Movie
High in the Clouds
2027
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Idris Elba
Born: September 6, 1972
Hackney, London, England, UK
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.
Filmography (142)
Movie
Sonic the Hedgehog 4
2027
Movie
Masters of the Universe
2026
Movie
Zootopia 2
2025
Movie
Zootopia: Better Zoogether!
2025
Movie
6.4
A House of Dynamite
2025
Movie
6.3
Fixed
2025
Movie
6.9
Heads of State
2025
Movie
Victory
2025
TV
5.3
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
Movie
10.0
Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis
2025
Movie
7.6
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
2024
TV
6.3
Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color
2024
TV
7.3
Knuckles
2024
Movie
Gold: A Journey with Idris Elba
2023
TV
7.7
Hijack
2023
Movie
7.4
Extraction 2
2023
Movie
6.6
Luther: The Fallen Sun
2023
Movie
8.2
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
2022
TV
7.2
Zootopia+
2022
Movie
Food 2050
2022
TV
6.9
Human Playground
2022
Movie
6.9
Three Thousand Years of Longing
2022
Movie
6.5
Beast
2022
Movie
6.4
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022
TV
4.5
Idris Elba's Fight School
2022
Movie
7.4
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
2022
Movie
8.4
An Audience with Adele
2021
Movie
7.0
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
Movie
6.6
The Harder They Fall
2021
Movie
Passion Project
2021
TV
8.1
What If...?
2021
Movie
7.5
The Suicide Squad
2021
Movie
Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney
2020
TV
6.7
A World of Calm
2020
Movie
6.0
Concrete Cowboy
2020
TV
Elba vs. Block
2020
TV
6.9
Coronavirus, Explained
2020
Movie
7.0
One World: Together at Home
2020
TV
6.0
Oprah Talks COVID-19
2020
Movie
4.1
Cats
2019
TV
6.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Movie
6.8
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
2019
Movie
6.1
Kroos
2019
TV
6.6
Turn Up Charlie
2019
TV
4.9
The Shop
2018
Movie
8.2
Avengers: Infinity War
2018
TV
7.3
In the Long Run
2018
Movie
7.2
Molly's Game
2017
Movie
6.7
The Mountain Between Us
2017
Movie
7.6
Thor: Ragnarok
2017
Movie
5.8
The Dark Tower
2017
TV
4.6
Guerrilla
2017
TV
five by five
2017
TV
7.3
Idris Elba: Fighter
2017
Movie
7.3
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
2016
Movie
6.2
Marine Life Interviews
2016
Movie
6.0
100 Streets
2016
Movie
6.8
Star Trek Beyond
2016
Movie
7.0
Finding Dory
2016
Movie
6.3
Bastille Day
2016
Movie
6.9
The Jungle Book
2016
Movie
7.8
Zootopia
2016
Movie
6.0
Mandela, My Dad and Me
2015
Movie
7.6
Beasts of No Nation
2015
TV
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
TV
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
TV
Idris Elba: No Limits
2015
Movie
7.3
Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015
TV
7.2
Hot Ones
2015
Movie
5.8
The Gunman
2015
TV
6.0
Chicken Shop Date
2014
Movie
5.9
No Good Deed
2014
Movie
5.2
Second Coming
2014
Movie
6.3
Enchanted Kingdom
2014
TV
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
TV
5.9
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
TV
5.9
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
TV
7.0
Idris Elba: King of Speed
2013
Movie
6.9
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
2013
Movie
6.5
Thor: The Dark World
2013
Movie
6.9
Pacific Rim
2013
TV
10.0
The Frame
2013
TV
5.7
The Last Leg
2013
Movie
7.2
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
2012
Movie
7.0
The Peter Weyland Files: 'Prometheus' Transmission
2012
Movie
The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
2012
Movie
6.6
Prometheus
2012
Movie
5.0
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
2011
Movie
6.8
Thor
2011
Movie
Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC
2011
Movie
4.6
Legacy
2010
Movie
6.2
Takers
2010
TV
7.9
Luther
2010
Movie
6.3
The Losers
2010
Movie
5.7
Obsessed
2009
Movie
5.2
The Unborn
2009
Movie
4.4
The Human Contract
2008
Movie
6.9
RocknRolla
2008
Movie
5.1
Prom Night
2008
Movie
6.5
This Christmas
2007
Movie
7.6
American Gangster
2007
Movie
7.3
Tapping the Wire
2007
Movie
6.6
28 Weeks Later
2007
Movie
5.7
The Reaping
2007
TV
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Movie
6.9
Daddy's Little Girls
2007
Movie
6.1
All In The Game
2006
Movie
5.3
The Gospel
2005
TV
4.7
Made in Hollywood
2005
TV
4.8
The Tyra Banks Show
2005
TV
8.6
The Office
2005
Movie
7.1
Sometimes in April
2005
Movie
5.3
One Love
2003
TV
5.5
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Movie
6.3
Buffalo Soldiers
2002
TV
7.7
Hack
2002
TV
7.7
CSI: Miami
2002
TV
8.6
The Wire
2002
TV
7.2
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002
TV
7.5
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
2000
Movie
5.4
Sorted
2000
TV
7.3
Girlfriends
2000
TV
7.0
Soul Food
2000
Movie
5.0
Belle Maman
1999
TV
7.1
Ultraviolet
1998
TV
4.3
The View
1997
TV
6.4
The Daily Show
1996
TV
7.5
Silent Witness
1996
TV
The Governor
1995
TV
3.6
Bramwell
1995
TV
10.0
MTV Europe Music Awards
1994
TV
7.2
Crocodile Shoes
1994
TV
5.9
Space Precinct
1994
TV
7.5
Absolutely Fabulous
1992
TV
7.2
2Point4 Children
1991
TV
7.4
Law & Order
1990
TV
8.0
The Simpsons
1989
TV
5.4
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
TV
6.3
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
TV
7.0
Saturday Night Live
1975
TV
7.0
The Oscars
1953
Other Credits
Production
Movie
The Chelsea Cowboy
N/A
Executive Producer
Movie
5.9
No Good Deed
2014
Executive Producer
Movie
7.6
Beasts of No Nation
2015
Producer
Movie
6.0
100 Streets
2016
Producer
Movie
6.9
Heads of State
2025
Executive Producer
Movie
6.0
Concrete Cowboy
2020
Producer
Movie
5.9
Yardie
2018
Executive Producer
Movie
Edicius
2021
Executive Producer
Directing
Writing
Crew
Creator
TV
7.3
In the Long Run
2018
Creator
TV
6.6
Turn Up Charlie
2019
Creator