
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.
Movies (83)

High in the Clouds
2027

Sonic the Hedgehog 4
2027

Children of Blood and Bone
2027

Masters of the Universe
2026

Zootopia 2
2025

A House of Dynamite
2025

Fixed
2025

Heads of State
2025

Victory
2025

Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis
2025

Sonic the Hedgehog 3
2024

Gold: A Journey with Idris Elba
2023

Extraction 2
2023

Luther: The Fallen Sun
2023

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
2022

Three Thousand Years of Longing
2022

Beast
2022

Thor: Love and Thunder
2022

Sonic the Hedgehog 2
2022

An Audience with Adele
2021

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021

The Harder They Fall
2021

Passion Project
2021

The Suicide Squad
2021

Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney
2020

Concrete Cowboy
2020

One World: Together at Home
2020

Cats
2019

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
2019

Kroos
2019

Avengers: Infinity War
2018

Molly's Game
2017

The Mountain Between Us
2017

Thor: Ragnarok
2017

The Dark Tower
2017

Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
2016

Marine Life Interviews
2016

100 Streets
2016

Star Trek Beyond
2016

Finding Dory
2016

Bastille Day
2016

The Jungle Book
2016

Zootopia
2016

Mandela, My Dad and Me
2015

Beasts of No Nation
2015

Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015

The Gunman
2015

No Good Deed
2014

Second Coming
2014

Enchanted Kingdom
2014

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
2013

Thor: The Dark World
2013

Pacific Rim
2013

The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
2012

The Peter Weyland Files: 'Prometheus' Transmission
2012

The Path to Vengeance: Making 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance'
2012

Prometheus
2012

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
2011

Thor
2011

Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC
2011

Legacy
2010

Takers
2010

The Losers
2010

Obsessed
2009

The Unborn
2009

The Human Contract
2008

RocknRolla
2008

Prom Night
2008

This Christmas
2007

American Gangster
2007

Tapping the Wire
2007

28 Weeks Later
2007

The Reaping
2007

Daddy's Little Girls
2007

All In The Game
2006

The Gospel
2005

Sometimes in April
2005

One Love
2003

Buffalo Soldiers
2002

Sorted
2000

Belle Maman
1999

Extraction 3

Zootopia 3
TV Shows (69)

Road to Glory
2026

Number One on the Call Sheet
2025

Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color
2024

Knuckles
2024

Hijack
2023

Zootopia+
2022

Human Playground
2022

The Evolution of Black British Music
2022

Idris Elba's Fight School
2022

What If...?
2021

A World of Calm
2020

Elba vs. Block
2020

Coronavirus, Explained
2020

Oprah Talks COVID-19
2020

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019

Turn Up Charlie
2019

The Shop
2018

In the Long Run
2018

Guerrilla
2017

five by five
2017

Idris Elba: Fighter
2017

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015

Idris Elba: No Limits
2015

Hot Ones
2015

Chicken Shop Date
2014

Chicken Shop Date
2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014

Idris Elba: King of Speed
2013

The Frame
2013

The Last Leg
2013

Playhouse Presents
2012

Luther
2010

The Graham Norton Show
2007

Made in Hollywood
2005

The Tyra Banks Show
2005

The Office
2005

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003

Hack
2002

CSI: Miami
2002

The Wire
2002

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002

Aqua Teen Hunger Force
2000

Girlfriends
2000

Soul Food
2000

Ultraviolet
1998

The View
1997

The Daily Show
1996

Silent Witness
1996

The Governor
1995

Bramwell
1995

The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995

Dangerfield
1995

MTV Europe Music Awards
1994

Crocodile Shoes
1994

Space Precinct
1994

Absolutely Fabulous
1992

2Point4 Children
1991

Law & Order
1990

The Simpsons
1989

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987

Saturday Night Live
1975

The Oscars
1953