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.

Known For

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Graham Norton Show

Self

The Graham Norton Show

Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Self

The Daily Show

Self

Hot Ones

Self

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2027	Children of Blood and Bone	Lekan
2026	Masters of the Universe	Duncan / Man-At-Arms
2025	Fixed	Rocco (voice)
2025	Heads of State	Sam Clarke
2025	Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis	Self - Presenter
2025	Victory
2025	Zootopia 2	Chief Bogo (voice)
2024	Sonic the Hedgehog 3	Knuckles (voice)
2024	The Casting of Frank Stone	Robert Green
2024	A Very Sonic Christmas	Knuckles (voice)
2023	Luther: The Fallen Sun	John Luther
2023	Extraction 2	Alcott
2023	Gold: A Journey With Idris Elba
2022	Thor: Love and Thunder	Heimdall
2022	The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse	The Fox (voice)
2022	Food 2050	Narrator
2022	Three Thousand Years of Longing	The Djinn
2022	Beast	Dr. Nate Daniels
2022	Sonic the Hedgehog 2	Knuckles (voice)
2021	An Audience with Adele	Self
2021	2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony	Self
2021	The Suicide Squad	Bloodsport
2021	The Harder They Fall	Rufus Buck
2021	Passion Project	Self
2020	Concrete Cowboy	Harp
2020	Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney
2020	One World: Together at Home	Self
2019	Kroos	Self
2019	Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw	Brixton
2019	Cats	Macavity
2018	Avengers: Infinity War	Heimdall
2017	Thor: Ragnarok	Heimdall
2017	The Dark Tower	Roland Deschain
2017	Molly's Game	Charlie Jaffey
2017	The Mountain Between Us	Dr. Ben Bass
2016	Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour	Self
2016	The Jungle Book	Shere Khan (voice)
2016	100 Streets	Max
2016	Bastille Day	Sean Briar
2016	Star Trek Beyond	Krall
2016	Zootopia	Chief Bogo (voice)
2016	Finding Dory	Fluke (voice)
2016	Marine Life Interviews	Fluke (voice)
2015	Beasts of No Nation	Commandant
2015	Avengers: Age of Ultron	Heimdall
2015	The Gunman	Barnes
2015	King for a Term	Akuna's father
2015	Mandela, My Dad and Me	Self
2015	Cut from a Different Cloth
2014	No Good Deed	Colin Evans
2014	Second Coming	Mark
2014	Enchanted Kingdom	narrator
2013	Pacific Rim	Stacker Pentecost
2013	Thor: The Dark World	Heimdall
2013	Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom	Nelson Mandela
2012	Prometheus	Janek
2012	How Clubbing Changed the World	Self
2012	The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance	Self
2012	The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus	Self
2012	Transmission	Janek
2011	Thor	Heimdall
2011	Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance	Moreau
2011	Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC	Self
2011	How Hip Hop Changed the World	Self
2010	Takers	Gordon Jennings
2010	The Losers	Roque
2010	Legacy	Malcolm Gray
2009	The Unborn	Arthur Wyndham
2009	Obsessed	Derek Charles
2008	The Human Contract	Larry
2008	Prom Night	Detective Winn
2008	RocknRolla	Mumbles
2007	28 Weeks Later	General Stone
2007	The Reaping	Ben
2007	American Gangster	Tango
2007	This Christmas	Quentin "Junior" Whitfield
2007	Daddy's Little Girls	Monty James
2007	Code Red: The Making of '28 Weeks Later'	Self / General Stone
2007	Tapping the Wire	Self
2006	All In The Game	Paul
2005	The Gospel	Reverend Charles Frank
2005	Sometimes in April	Augustin
2003	One Love	Aaron
2002	Buffalo Soldiers	Kimborough
2000	Sorted	Jam
1999	Belle Maman	Grégoire
1996	Spiders and Flies	Benton
	We All Die Young
	Infernus	Donovan Kamara
	Bang!
	Above the Below	Jackson
	Untitled Idris Elba/Simon Kinberg Spy Romance Film
	Stay Frosty
	Untitled Kathryn Bigelow Political Thriller
	Hammer Down	Mac
	High in the Clouds	Barrel (voice)

Year	TV Show	Role
2025	Number One on the Call Sheet	Self
2024	Knuckles	Knuckles the Echidna (voice)
2024	Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color	narrator
2023	Hijack	Sam Nelson
2022	Idris Elba's Fight School	Self
2022	Human Playground	Host
2022	Zootopia+	Chief Bogo (voice)
2021	What If...?	Heimdall (voice)
2020	Oprah Talks COVID-19	Self
2020	Elba vs. Block	Self
2020	Coronavirus, Explained	Self - Narrator
2020	A World of Calm	Narrator
2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show	Self
2019	Turn Up Charlie	Charlie
2018	In the Long Run	Walter Easmon
2018	The Shop	Self
2018	Lie Detector	Self
2017	Guerrilla	Kent
2017	five by five	Alpha Ash
2017	Idris Elba: Fighter	Self
2015	Idris Elba: No Limits	Self
2015	Hot Ones	Self
2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self - Guest
2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self
2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self
2013	Idris Elba: King of Speed	Self
2013	The Frame	Stacker Pentecost
2013	The Last Leg	Self
2010	Luther	DCI John Luther
2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self
2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self - Guest
2006	The One Show	Self - Guest
2005	The Office	Charles Miner
2005	The Tyra Banks Show
2005	Made in Hollywood	Self
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self
2002	The Wire	Stringer Bell
2002	CSI: Miami	Angelo Sedaris
2002	The Inspector Lynley Mysteries	Robert Gabriel
2002	Hack	Mac Boone
2000	Girlfriends	Paul Raymond
2000	Soul Food	Smitty
1998	Ultraviolet	Vaughan Rice
1997	The View	Self
1996	Silent Witness	Charlie
1996	The Daily Show	Self
1995	Dangerfield	Matt Gregory
1995	The Governor	Officer Chiswick
1995	Bramwell	Charlie Carter
1994	Space Precinct	Pizza Delivery Man
1994	Crocodile Shoes	Jo Jo
1994	MTV Europe Music Awards	Self - Presenter
1992	Absolutely Fabulous	Hilton
1991	2Point4 Children	Parachute Instructor
1990	Law & Order	Lonnie Liston
1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self - Guest
1987	The Ruth Rendell Mysteries	Raffy
1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host
1953	The Oscars	Self
	Things Fall Apart	Okonkwo