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.

Career Overview

Idris Elba has 161 screen credits in a career dating back to 1975. Their work spans 22 cinematic universes — most prominently MCU with 6 titles. Signature works include Zootopia 2, Masters of the Universe, Thor: Ragnarok. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Acting
Gender: male
Known Credits: 161
Birth Date: 1972-09-06 00:00:00
Birth Place: Hackney, London, England, UK

Known For

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 22 universes

MCU (6 titles)
Thor Collection (4 titles)
Sonic the Hedgehog (3 titles)
Zootopia (3 titles)
Luther Collection (2 titles)
Extraction (2 titles)
The Avengers Collection (2 titles)
Masters of the Universe (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

Ginnifer Goodwin (2 collaborations)
Jason Bateman (2 collaborations)
Shakira (2 collaborations)
Nate Torrence (2 collaborations)
Bonnie Hunt (2 collaborations)
Don Lake (2 collaborations)
Leah Latham (2 collaborations)
Josh Dallas (2 collaborations)
Tommy Chong (2 collaborations)
Mark Rhino Smith (2 collaborations)

Credits

actors (131 credits)
- High in the Clouds
  Barrel (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2027
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4
  Knuckles (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2027
- Children of Blood and Bone
  Lekan
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2027
- Above the Below
  Jackson
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Untitled Luther Sequel
  John Luther
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Zootopia 3
  Chief Bogo (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Extraction 3
  Alcott
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Hammer Down
  Mac
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Bang!
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Infernus
  Donovan Kamara
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- This Is How It Goes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Stay Frosty
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Among Us
  Knuckles (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Masters of the Universe
  Duncan
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Bulletproof Man
  Falling Civilian
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- "I'm Gonna Kick Your C*nt In!"
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Zootopia 2
  Chief Bogo (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- Zootopia: Better Zoogether
  Chief Bogo
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- A House of Dynamite
  POTUS
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- Fixed
  Rocco (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- Heads of State
  Sam Clarke
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- Victory
  Idris Elba
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis
  Self - Presenter
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3
  Knuckles (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2024
- Knuckles
  Knuckles the Echidna (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  - What Happens in Reno, Stays in Reno (2024) ... Knuckles the Echidna (voice) actor actors
  
  - Reno, Baby (2024) ... Knuckles the Echidna (voice) actor actors
  
  - The Flames of Disaster (2024) ... Knuckles the Echidna (voice) actor actors
  
  - The Shabbat Dinner (2024) ... Knuckles the Echidna (voice) actor actors
  
  - Don't Ever Say I Wasn't There for You (2024) ... Knuckles the Echidna (voice) actor actors
  
  2024
- Gold: A Journey with Idris Elba
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2023
- Hijack
  Sam Nelson
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  - Terminal (2026) ... Sam Nelson actor actors
  
  - Contact (2026) ... Sam Nelson actor actors
  
  - Junction (2026) ... Sam Nelson actor actors
  
  - Outage (2026) ... Sam Nelson actor actors
  
  - Switch (2026) ... Sam Nelson actor actors
  
  2023
- Extraction 2
  Alcott
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2023
- Luther: The Fallen Sun
  John Luther
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2023
- The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
  The Fox (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- Three Thousand Years of Longing
  The Djinn
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- Beast
  Dr. Nate Daniels
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- Thor: Love and Thunder
  Heimdall
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2
  Knuckles (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- Zootopia+
  
  - So You Think You Can Prance (2022) ... Chief Bogo (voice) actor actors
  
  2022
- An Audience with Adele
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- The Harder They Fall
  Rufus Buck
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Passion Project
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- The Suicide Squad
  Bloodsport
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- What If...?
  
  - What If... Hela Found the Ten Rings? (2023) ... Heimdall (voice) actor actors
  
  2021
- Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Concrete Cowboy
  Harp
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- One World: Together at Home
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Cats
  Macavity
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
  Brixton
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Kroos
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show
  
