Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
September 6, 1972
Age
54
Place of Birth
Hackney, London, England, UK
Popularity
7.5
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.
Also known as
Idrissa Akuna Elba · Sir Idris Elba · Sir Idrissa Akuna Elba
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Awards
0 won · 1 nominatedKnown For
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · TV
8.6
The Office
2005 · TV
7.3
Law & Order
1990 · TV
5.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · TV
8.0
The Simpsons
1989 · TV
6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · TV
6.4
The Daily Show
1996 · TV
6.2
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · TV
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV
4.3
The View
1997 · TV
7.7
CSI: Miami
2002 · TV
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · TV
Filmography
2027
High in the Clouds
Movie · Barrel (voice)
0.0
2027
Sonic the Hedgehog 4
Movie · Knuckles (voice)
0.0
2027
Children of Blood and Bone
Movie · Lekan
0.0
2026
Above the Below
Movie · Jackson
0.0
2026
Masters of the Universe
Movie · Duncan
7.1
2026
Road to Glory
TV · Self
9.0
2025
Zootopia 2
Movie · Chief Bogo (voice)
7.7
2025
A House of Dynamite
Movie · POTUS
6.4
2025
Fixed
Movie · Rocco (voice)
6.2
2025
Heads of State
Movie · Sam Clarke
6.8
2025
Victory
Movie · Idris Elba
0.0
2025
Number One on the Call Sheet
TV · Self
3.9
2025
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
TV · Self - Guest
5.5
2025
Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis
Movie · Self - Presenter
3.4
2024
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Movie · Knuckles (voice)
7.6
2024
Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color
TV · Self - Narrator (voice)
7.0
2024
Knuckles
TV · Knuckles the Echidna (voice)
7.3
2023
Gold: A Journey with Idris Elba
Movie
7.5
2023
Hijack
TV · Sam Nelson
7.5
2023
Extraction 2
Movie · Alcott
7.4
2023
Luther: The Fallen Sun
Movie · John Luther
6.6
2022
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Movie · The Fox (voice)
8.2
2022
Zootopia+
TV · Chief Bogo (voice)
7.1
2022
Human Playground
TV · Self - Host
6.9