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

• 2027Children of Blood and Bone — Lekan
• 2027High in the Clouds — Barrel (voice)
• 2027Sonic the Hedgehog 4 — Knuckles (voice)
• 2026Above the Below — Jackson, Director
• 2026How To Hide It — Executive Producer
• 2026Masters of the Universe — Duncan
• 2025A House of Dynamite — POTUS
• 2025Dust to Dreams — Director, Writer
• 2025Fixed — Rocco (voice)
• 2025Heads of State — Sam Clarke, Executive Producer
• 2025Victory — Idris Elba, Executive Producer
• 2025Zootopia 2 — Chief Bogo (voice)
• Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color — Self - Narrator (voice), Executive Producer
• Knuckles — Knuckles the Echidna (voice), Executive Producer
• 2024Sonic the Hedgehog 3 — Knuckles (voice)
• The Battle for Black Music: Paid in Full — Executive Producer
• 2024The Brown Dog — Executive Producer
• 2023Extraction 2 — Alcott
• 2023Gold: A Journey with Idris Elba
• Hijack — Sam Nelson, Executive Producer
• 2023Luther: The Fallen Sun — John Luther, Producer
• 2022A New Diva's Christmas Carol — Producer
• 2022Beast — Dr. Nate Daniels
• 2022Sonic the Hedgehog 2 — Knuckles (voice)
• TBC — Thanks
• 2022The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse — The Fox (voice)
• 2022Thor: Love and Thunder — Heimdall
• 2022Three Thousand Years of Longing — The Djinn
• Zootopia+ — Chief Bogo (voice)
• 2021Edicius — Executive Producer
• 2021The Harder They Fall — Rufus Buck
• 2021The Suicide Squad — Bloodsport
• What If...? — Heimdall (voice)
• A World of Calm — Narrator
• 2020Concrete Cowboy — Harp, Producer
• 2019Cats — Macavity
• 2019Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw — Brixton
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Guest - Self
• Turn Up Charlie — Charlie, Executive Producer, Creator
• 2018Avengers: Infinity War — Heimdall
• In the Long Run — Walter Easmon, Creator
• 2018Yardie — Director, Executive Producer
• Guerrilla — Kent, Executive Producer
• 2017Molly's Game — Charlie Jaffey
• 2017The Dark Tower — Roland Deschain
• 2017The Mountain Between Us — Dr. Ben Bass
• 2017Thor: Ragnarok — Heimdall
• five by five — Alpha Ash, Executive Producer
• 2016100 Streets — Max, Producer
• 2016Bastille Day — Sean Briar
• 2016Finding Dory — Fluke (voice)
• 2016Marine Life Interviews — Fluke (voice)
• 2016Star Trek Beyond — Krall
• 2016The Jungle Book — Shere Khan (voice)
• 2016Zootopia — Chief Bogo (voice)
• 2015Avengers: Age of Ultron — Heimdall
• 2015Beasts of No Nation — Commandant, Producer
• 2015Cut from a Different Cloth
• 2015King for a Term — Akuna's father, Director, Writer
• 2015The Gunman — Barnes
• 2014Enchanted Kingdom — narrator
• 2014K. Michelle: The Rebellious Soul Musical — Director
• 2014No Good Deed — Colin, Executive Producer
• 2014Second Coming — Mark
• 2013Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom — Nelson Mandela
• 2013Pacific Rim — Stacker Pentecost
• The Frame — Stacker Pentecost
• 2013Thor: The Dark World — Heimdall
• 2012How Clubbing Changed the World — Self, Executive Producer
• Playhouse Presents — Akuna's Father / Narrator, Writer, Director
• 2012Prometheus — Janek
• 2011Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance — Moreau
• 2011Thor — Heimdall
• 2010Legacy — Malcolm Gray
• Luther — John Luther, Associate Producer
• 2010Takers — Gordon Jennings
• The Big C — Lenny
• 2010The Losers — Roque
• 2009Obsessed — Derek Charles
• 2009The Unborn — Arthur Wyndham
• 2008Prom Night — Detective Winn
• 2008RocknRolla — Mumbles
• 2008The Human Contract — Larry
• 200728 Weeks Later — General Stone
• 2007American Gangster — Tango
• 2007Daddy's Little Girls — Monty James
• 2007The Reaping — Ben
• 2007This Christmas — Quentin "Junior" Whitfield
• 2006All In The Game — Paul
• 2005Fat Load O Nothin — Goggy The Gritish Gully
• Jonny Zero — Hodge
• 2005Sometimes in April — Augustin
• 2005The Gospel — Reverend Charles Frank
• The Office — Charles Miner
• 2003One Love — Aaron
• Queens Supreme — Carla
• 2002Buffalo Soldiers — Kimborough
• CSI: Miami — Angelo Sedaris
• Hack — Mac Boone
• The Inspector Lynley Mysteries — Robert Gabriel
• The Wire — Stringer Bell
• Aqua Teen Hunger Force — Police Officer (voice)
• Girlfriends — Paul Raymond
• In Defence — PC Paul Fraser
• 2000Sorted — Jam
• Soul Food — Smitty
• 1999Belle Maman — Grégoire
• Ultraviolet — Vaughan Rice
• Verdict — PC Brian Rawlinson
• Family Affairs — Tim Webster
• Insiders — Robinson Bennett
• Crucial Tales — Benton
• Silent Witness — Charlie
• 1996Spiders and Flies — Benton
• Bramwell — Charlie Carter
• Dangerfield — Matt Gregory
• Degrees of Error — Walter Jones
• The Governor — Officer Donny Chiswick
• Crocodile Shoes — Jo Jo
• Space Precinct — Pizza Delivery Man
• The Boot Street Band — Spike
• Absolutely Fabulous — Hilton
• 2Point4 Children — Parachute Instructor
• Law & Order — Lonnie Liston
• The Simpsons — Devil (voice)
• The Ruth Rendell Mysteries — Raffy
• London's Burning — L Cpl Frost
• The Bill — Alex Mason, Earl Lee
• Bang!
• Extraction 3 — Alcott
• Five nights at sonic — Knuckles (voice)
• Hammer Down — Mac, Producer
• Infernus — Donovan Kamara, Director, Producer
• Stay Frosty
• The Chelsea Cowboy — Executive Producer
• This Is How It Goes — Director, Executive Producer
• Untitled Luther Sequel — John Luther, Producer