  - Idris Elba/Sadie Sink (2026) ... Self - Guest actor actors
  
  - Idris Elba, Jonas Brothers, Blake Shelton (2022) ... Guest - Self actor actors
  
  2019
- Avengers: Infinity War
  Heimdall
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Molly's Game
  Charlie Jaffey
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- The Mountain Between Us
  Dr. Ben Bass
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Thor: Ragnarok
  Heimdall
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- The Dark Tower
  Roland Deschain
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- Marine Life Interviews
  Fluke (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- 100 Streets
  Max
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- Star Trek Beyond
  Krall
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- Finding Dory
  Fluke (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- Bastille Day
  Sean Briar
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- The Jungle Book
  Shere Khan (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- Zootopia
  Chief Bogo (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- Mandela, My Dad and Me
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Beasts of No Nation
  Commandant
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- King for a Term
  Akuna's father
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Avengers: Age of Ultron
  Heimdall
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- The Gunman
  Barnes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Cut from a Different Cloth
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
  
  - Idris Elba, Brad Lander, Zohran Mamdani (2025) ... Self - Guest actor actors
  
  - Idris Elba, F. Murray Abraham (2023) ... actor actors
  
  - Idris Elba, Maude Apatow, Perry Farrell (2019) ... Self - Guest actor actors
  
  2015
- Hot Ones
  
  - Idris Elba Wants to Fight While Eating Spicy Wings (2019) ... Self actor actors
  
  2015
- No Good Deed
  Colin
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- Second Coming
  Mark
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- Enchanted Kingdom
  narrator
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers
  
  - Idris Elba, Marisa Abela (2026) ... Self - Guest actor actors
  
  - Idris Elba, Alexis Bledel, Michael Voltaggio (2017) ... Self actor actors
  
  2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
  
  - Idris Elba, Aubrey Plaza, Sofia Carson, Lauren Spencer-Smith (2022) ... Self actor actors
  
  - Idris Elba, Keri Russell, Sabrina Carpenter (2021) ... Self - Guest actor actors
  
  - Idris Elba, Heidi Klum, Lukas Graham (2016) ... Self actor actors
  
  - Idris Elba, Heidi Klum, Lukas Graham (2016) ... Self actor actors
  
  2014
- Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
  Nelson Mandela
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2013
- Thor: The Dark World
  Heimdall
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2013
- Pacific Rim
  Stacker Pentecost
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2013
- The Last Leg
  
  - Episode 1 (2013) ... Self actor actors
  
  2013
- The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- The Peter Weyland Files: 'Prometheus' Transmission
  Janek
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- How Clubbing Changed the World
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- The Path to Vengeance: Making 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance'
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Prometheus
  Janek
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
  Moreau
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2011
- Executing the Heist: The Making of 'Takers'
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2011
- How Hip Hop Changed the World
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2011
- Thor
  Heimdall
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2011
- Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2011
- Legacy
  Malcolm Gray
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2010
- Takers
  Gordon Jennings
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2010
- Luther
  John Luther
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  - Episode 4 (2019) ... John Luther actor actors
  
  - Episode 3 (2019) ... John Luther actor actors
  
  - Episode 2 (2019) ... John Luther actor actors
  
  - Episode 1 (2019) ... John Luther actor actors
  
  - Episode 2 (2015) ... John Luther actor actors
  
  2010
- The Losers
  Roque
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2010
- Obsessed
  Derek Charles
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- The Unborn
  Arthur Wyndham
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- The Human Contract
  Larry
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2008
- RocknRolla
  Mumbles
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2008
- Prom Night
  Detective Winn
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2008
- This Christmas
  Quentin "Junior" Whitfield
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- American Gangster
  Tango
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Code Red: The Making of '28 Weeks Later'
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Tapping the Wire
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- 28 Weeks Later
  General Stone
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- The Reaping
  Ben
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Daddy's Little Girls
  Monty James
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- The Graham Norton Show
  
  - Episode 14 (2026) ... Self actor actors
  
  - Compilation Show (2018) ... Self actor actors
  
  - Kate Winslet, Idris Elba, Chris Rock, Liam Gallagher (2017) ... Self actor actors
  
  - Episode 12 (2014) ... Self actor actors
  
  2007
- All In The Game
  Paul
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- The Gospel
  Reverend Charles Frank
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2005
- Sometimes in April
  Augustin
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2005
- The Office
  
  - Company Picnic (2009) ... Charles Miner actor actors
  
  - Broke (2009) ... Charles Miner actor actors
  
  - Heavy Competition (2009) ... Charles Miner actor actors
  
  - Michael Scott Paper Company (2009) ... Charles Miner actor actors
  
  - Dream Team (2009) ... Charles Miner actor actors
  
  2005
- The Tyra Banks Show
  
  - Prom Nightmares (2008) ... Self actor actors
  
  2005
- One Love
  Aaron
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!
  
