Acting
Idris Elba
Acting · Born 1972-09-06 · Hackney, London, England, UK
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.
Credits · 151
FilmMasters of the Universe
2026 · Duncan
Road to Glory
2026 · Self
FilmZootopia 2
2025 · Chief Bogo (voice)
FilmA House of Dynamite
2025 · POTUS
FilmFixed
2025 · Rocco (voice)
FilmHeads of State
2025 · Sam Clarke
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025 · Self
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
2025 · Self - Guest
FilmIdris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis
2025 · Self - Presenter
FilmSonic the Hedgehog 3
2024 · Knuckles (voice)
The Battle for Black Music: Paid in Full
2024 · Executive Producer
FilmThe Brown Dog
2024 · Executive Producer
Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color
2024 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Knuckles
2024 · Knuckles the Echidna (voice)
FilmGold: A Journey with Idris Elba
2023
Hijack
2023 · Sam Nelson
FilmExtraction 2
2023 · Alcott
FilmLuther: The Fallen Sun
2023 · John Luther
FilmThe Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
2022 · The Fox (voice)
FilmA New Diva's Christmas Carol
2022 · Producer
Zootopia+
2022 · Chief Bogo (voice)
Human Playground
2022 · Self - Host
FilmThree Thousand Years of Longing
2022 · The Djinn
FilmBeast
2022 · Dr. Nate Daniels
The Evolution of Black British Music
2022 · Self
FilmThor: Love and Thunder
2022 · Heimdall
Idris Elba's Fight School
2022 · Self
FilmSonic the Hedgehog 2
2022 · Knuckles (voice)
TBC
TBC
2022 · Thanks
FilmAn Audience with Adele
2021 · Self
Film2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021 · Self
FilmThe Harder They Fall
2021 · Rufus Buck
What If...?
2021 · Heimdall (voice)
FilmThe Suicide Squad
2021 · Bloodsport
FilmIdris Elba Meets Paul McCartney
2020 · Self
A World of Calm
2020 · Narrator
FilmConcrete Cowboy
2020 · Harp
Elba vs. Block
2020 · Self
Coronavirus, Explained
2020 · Self - Narrator
FilmOne World: Together at Home
2020 · Self
Oprah Talks COVID-19
2020 · Self
FilmCats
2019 · Macavity
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Guest - Self
FilmFast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
2019 · Brixton
FilmKroos
2019 · Self
Turn Up Charlie
2019 · Charlie
FilmYardie
2018 · Director
The Shop
2018 · Self
FilmAvengers: Infinity War
2018 · Heimdall
In the Long Run
2018 · Walter Easmon
FilmMolly's Game
2017 · Charlie Jaffey
FilmThe Mountain Between Us
2017 · Dr. Ben Bass
FilmThor: Ragnarok
2017 · Heimdall
FilmThe Dark Tower
2017 · Roland Deschain
Guerrilla
2017 · Kent
five by five
2017 · Alpha Ash
Idris Elba: Fighter
2017 · Self
FilmMadonna: Rebel Heart Tour
2016 · Self
FilmMarine Life Interviews
2016 · Fluke (voice)
Film100 Streets
2016 · Max
FilmStar Trek Beyond
2016 · Krall
FilmFinding Dory
2016 · Fluke (voice)
FilmBastille Day
2016 · Sean Briar
FilmThe Jungle Book
2016 · Shere Khan (voice)
FilmZootopia
2016 · Chief Bogo (voice)
FilmMandela, My Dad and Me
2015 · Self
FilmBeasts of No Nation
2015 · Commandant
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Guest
King for a Term
FilmKing for a Term
2015 · Akuna's father
Idris Elba: No Limits
2015 · Self
FilmAvengers: Age of Ultron
2015 · Heimdall
Hot Ones
2015 · Self
FilmThe Gunman
2015 · Barnes
Cut from a Different Cloth
FilmCut from a Different Cloth
2015
Chicken Shop Date
2014 · Self - Guest
FilmNo Good Deed
2014 · Colin
FilmSecond Coming
2014 · Mark
FilmEnchanted Kingdom
2014 · narrator
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self - Guest
Idris Elba: King of Speed
2013 · Self
FilmMandela: Long Walk to Freedom
2013 · Nelson Mandela
FilmThor: The Dark World
2013 · Heimdall
FilmPacific Rim
2013 · Stacker Pentecost
The Frame
2013 · Stacker Pentecost
The Last Leg
2013 · Self
FilmThe Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
2012 · Self
How Clubbing Changed the World
FilmHow Clubbing Changed the World
2012 · Self
FilmPrometheus
2012 · Janek
Playhouse Presents
2012 · Akuna's Father / Narrator
FilmGhost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
2011 · Moreau
How Hip Hop Changed the World
FilmHow Hip Hop Changed the World
2011 · Self
FilmThor
2011 · Heimdall
FilmLegacy
2010 · Malcolm Gray
FilmTakers
2010 · Gordon Jennings
Luther
2010 · John Luther
FilmThe Losers
2010 · Roque
FilmObsessed
2009 · Derek Charles
FilmThe Unborn
2009 · Arthur Wyndham
FilmThe Human Contract
2008 · Larry
FilmRocknRolla
2008 · Mumbles
FilmProm Night
2008 · Detective Winn
FilmThis Christmas
2007 · Quentin "Junior" Whitfield
FilmAmerican Gangster
2007 · Tango
FilmTapping the Wire
2007 · Self
Film28 Weeks Later
2007 · General Stone
FilmThe Reaping
2007 · Ben
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Self
FilmDaddy's Little Girls
2007 · Monty James
FilmAll In The Game
2006 · Paul
FilmThe Gospel
2005 · Reverend Charles Frank
Made in Hollywood
2005 · Self
The Tyra Banks Show
2005 · Self
The Office
2005 · Charles Miner
FilmSometimes in April
2005 · Augustin
Jonny Zero
2005 · Hodge
FilmOne Love
2003 · Aaron
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest
FilmBuffalo Soldiers
2002 · Kimborough
Hack
2002 · Mac Boone
CSI: Miami
2002 · Angelo Sedaris
The Wire
2002 · Stringer Bell
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002 · Robert Gabriel
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
2000 · Police Officer (voice)
FilmSorted
2000 · Jam
Girlfriends
2000 · Paul Raymond
Soul Food
2000 · Smitty
FilmBelle Maman
1999 · Grégoire
Ultraviolet
1998 · Vaughan Rice
Verdict
Verdict
1998 · PC Brian Rawlinson
The View
1997 · Self
Spiders and Flies
FilmSpiders and Flies
1996 · Benton
Crucial Tales
Crucial Tales
1996 · Benton
The Daily Show
1996 · Self
Silent Witness
1996 · Charlie
Degrees of Error
Degrees of Error
1995 · Walter Jones
The Governor
1995 · Officer Donny Chiswick
Bramwell
1995 · Charlie Carter
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995 · Self - Host
Dangerfield
1995 · Matt Gregory
MTV Europe Music Awards
1994 · Self - Presenter
Crocodile Shoes
1994 · Jo Jo
Space Precinct
1994 · Pizza Delivery Man
Absolutely Fabulous
1992 · Hilton
2Point4 Children
1991 · Parachute Instructor
Law & Order
1990 · Lonnie Liston
The Simpsons
1989 · Devil (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self - Guest
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987 · Raffy
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host
The Oscars
1953 · Self