Personal Info
Birthday
September 6, 1972
Place of Birth
Hackney, London, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Idris Elba
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.
Directed Movies (3)
Acting Filmography (147)
0.0
High in the Clouds
Movie2027
0.0
Sonic the Hedgehog 4
Movie2027
0.0
Children of Blood and Bone
Movie2027
6.9
Masters of the Universe
Movie2026
9.0
Road to Glory
TV Series2026
7.7
Zootopia 2
Movie2025
6.4
A House of Dynamite
Movie2025
6.2
Fixed
Movie2025
6.8
Heads of State
Movie2025
0.0
Victory
Movie2025
3.6
Number One on the Call Sheet
TV Series2025
No Backdrop
0.0
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
TV Series2025
No Backdrop
3.0
Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis
Movie2025
7.6
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Movie2024
7.2
Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color
TV Series2024
7.3
Knuckles
TV Series2024
No Backdrop
10.0
Gold: A Journey with Idris Elba
Movie2023
7.5
Hijack
TV Series2023
7.4
Extraction 2
Movie2023
6.6
Luther: The Fallen Sun
Movie2023
8.2
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Movie2022
7.1
Zootopia+
TV Series2022
6.9
Human Playground
TV Series2022
6.9
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Movie2022
6.5
Beast
Movie2022
No Backdrop
1.0
The Evolution of Black British Music
TV Series2022
6.4
Thor: Love and Thunder
Movie2022
4.5
Idris Elba's Fight School
TV Series2022
7.4
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Movie2022
8.4
An Audience with Adele
Movie2021
4.0
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie2021
6.6
The Harder They Fall
Movie2021
No Backdrop
0.0
Passion Project
Movie2021
8.0
What If...?
TV Series2021
7.5
The Suicide Squad
Movie2021
No Backdrop
0.0
Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney
Movie2020
6.7
A World of Calm
TV Series2020
6.1
Concrete Cowboy
Movie2020
4.0
Elba vs. Block
TV Series2020
6.9
Coronavirus, Explained
TV Series2020
7.1
One World: Together at Home
Movie2020
6.0
Oprah Talks COVID-19
TV Series2020
4.1
Cats
Movie2019
6.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV Series2019
6.8
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Movie2019
6.1
Kroos
Movie2019
6.5
Turn Up Charlie
TV Series2019
5.3
The Shop
TV Series2018
8.2
Avengers: Infinity War
Movie2018
7.3
In the Long Run
TV Series2018
7.2
Molly's Game
Movie2017
6.6
The Mountain Between Us
Movie2017
7.6
Thor: Ragnarok
Movie2017
5.8
The Dark Tower
Movie2017
4.6
Guerrilla
TV Series2017
0.0
five by five
TV Series2017
7.5
Idris Elba: Fighter
TV Series2017
7.3
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
Movie2016
6.2
Marine Life Interviews
Movie2016
6.0
100 Streets
Movie2016
6.8
Star Trek Beyond
Movie2016
7.0
Finding Dory
Movie2016
6.3
Bastille Day
Movie2016
6.9
The Jungle Book
Movie2016
7.8
Zootopia
Movie2016
No Backdrop
6.0
Mandela, My Dad and Me
Movie2015
7.6
Beasts of No Nation
Movie2015
6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV Series2015
6.0
Idris Elba: No Limits
TV Series2015
7.3
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Movie2015
7.0
Hot Ones
TV Series2015
5.8
The Gunman
Movie2015
8.0
Chicken Shop Date
TV Series2014
6.0
No Good Deed
Movie2014
5.1
Second Coming
Movie2014
6.3
Enchanted Kingdom
Movie2014
5.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV Series2014
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV Series2014
6.5
Idris Elba: King of Speed
TV Series2013
6.9
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Movie2013
6.5
Thor: The Dark World
Movie2013
6.9
Pacific Rim
Movie2013
No Backdrop
10.0
The Frame
TV Series2013
5.7
The Last Leg
TV Series2013
7.0
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
Movie2012
0.0
The Path to Vengeance: Making 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance'
Movie2012
6.6
Prometheus
Movie2012
6.0
Playhouse Presents
TV Series2012
5.0
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Movie2011
No Backdrop
0.0
Executing the Heist: The Making of 'Takers'
Movie2011
6.8
Thor
Movie2011
0.0
Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC
Movie2011
No Backdrop
4.7
Legacy
Movie2010
6.3
Takers
Movie2010
7.9
Luther
TV Series2010
6.3
The Losers
Movie2010
5.7
Obsessed
Movie2009
5.2
The Unborn
Movie2009
4.4
The Human Contract
Movie2008
6.9
RocknRolla
Movie2008
5.1
Prom Night
Movie2008
6.6
This Christmas
Movie2007
7.6
American Gangster
Movie2007
No Backdrop
7.8
Tapping the Wire
Movie2007
6.6
28 Weeks Later
Movie2007
5.8
The Reaping
Movie2007
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
TV Series2007
6.9
Daddy's Little Girls
Movie2007
No Backdrop
6.1
All In The Game
Movie2006
5.6
The Gospel
Movie2005
4.7
Made in Hollywood
TV Series2005
5.0
The Tyra Banks Show
TV Series2005
8.6
The Office
TV Series2005
7.1
Sometimes in April
Movie2005
No Backdrop
5.3
Jonny Zero
TV Series2005
5.4
One Love
Movie2003
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV Series2003
6.3
Buffalo Soldiers
Movie2002
7.9
Hack
TV Series2002
7.7
CSI: Miami
TV Series2002
8.6
The Wire
TV Series2002
7.3
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
TV Series2002
7.5
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
TV Series2000
5.4
Sorted
Movie2000
7.3
Girlfriends
TV Series2000
7.2
Soul Food
TV Series2000
5.1
Belle Maman
Movie1999
7.2
Ultraviolet
TV Series1998
4.3
The View
TV Series1997
6.4
The Daily Show
TV Series1996
7.6
Silent Witness
TV Series1996
7.5
The Governor
TV Series1995
4.2
Bramwell
TV Series1995
6.0
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
TV Series1995
No Backdrop
7.0
Dangerfield
TV Series1995
10.0
MTV Europe Music Awards
TV Series1994
7.3
Crocodile Shoes
TV Series1994
6.2
Space Precinct
TV Series1994
7.6
Absolutely Fabulous
TV Series1992
7.3
2Point4 Children
TV Series1991
7.3
Law & Order
TV Series1990
8.0
The Simpsons
TV Series1989
5.6
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV Series1988
No Backdrop
6.6
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
TV Series1987
6.9
Saturday Night Live
TV Series1975
7.0
The Oscars
TV Series1953
No Backdrop
0.0
Extraction 3
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