Idris Elba

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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

Avengers: Infinity War

Heimdall

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Heimdall

Thor

Heimdall

Thor: Ragnarok

Heimdall

Thor: The Dark World

Heimdall

Zootopia

Chief Bogo (voice)

Pacific Rim

Stacker Pentecost

Prometheus

Janek

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2027	High in the Clouds MOVIE	Barrel (voice)
2027	Sonic the Hedgehog 4 MOVIE	Knuckles (voice)
2027	Children of Blood and Bone MOVIE	Lekan
2026	Masters of the Universe MOVIE	Duncan / Man-At-Arms
2025	Zootopia 2 MOVIE	Chief Bogo (voice)
2025	A House of Dynamite MOVIE	POTUS
2025	Fixed MOVIE	Rocco (voice)
2025	Heads of State MOVIE	Sam Clarke
2025	Victory MOVIE	Idris Elba
2025	Number One on the Call Sheet TV	Self
2025	Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis MOVIE	Self - Presenter
2024	Sonic the Hedgehog 3 MOVIE	Knuckles (voice)
2024	Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color TV	Self - Narrator (voice)
2024	Knuckles TV	Knuckles the Echidna (voice)
2023	Gold: A Journey with Idris Elba MOVIE	Self
2023	Hijack TV	Sam Nelson
2023	Extraction 2 MOVIE	Alcott
2023	Luther: The Fallen Sun MOVIE	John Luther
2022	The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse MOVIE	The Fox (voice)
2022	Zootopia+ TV	Chief Bogo (voice)
2022	Human Playground TV	Self - Host
2022	Three Thousand Years of Longing MOVIE	The Djinn
2022	Beast MOVIE	Dr. Nate Daniels
2022	Thor: Love and Thunder MOVIE	Heimdall
2022	Idris Elba's Fight School TV	Self
2022	Sonic the Hedgehog 2 MOVIE	Knuckles (voice)
2021	An Audience with Adele MOVIE	Self
2021	2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony MOVIE	Self
2021	The Harder They Fall MOVIE	Rufus Buck
2021	Passion Project MOVIE	Self
2021	What If...? TV	Heimdall (voice)
2021	The Suicide Squad MOVIE	Bloodsport
2020	Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney MOVIE	Self
2020	A World of Calm TV	Narrator
2020	Concrete Cowboy MOVIE	Harp
2020	Elba vs. Block TV	Self
2020	Coronavirus, Explained TV	Self - Narrator
2020	Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort MOVIE	Self
2020	One World: Together at Home MOVIE	Self
2020	Oprah Talks COVID-19 TV	Self
2019	Cats MOVIE	Macavity
2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show TV	Guest - Self
2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show TV	Self - Guest
2019	Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw MOVIE	Brixton
2019	Kroos MOVIE	Self
2019	Turn Up Charlie TV	Charlie
2018	The Shop TV	Self
2018	Avengers: Infinity War MOVIE	Heimdall
2018	In the Long Run TV	Walter Easmon
2017	Molly's Game MOVIE	Charlie Jaffey
2017	The Mountain Between Us MOVIE	Dr. Ben Bass
2017	Thor: Ragnarok MOVIE	Heimdall
2017	The Dark Tower MOVIE	Roland Deschain
2017	Guerrilla TV	Kent
2017	five by five TV	Alpha Ash
2017	Idris Elba: Fighter TV	Self
2016	Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour MOVIE	Self
2016	Marine Life Interviews MOVIE	Fluke (voice)
2016	100 Streets MOVIE	Max
2016	Star Trek Beyond MOVIE	Krall
2016	Finding Dory MOVIE	Fluke (voice)
2016	Bastille Day MOVIE	Sean Briar
2016	The Jungle Book MOVIE	Shere Khan (voice)
2016	Zootopia MOVIE	Chief Bogo (voice)
2015	Mandela, My Dad and Me MOVIE	Self
2015	Beasts of No Nation MOVIE	Commandant
2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TV	Self
2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TV	Self - Guest
2015	King for a Term MOVIE	Akuna's father
2015	Idris Elba: No Limits TV	Self
2015	Avengers: Age of Ultron MOVIE	Heimdall
2015	Hot Ones TV	Self
