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.
Filmography 168
Movies (99)
High in the Clouds2027Barrel (voice)
Sonic the Hedgehog 42027Knuckles (voice)
Children of Blood and Bone2027Lekan- Above the Below2026Jackson
Masters of the Universe2026Duncan
Zootopia 22025Chief Bogo (voice)
A House of Dynamite2025POTUS
Dust to Dreams2025Directing
Fixed2025Rocco (voice)
Heads of State2025Sam Clarke
Victory2025Idris Elba
Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis2025Self - Presenter
Sonic the Hedgehog 32024Knuckles (voice)
Gold: A Journey with Idris Elba2023
Extraction 22023Alcott
Luther: The Fallen Sun2023John Luther
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse2022The Fox (voice)
Three Thousand Years of Longing2022The Djinn
Beast2022Dr. Nate Daniels
Thor: Love and Thunder2022Heimdall
Sonic the Hedgehog 22022Knuckles (voice)
An Audience with Adele2021Self
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony2021Self
The Harder They Fall2021Rufus Buck
Passion Project2021Self
The Suicide Squad2021Bloodsport
Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney2020Self
Concrete Cowboy2020Harp- Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort2020Self
One World: Together at Home2020Self
Shows (69)
Road to Glory2026Self
Number One on the Call Sheet2025Self
Good Hang with Amy Poehler2025Self - Guest
Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color2024Self - Narrator (voice)
Knuckles2024Knuckles the Echidna (voice)
Hijack2023Sam Nelson
Zootopia+2022Chief Bogo (voice)
Human Playground2022Self - Host
The Evolution of Black British Music2022Self
Idris Elba's Fight School2022Self
What If...?2021Heimdall (voice)
A World of Calm2020Narrator
Elba vs. Block2020Self
Coronavirus, Explained2020Self - Narrator
Oprah Talks COVID-192020Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show2019Guest - Self
Turn Up Charlie2019Charlie
The Shop2018Self
In the Long Run2018Walter Easmon
Guerrilla2017Kent
five by five2017Alpha Ash
Idris Elba: Fighter2017Self
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews2016Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015
Idris Elba: No Limits2015Self
Hot Ones2015Self
Chicken Shop Date2014Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers2014Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014Self - Guest
Idris Elba: King of Speed2013Self