
Fluke (voice)
Star Trek Beyond
2016 · Movie
Krall
The Jungle Book
2016 · Movie
Shere Khan (voice)
Zootopia
2016 · Movie
Chief Bogo (voice)
Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015 · Movie
Heimdall
Beasts of No Nation
2015 · Movie
Commandant · Producer
Cut from a Different Cloth
2015 · Movie
Cast
Hot Ones
2015 · TV Show
Self
Idris Elba: No Limits
2015 · TV Show
Self
King for a Term
2015 · Movie
Akuna's father · Director · Writer
Mandela, My Dad and Me
2015 · Movie
Self
The Gunman
2015 · Movie
Barnes
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · TV Show
Cast · Self - Guest
Chicken Shop Date
2014 · TV Show
Self - Guest · Self - Guest (archive footage)
Enchanted Kingdom
2014 · Movie
narrator
K. Michelle: The Rebellious Soul Musical
2014 · Movie
Director
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · TV Show
Self · Self - Guest
No Good Deed
2014 · Movie
Colin · Executive Producer
Second Coming
2014 · Movie
Mark
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · TV Show
Self - Guest · Self
Idris Elba: King of Speed
2013 · TV Show
Self
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
2013 · Movie
Nelson Mandela
Pacific Rim
2013 · Movie
Stacker Pentecost
The Frame
2013 · TV Show
Stacker Pentecost
The Last Leg
2013 · TV Show
Self
Thor: The Dark World
2013 · Movie
Heimdall
How Clubbing Changed the World
2012 · Movie
Self · Executive Producer
Playhouse Presents
2012 · TV Show
Akuna's Father / Narrator · Writer · Director
Prometheus
2012 · Movie
Janek
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
2012 · Movie
Self
The Path to Vengeance: Making 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance'
2012 · Movie
Self
Executing the Heist: The Making of 'Takers'
2011 · Movie
Self
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
2011 · Movie
Moreau
Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC
2011 · Movie
Self
How Hip Hop Changed the World
2011 · Movie
Self
Thor
2011 · Movie
Heimdall
Legacy
2010 · Movie
Malcolm Gray
Luther
2010 · TV Show
John Luther · Associate Producer
Takers
2010 · Movie
Gordon Jennings
The Big C
2010 · TV Show
Lenny
The Losers
2010 · Movie
Roque
Obsessed
2009 · Movie
Derek Charles
The Unborn
2009 · Movie
Arthur Wyndham
Prom Night
2008 · Movie
Detective Winn
RocknRolla
2008 · Movie
Mumbles
The Human Contract
2008 · Movie
Larry
28 Weeks Later
2007 · Movie
General Stone
American Gangster
2007 · Movie
Tango
Code Red: The Making of '28 Weeks Later'
2007 · Movie
Self
Daddy's Little Girls
2007 · Movie
Monty James
Tapping the Wire
2007 · Movie
Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · TV Show
Self
The Reaping
2007 · Movie
Ben
This Christmas
2007 · Movie
Quentin "Junior" Whitfield
All In The Game
2006 · Movie
Paul
Jonny Zero
2005 · TV Show
Hodge
Made in Hollywood
2005 · TV Show
Self
Sometimes in April
2005 · Movie
Augustin
The Gospel
2005 · Movie
Reverend Charles Frank
The Office
2005 · TV Show
Charles Miner
The Tyra Banks Show
2005 · TV Show
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · TV Show
Self - Guest
One Love
2003 · Movie
Aaron
Queens Supreme
2003 · TV Show
Carla
Scarface: Origins of a Hip Hop Classic
2003 · Movie
Cast
Buffalo Soldiers
2002 · Movie
Kimborough
CSI: Miami
2002 · TV Show
Angelo Sedaris
Hack
2002 · TV Show
Mac Boone
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002 · TV Show
Robert Gabriel
The Wire
2002 · TV Show
Stringer Bell
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
2000 · TV Show
Police Officer (voice)
Girlfriends
2000 · TV Show
Paul Raymond
In Defence
2000 · TV Show
PC Paul Fraser
Sorted
2000 · Movie
Jam
Soul Food
2000 · TV Show
Smitty
Belle Maman
1999 · Movie
Grégoire
Ultraviolet
1998 · TV Show
Vaughan Rice
Verdict
1998 · TV Show
PC Brian Rawlinson
Family Affairs
1997 · TV Show
Tim Webster
Insiders
1997 · TV Show
Robinson Bennett
The View
1997 · TV Show
Self
Crucial Tales
1996 · TV Show
Benton
Silent Witness
1996 · TV Show
Charlie
Spiders and Flies
1996 · Movie
Benton
The Daily Show
1996 · TV Show
Self
Bramwell
1995 · TV Show
Charlie Carter
Dangerfield
1995 · TV Show
Matt Gregory
Degrees of Error
1995 · TV Show
Walter Jones
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995 · TV Show
Self - Host
The Governor
1995 · TV Show
Officer Donny Chiswick
Crocodile Shoes
1994 · TV Show
Jo Jo
MTV Europe Music Awards
1994 · TV Show
Self - Presenter
Space Precinct
1994 · TV Show
Pizza Delivery Man
The Boot Street Band
1993 · TV Show
Spike
Absolutely Fabulous
1992 · TV Show
Hilton
2Point4 Children
1991 · TV Show
Parachute Instructor
Law & Order
1990 · TV Show
Lonnie Liston
The Simpsons
1989 · TV Show
Devil (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · TV Show
Self - Guest
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987 · TV Show
Raffy
London's Burning
1986 · TV Show
L Cpl Frost
The Bill
1984 · TV Show
Alex Mason · Earl Lee
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV Show
Self - Host
The Oscars
1953 · TV Show
Self
Bang!
Date unknown · Movie
Cast
Extraction 3
Date unknown · Movie
Alcott
Five nights at sonic
Date unknown · Movie
Knuckles (voice)
Hammer Down
Date unknown · Movie
Mac · Producer
Infernus
Date unknown · Movie
Donovan Kamara · Producer · Director
Stay Frosty
Date unknown · Movie
Cast
The Chelsea Cowboy
Date unknown · Movie
Executive Producer
This Is How It Goes
Date unknown · Movie
Cast · Director · Executive Producer
Untitled Luther Sequel
Date unknown · Movie
John Luther · Producer