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