Idris Elba
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.
160 acting credits · 8 directing credits
Acting · 160
Law & Order
1990
The Simpsons
1989
The Daily Show
1996
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Office
2005
CSI: Miami
2002
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Zootopia 2
2025
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Saturday Night Live
1975
Avengers: Infinity War
2018
The View
1997
Silent Witness
1996
The Wire
2002
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Hot Ones
2015
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Masters of the Universe
2026
What If...?
2021
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
2024
Zootopia
2016
Girlfriends
2000
The Last Leg
2013
Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
2000
The Tyra Banks Show
2005
The Oscars
1953
Thor: Ragnarok
2017
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
2019
Hijack
2023
Pacific Rim
2013
Thor
2011
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
The Suicide Squad
2021
Luther
2010
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002
Thor: The Dark World
2013
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
2022
Absolutely Fabulous
1992
Hack
2002
Prometheus
2012
Playhouse Presents
2012
MTV Europe Music Awards
1994
Made in Hollywood
2005
Extraction 2
2023
28 Weeks Later
2007
The Shop
2018
The Jungle Book
2016
Heads of State
2025
Chicken Shop Date
2014
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
2011
Dangerfield
1995
Finding Dory
2016
Star Trek Beyond
2016
Sonic the Hedgehog 4
2027
American Gangster
2007
Bramwell
1995
Knuckles
2024
Zootopia+
2022
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
A House of Dynamite
2025
2Point4 Children
1991
Soul Food
2000
Beast
2022
The Frame
2013
The Dark Tower
2017
Space Precinct
1994
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
2022
Molly's Game
2017
Bastille Day
2016
Three Thousand Years of Longing
2022
Obsessed
2009
Cats
2019
The Losers
2010
Guerrilla
2017
Takers
2010
RocknRolla
2008
No Good Deed
2014
The Unborn
2009
Extraction 3
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The Harder They Fall
2021
A World of Calm
2020
Crocodile Shoes
1994
Luther: The Fallen Sun
2023
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
Prom Night
2008
The Mountain Between Us
2017
The Reaping
2007
Fixed
2025
Turn Up Charlie
2019
Beasts of No Nation
2015
The Governor
1995
Daddy's Little Girls
2007
Coronavirus, Explained
2020
In the Long Run
2018
Oprah Talks COVID-19
2020
Ultraviolet
1998
The Gunman
2015
Zootopia 3
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Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
2013
This Christmas
2007
Buffalo Soldiers
2002
High in the Clouds
2027
One World: Together at Home
2020
five by five
2017
Alien: Paradise
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The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
2012
Children of Blood and Bone
2027
The Human Contract
2008
Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color
2024
Sometimes in April
2005
The Evolution of Black British Music
2022
Marine Life Interviews
2016
Idris Elba: King of Speed
2013
An Audience with Adele
2021
Elba vs. Block
2020
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
2016
The Path to Vengeance: Making 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance'
2012
Human Playground
2022
Belle Maman
1999
Legacy
2010
Concrete Cowboy
2020
Tapping the Wire
2007
The Gospel
2005
Idris Elba's Fight School
2022
Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort
2020
Enchanted Kingdom
2014
100 Streets
2016
Idris Elba: Fighter
2017
Road to Glory
2026
Idris Elba: No Limits
2015
Sorted
2000
Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis
2025
Kroos
2019
Infernus
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The Peter Weyland Files: 'Prometheus' Transmission
2012
One Love
2003
Second Coming
2014
Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC
2011
This Is How It Goes
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Spiders and Flies
1996
Bang!
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All In The Game
2006
How Clubbing Changed the World
2012
King for a Term
2015
Passion Project
2021
Untitled Luther Sequel
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Hammer Down
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Gold: A Journey with Idris Elba
2023
Mandela, My Dad and Me
2015
Cut from a Different Cloth
2015
Victory
2025
Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney
2020
Above the Below
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How Hip Hop Changed the World
2011
Stay Frosty
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