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.
Acting (82 movies)
28 Weeks Later
2007
Thor
2011
The Reaping
2007
Luther: The Fallen Sun
2023
Kroos
2019
American Gangster
2007
Takers
2010
The Human Contract
2008
Prom Night
2008
The Gospel
2005
The Losers
2010
RocknRolla
2008
The Unborn
2009
An Audience with Adele
2021
This Christmas
2007
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
2016
Legacy
2010
Sometimes in April
2005
Daddy's Little Girls
2007
The Suicide Squad
2021
Obsessed
2009
Pacific Rim
2013
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
2011
Prometheus
2012
Thor: The Dark World
2013
Fixed
2025
Extraction 2
2023
Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC
2011
No Good Deed
2014
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
2013
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022
Sorted
2000
The Jungle Book
2016
Beasts of No Nation
2015
One Love
2003
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
2024
Second Coming
2014
Belle Maman
1999
Enchanted Kingdom
2014
Gold: A Journey with Idris Elba
2023
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
2022
Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015
100 Streets
2016
Bastille Day
2016
The Gunman
2015
Star Trek Beyond
2016
Food 2050
2022
The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
2012
Zootopia
2016
Thor: Ragnarok
2017
All In The Game
2006
Finding Dory
2016
The Dark Tower
2017
Molly's Game
2017
The Mountain Between Us
2017
Mandela, My Dad and Me
2015
Marine Life Interviews
2016
Buffalo Soldiers
2002
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
2012
Avengers: Infinity War
2018
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
2019
Cats
2019
Three Thousand Years of Longing
2022
Concrete Cowboy
2020
The Harder They Fall
2021
Heads of State
2025
Beast
2022
Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney
2020
Tapping the Wire
2007
One World: Together at Home
2020
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
2022
Passion Project
2021
A House of Dynamite
2025
Masters of the Universe
2026
Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis
2025
The Peter Weyland Files: 'Prometheus' Transmission
2012
High in the Clouds
2027
Victory
2025
Zootopia 2
2025
Sonic the Hedgehog 4
2027
A Very Sonic Christmas
2024
Directing (4 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| How Clubbing Changed the World | 2012 | Executive Producer |
| No Good Deed | 2014 | Executive Producer |
| King for a Term | 2015 | Writer |
| Beasts of No Nation | 2015 | Producer |
| 100 Streets | 2016 | Producer |
| Yardie | 2018 | Executive Producer |
| Concrete Cowboy | 2020 | Producer |
| Edicius | 2021 | Executive Producer |
| A New Diva's Christmas Carol | 2022 | Producer |
| Luther: The Fallen Sun | 2023 | Producer |
| The Brown Dog | 2024 | Executive Producer |
| Victory | 2025 | Executive Producer |
| Heads of State | 2025 | Executive Producer |
| Dust to Dreams | 2025 | Writer |