Idris Elba
Acting
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.
As actor 164
Law & Order
1990
The Simpsons
1989
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Daily Show
1996
The Office
2005
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Saturday Night Live
1975
The View
1997
The Graham Norton Show
2007
CSI: Miami
2002
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Zootopia 2
2025
The Wire
2002
Avengers: Infinity War
2018
Masters of the Universe
2026
Silent Witness
1996
Hot Ones
2015
What If...?
2021
Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015
Girlfriends
2000
The Last Leg
2013
The Tyra Banks Show
2005
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
2000
Thor: Ragnarok
2017
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
2024
Luther
2010
Hijack
2023
Thor
2011
Zootopia
2016
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022
The Suicide Squad
2021
Thor: The Dark World
2013
The Harder They Fall
2021
Heads of State
2025
Pacific Rim
2013
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
2019
The Oscars
1953
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
Absolutely Fabulous
1992
28 Weeks Later
2007
Prometheus
2012
American Gangster
2007
The Governor
1995
Extraction 2
2023
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
2022
Finding Dory
2016
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
2022
The Jungle Book
2016
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002
Chicken Shop Date
2014
Star Trek Beyond
2016
Made in Hollywood
2005
Molly's Game
2017
The Dark Tower
2017
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
2011
MTV Europe Music Awards
1994
Playhouse Presents
2012
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
Hack
2002
Beast
2022
A House of Dynamite
2025
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
2025
Knuckles
2024
Bastille Day
2016
Three Thousand Years of Longing
2022
The Losers
2010
Sonic the Hedgehog 4
2027
Zootopia+
2022
2Point4 Children
1991
The Shop
2018
Space Precinct
1994
Luther: The Fallen Sun
2023
Takers
2010
No Good Deed
2014
The Gunman
2015
The Unborn
2009
Dangerfield
1995
Obsessed
2009
The Reaping
2007
RocknRolla
2008
Bramwell
1995
Soul Food
2000
The Mountain Between Us
2017
Cats
2019
Prom Night
2008
Fixed
2025
Children of Blood and Bone
2027
Oprah Talks COVID-19
2020
The Frame
2013
In the Long Run
2018
Jonny Zero
2005
Extraction 3
Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color
2024
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
2013
Ultraviolet
1998
Beasts of No Nation
2015
Buffalo Soldiers
2002
Coronavirus, Explained
2020
Belle Maman
1999
Crocodile Shoes
1994
100 Streets
2016
A World of Calm
2020
High in the Clouds
2027
Victory
2025
Daddy's Little Girls
2007
Guerrilla
2017
This Christmas
2007
Turn Up Charlie
2019
Verdict
1998
Elba vs. Block
2020
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
The Evolution of Black British Music
2022
Road to Glory
2026
Crucial Tales
1996
One World: Together at Home
2020
five by five
2017
The Human Contract
2008
Idris Elba: Fighter
2017
Degrees of Error
1995
Kroos
2019
Sometimes in April
2005
Sorted
2000
Idris Elba's Fight School
2022
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
2012
Concrete Cowboy
2020
Second Coming
2014
Idris Elba: No Limits
2015
Above the Below
2026
Code Red: The Making of '28 Weeks Later'
2007
Enchanted Kingdom
2014
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
2016
An Audience with Adele
2021
Bang!
Marine Life Interviews
2016
Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort
2020
Legacy
2010
The Gospel
2005
Executing the Heist: The Making of 'Takers'
2011
Spiders and Flies
1996
Untitled Luther Sequel
One Love
2003
Human Playground
2022
King for a Term
2015
All In The Game
2006
This Is How It Goes
Idris Elba: King of Speed
2013
Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis
2025
Tapping the Wire
2007
Stay Frosty
Gold: A Journey with Idris Elba
2023
Infernus
The Path to Vengeance: Making 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance'
2012
Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC
2011
How Clubbing Changed the World
2012
Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney
2020
Mandela, My Dad and Me
2015
Passion Project
2021
How Hip Hop Changed the World
2011
Cut from a Different Cloth
2015
Hammer Down
On the crew 33
Luther
2010
Hijack
2023
Heads of State
2025
Playhouse Presents
2012
Knuckles
2024
Luther: The Fallen Sun
2023
No Good Deed
2014
In the Long Run
2018
Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color
2024
Beasts of No Nation
2015
Yardie
2018
100 Streets
2016
Victory
2025
Guerrilla
2017
Turn Up Charlie
2019
five by five
2017
The Battle for Black Music: Paid in Full
2024
Concrete Cowboy
2020
How To Hide It
2026
Above the Below
2026
TBC
2022
Edicius
2021
The Chelsea Cowboy
Untitled Luther Sequel
A New Diva's Christmas Carol
2022
The Brown Dog
2024
King for a Term
2015
This Is How It Goes
Infernus
How Clubbing Changed the World
2012
Dust to Dreams
2025
K. Michelle: The Rebellious Soul Musical
2014
Hammer Down