Acting credits
148
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Idris Elba
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
6.4
Moderate attention
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Movies: 89Series: 67Crew credits: 24
TMDB ID: 17605
IMDb ID: nm0252961
Known for: Acting
Born: September 6, 1972
Age: 53
Place of birth: Hackney, London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2027
Years active: 75
Average TMDB rating: 6.66
Wikidata: Q342604
Also known as
Idrissa Akuna Elba • Sir Idris Elba • Sir Idrissa Akuna Elba
Other jobs
Executive Producer (14)Producer (5)Writer (2)Associate Producer (1)Creator (1)Director (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
as Barrel (voice)
High in the Clouds
2027 • Movie
Mar 11, 2027
as Knuckles (voice)
Sonic the Hedgehog 4
2027 • Movie
Jan 13, 2027
as Lekan
Children of Blood and Bone
2027 • Movie
as Duncan
Masters of the Universe
2026 • Movie
Executive Producer
How To Hide It
2026 • Movie
as Chief Bogo (voice)
Zootopia 2
2025 • Movie
as POTUS
A House of Dynamite
2025 • Movie
Writer
Dust to Dreams
2025 • Movie
as Rocco (voice)
Fixed
2025 • Movie
as Sam Clarke
Heads of State
2025 • Movie
as Idris Elba
Victory
2025 • Movie
as Self - Presenter
Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis
2025 • Movie
as Knuckles (voice)
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
2024 • Movie
Executive Producer
The Brown Dog
2024 • Movie
Gold: A Journey with Idris Elba
2023 • Movie
as Alcott
Extraction 2
2023 • Movie
as John Luther
Luther: The Fallen Sun
2023 • Movie
as The Fox (voice)
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
2022 • Movie
Producer
A New Diva's Christmas Carol
2022 • Movie
as The Djinn
Three Thousand Years of Longing
2022 • Movie
as Dr. Nate Daniels
Beast
2022 • Movie
as Heimdall
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022 • Movie
as Knuckles (voice)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
2022 • Movie
as Self
An Audience with Adele
2021 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Idris Elba.
as Self • 1 eps
Road to Glory
2026 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
2025 • Series
Executive Producer • 3 eps
The Battle for Black Music: Paid in Full
2024 • Series
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 4 eps
Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color
2024 • Series
as Knuckles the Echidna (voice) • 6 eps
Knuckles
2024 • Series
as Sam Nelson • 15 eps
Hijack
2023 • Series
as Chief Bogo (voice) • 1 eps
Zootopia+
2022 • Series
as Self - Host • 6 eps
Human Playground
2022 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Evolution of Black British Music
2022 • Series
as Self • 5 eps
Idris Elba's Fight School
2022 • Series
as Heimdall (voice) • 1 eps
What If...?
2021 • Series
as Narrator • 1 eps
A World of Calm
2020 • Series
as Self • 8 eps
Elba vs. Block
2020 • Series
as Self - Narrator • 1 eps
Coronavirus, Explained
2020 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Oprah Talks COVID-19
2020 • Series
as Guest - Self • 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 • Series
as Charlie • 8 eps
Turn Up Charlie
2019 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Shop
2018 • Series
as Walter Easmon • 19 eps
In the Long Run
2018 • Series
as Kent • 6 eps
Guerrilla
2017 • Series
as Alpha Ash • 5 eps
five by five
2017 • Series
as Self • 3 eps
Idris Elba: Fighter
2017 • Series
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
2016 • Series