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