Appearances as themselves (47)

• Road to Glory — Self
• Good Hang with Amy Poehler — Self - Guest
• 2025Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis — Self - Presenter
• Number One on the Call Sheet — Self
• Human Playground — Self - Host
• Idris Elba's Fight School — Self
• The Evolution of Black British Music — Self
• 20212021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self
• 2021An Audience with Adele — Self
• 2021Passion Project — Self
• Coronavirus, Explained — Self - Narrator
• Elba vs. Block — Self
• 2020Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney — Self
• 2020One World: Together at Home — Self
• Oprah Talks COVID-19 — Self
• 2020Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort — Self
• 2019Kroos — Self
• The Shop — Self
• Idris Elba: Fighter — Self
• 2016Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour — Self
• Hot Ones — Self
• Idris Elba: No Limits — Self
• 2015Mandela, My Dad and Me — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• Chicken Shop Date — Self - Guest, Self - Guest (archive footage)
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self, Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• Idris Elba: King of Speed — Self
• The Last Leg — Self
• 2012The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus — Self
• 2012The Path to Vengeance: Making 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance' — Self
• 2011Executing the Heist: The Making of 'Takers' — Self
• 2011Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC — Self
• 2011How Hip Hop Changed the World — Self
• 2007Code Red: The Making of '28 Weeks Later' — Self
• 2007Tapping the Wire — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• Made in Hollywood — Self
• The Tyra Banks Show — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• The View — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA — Self - Host
• MTV Europe Music Awards — Self - Presenter
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
• The Oscars — Self