2015	The Gunman MOVIE	Barnes
2015	Cut from a Different Cloth MOVIE	Self
2014	Chicken Shop Date TV	Self - Guest
2014	No Good Deed MOVIE	Colin
2014	Second Coming MOVIE	Mark
2014	Enchanted Kingdom MOVIE	narrator
2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers TV	Self
2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers TV	Self - Guest
2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TV	Self - Guest
2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TV	Self
2013	Idris Elba: King of Speed TV	Self
2013	Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom MOVIE	Nelson Mandela
2013	Thor: The Dark World MOVIE	Heimdall
2013	Pacific Rim MOVIE	Stacker Pentecost
2013	The Frame TV	Stacker Pentecost
2013	The Last Leg TV	Self
2012	The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus MOVIE	Self
2012	The Peter Weyland Files: 'Prometheus' Transmission MOVIE	Janek
2012	How Clubbing Changed the World MOVIE	Self
2012	The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance MOVIE	Self
2012	Prometheus MOVIE	Janek
2012	Playhouse Presents TV	Akuna's Father / Narrator
2011	Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance MOVIE	Moreau
2011	How Hip Hop Changed the World MOVIE	Self
2011	Thor MOVIE	Heimdall
2011	Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC MOVIE	Self
2010	Legacy MOVIE	Malcolm Gray
2010	Takers MOVIE	Gordon Jennings
2010	Luther TV	John Luther
2010	The Losers MOVIE	Roque
2009	Obsessed MOVIE	Derek Charles
2009	The Unborn MOVIE	Arthur Wyndham
2008	The Human Contract MOVIE	Larry
2008	RocknRolla MOVIE	Mumbles
2008	Prom Night MOVIE	Detective Winn
2007	This Christmas MOVIE	Quentin "Junior" Whitfield
2007	American Gangster MOVIE	Tango
2007	Tapping the Wire MOVIE	Self
2007	28 Weeks Later MOVIE	General Stone
2007	The Reaping MOVIE	Ben
2007	The Graham Norton Show TV	Self
2007	Daddy's Little Girls MOVIE	Monty James
2006	All In The Game MOVIE	Paul
2005	The Gospel MOVIE	Reverend Charles Frank
2005	Made in Hollywood TV	Self
2005	The Tyra Banks Show TV	Self
2005	The Office TV	Charles Miner
2005	Sometimes in April MOVIE	Augustin
2003	One Love MOVIE	Aaron
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV	Self
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV	Self - Guest
2002	Buffalo Soldiers MOVIE	Kimborough
2002	Hack TV	Mac Boone
2002	CSI: Miami TV	Angelo Sedaris
2002	The Wire TV	Stringer Bell
2002	The Inspector Lynley Mysteries TV	Robert Gabriel
2000	Aqua Teen Hunger Force TV	Police Officer (voice)
2000	Sorted MOVIE	Jam
2000	Girlfriends TV	Paul Raymond
2000	Soul Food TV	Smitty
1999	Belle Maman MOVIE	Grégoire
1998	Ultraviolet TV	Vaughan Rice
1997	The View TV	Self
1996	Spiders and Flies MOVIE	Benton
1996	The Daily Show TV	Self
1996	Silent Witness TV	Charlie
1995	The Governor TV	Officer Chiswick
1995	Bramwell TV	Charlie Carter
1995	The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA TV	Self - Host
1995	Dangerfield TV	Matt Gregory
1994	MTV Europe Music Awards TV	Self - Presenter
1994	Crocodile Shoes TV	Jo Jo
1994	Space Precinct TV	Pizza Delivery Man
1992	Absolutely Fabulous TV	Hilton
1991	2Point4 Children TV	Parachute Instructor
1990	Law & Order TV	Lonnie Liston
1989	The Simpsons TV	Devil (voice)
1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark TV	Self - Guest
1987	The Ruth Rendell Mysteries TV	Raffy
1975	Saturday Night Live TV	Self - Host
1953	The Oscars TV	Self
	Infernus MOVIE	Donovan Kamara
	Bang! MOVIE	Self
	Above the Below MOVIE	Jackson
	Stay Frosty MOVIE	Self
	Hammer Down MOVIE	Mac
	This Is How It Goes MOVIE	Self
	Untitled Luther Sequel MOVIE	John Luther

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