  - Idris Elba, Lamorne Morris, The Regrettes (2022) ... Self - Guest actor actors
  
  - Idris Elba/Carlos Correa/Daniella Rodriguez/Brad Paisley/John Fogerty (2017) ... Self - Guest actor actors
  
  2003
- Buffalo Soldiers
  Kimborough
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2002
- The Wire
  
  - Mission Accomplished (2004) ... Stringer Bell actor actors
  
  - Middle Ground (2004) ... Stringer Bell actor actors
  
  - Reformation (2004) ... Stringer Bell actor actors
  
  - Slapstick (2004) ... Stringer Bell actor actors
  
  - Moral Midgetry (2004) ... Stringer Bell actor actors
  
  2002
- CSI: Miami
  
  - The Best Defense (2003) ... Angelo Sedaris actor actors
  
  2002
- The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
  
  - Payment in Blood (2002) ... Robert Gabriel actor actors
  
  2002
- Sorted
  Jam
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force
  
  - Intervention (2011) ... Police Officer (voice) actor actors
  
  2000
- Girlfriends
  
  - All in a Panic (2005) ... Paul Raymond actor actors
  
  2000
- Belle Maman
  Grégoire
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1999
- The View
  
  - Idris Elba (2019) ... Self actor actors
  
  1997
- Spiders and Flies
  Benton
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1996
- The Daily Show
  
  - Idris Elba (2022) ... Self actor actors
  
  - Idris Elba (2015) ... Self actor actors
  
  1996
- Silent Witness
  
  - Blood, Sweat and Tears (2) (1997) ... Charlie actor actors
  
  - Blood, Sweat and Tears (1) (1997) ... Charlie actor actors
  
  1996
- Absolutely Fabulous
  
  - Sex (1995) ... Hilton actor actors
  
  1992
- Law & Order
  
  - 3 Dawg Night (2001) ... Lonnie Liston actor actors
  
  1990
- The Simpsons
  
  - Treehouse of Horror XXXVI (2025) ... Devil (voice) actor actors
  
  1989
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark
  
  - Idris Elba (2022) ... Self - Guest actor actors
  
  - Idris Elba, Josh Peck (2021) ... Self - Guest actor actors
  
  1988
- Saturday Night Live
  
  - Idris Elba and Khalid (2019) ... Self - Host actor actors
  
  1975
- The Oscars
  
  - 95th Academy Awards (2023) ... Self actor actors
  
  1953
directing (7 credits)
- Above the Below
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2026
- Infernus
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2026
- This Is How It Goes
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2026
- Dust to Dreams
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2025
- Yardie
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2018
- King for a Term
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2015
- K. Michelle: The Rebellious Soul Musical
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2014
production (21 credits)
- Untitled Luther Sequel
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- The Chelsea Cowboy
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- Hammer Down
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- Infernus
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- This Is How It Goes
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- How To Hide It
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- Heads of State
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2025
- Victory
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2025
- The Brown Dog
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2024
- Knuckles
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  - What Happens in Reno, Stays in Reno (2024) ... executive producer production
  
  - Reno, Baby (2024) ... executive producer production
  
  - The Flames of Disaster (2024) ... executive producer production
  
  - The Shabbat Dinner (2024) ... executive producer production
  
  - Don't Ever Say I Wasn't There for You (2024) ... executive producer production
  
  2024
- Hijack
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  - Terminal (2026) ... executive producer production
  
  - Contact (2026) ... executive producer production
  
  - Junction (2026) ... executive producer production
  
  - Outage (2026) ... executive producer production
  
  - Switch (2026) ... executive producer production
  
  2023
- Luther: The Fallen Sun
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2023
- A New Diva's Christmas Carol
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2022
- Edicius
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2021
- Concrete Cowboy
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2020
- Yardie
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2018
- 100 Streets
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2016
- Beasts of No Nation
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2015
- No Good Deed
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2014
- How Clubbing Changed the World
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2012
- Luther
  
  - Episode 2 (2015) ... associate producer production
  
  - Episode 1 (2015) ... associate producer production
  
  2010
writing (2 credits)
- Dust to Dreams
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2025
- King for a Term
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2015

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