Acting credits
155
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Idris Elba
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
6.2
Moderate attention
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Movies: 92Series: 71Crew credits: 24
TMDB ID: 17605
IMDb ID: nm0252961
Known for: Acting
Born: September 6, 1972
Age: 54
Place of birth: Hackney, London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2027
Years active: 75
Average TMDB rating: 6.67
Wikidata: Q342604
Also known as
Idrissa Akuna Elba • Sir Idris Elba • Sir Idrissa Akuna Elba
Other jobs
Executive Producer (14)Producer (5)Director (2)Associate Producer (1)Creator (1)Writer (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Idris Elba.
Oct 7, 2027
High in the Clouds
as Barrel (voice)
2027 Movie
Mar 11, 2027
Sonic the Hedgehog 4
as Knuckles (voice)
2027 Movie
Jan 13, 2027
Children of Blood and Bone
as Lekan
2027 Movie
Masters of the Universe
as Duncan
2026 Movie
How To Hide It
Executive Producer
2026 Movie
Zootopia 2
as Chief Bogo (voice)
2025 Movie
A House of Dynamite
as POTUS
2025 Movie
Dust to Dreams
Director
2025 Movie
Fixed
as Rocco (voice)
2025 Movie
Heads of State
as Sam Clarke
2025 Movie
Victory
as Idris Elba
2025 Movie
Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis
as Self - Presenter
2025 Movie
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
as Knuckles (voice)
2024 Movie
The Brown Dog
Executive Producer
2024 Movie
Gold: A Journey with Idris Elba
2023 Movie
Extraction 2
as Alcott
2023 Movie
Luther: The Fallen Sun
as John Luther
2023 Movie
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
as The Fox (voice)
2022 Movie
A New Diva's Christmas Carol
Producer
2022 Movie
Three Thousand Years of Longing
as The Djinn
2022 Movie
Beast
as Dr. Nate Daniels
2022 Movie
Thor: Love and Thunder
as Heimdall
2022 Movie
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
as Knuckles (voice)
2022 Movie
An Audience with Adele
as Self
2021 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Idris Elba.
Road to Glory
as Self • 1 eps
2026 Series
Number One on the Call Sheet
as Self • 1 eps
2025 Series
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2025 Series
The Battle for Black Music: Paid in Full
Executive Producer • 3 eps
2024 Series
Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 4 eps
2024 Series
Knuckles
as Knuckles the Echidna (voice) • 6 eps
2024 Series
Hijack
as Sam Nelson • 15 eps
2023 Series
Zootopia+
as Chief Bogo (voice) • 1 eps
2022 Series
Human Playground
as Self - Host • 6 eps
2022 Series
The Evolution of Black British Music
as Self • 1 eps
2022 Series
Idris Elba's Fight School
as Self • 5 eps
2022 Series
What If...?
as Heimdall (voice) • 1 eps
2021 Series
A World of Calm
as Narrator • 1 eps
2020 Series
Elba vs. Block
as Self • 8 eps
2020 Series
Coronavirus, Explained
as Self - Narrator • 1 eps
2020 Series
Oprah Talks COVID-19
as Self • 1 eps
2020 Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Guest - Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
Turn Up Charlie
as Charlie • 8 eps
2019 Series
The Shop
as Self • 1 eps
2018 Series
In the Long Run
as Walter Easmon • 19 eps
2018 Series
Guerrilla
as Kent • 6 eps
2017 Series
five by five
as Alpha Ash • 5 eps
2017 Series
Idris Elba: Fighter
as Self • 3 eps
2017 Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
1 eps
2015 Series