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Idris Elba

Person
7
Popularity
156
Credits
1972
Born
(53 years old)
UK
Origin

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.

Known For

Acting

Birthday

1972-09-06

Place of Birth

Hackney, London, England, UK

Also Known As

Idrissa Akuna Elba , Idrissa Akuna "Idris" Elba, 伊德瑞斯·艾爾巴

Movies (95)

Poster image of Zootopia 2

Zootopia 2

2025
7.7
Movie
Poster image of Zootopia

TV Shows (61)

Poster image of The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989
8.1
TV Show
Poster image of Law & Order
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Zootopia

2016
7.8
Movie
Poster image of Zootopia 3

Zootopia 3

N/A
0
Movie
Poster image of The Suicide Squad

The Suicide Squad

2021
7.5
Movie
Poster image of Avengers: Infinity War

Avengers: Infinity War

2018
8.3
Movie
Poster image of Avengers: Age of Ultron

Avengers: Age of Ultron

2015
7.3
Movie
Poster image of Sonic the Hedgehog 3

Sonic the Hedgehog 3

2024
7.7
Movie
Poster image of Heads of State

Heads of State

2025
6.9
Movie
Poster image of A House of Dynamite

A House of Dynamite

2025
6.4
Movie
Poster image of Thor: Love and Thunder

Thor: Love and Thunder

2022
6.4
Movie
Poster image of Thor

Thor

2011
6.8
Movie
Poster image of Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

2019
6.9
Movie
Poster image of Thor: Ragnarok

Thor: Ragnarok

2017
7.6
Movie
Poster image of The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book

2016
6.9
Movie
Poster image of Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

2011
5.1
Movie
Poster image of Thor: The Dark World

Thor: The Dark World

2013
6.6
Movie
Poster image of Pacific Rim

Pacific Rim

2013
7
Movie
Poster image of Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

2022
7.5
Movie
Poster image of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

2022
8.3
Movie
Poster image of Star Trek Beyond

Star Trek Beyond

2016
6.8
Movie
Poster image of The Dark Tower

The Dark Tower

2017
5.8
Movie
Poster image of Prometheus

Prometheus

2012
6.6
Movie
Poster image of American Gangster

American Gangster

2007
7.6
Movie
Poster image of 28 Weeks Later

28 Weeks Later

2007
6.7
Movie
Poster image of Extraction 2

Extraction 2

2023
7.4
Movie
Poster image of Three Thousand Years of Longing

Three Thousand Years of Longing

2022
6.9
Movie
Poster image of Masters of the Universe

Masters of the Universe

2026
0
Movie
Poster image of Finding Dory

Finding Dory

2016
7
Movie
Poster image of Fixed

Fixed

2025
6.3
Movie
Poster image of An Audience with Adele

An Audience with Adele

2021
8.4
Movie
Poster image of Bastille Day

Bastille Day

2016
6.4
Movie
Poster image of The Harder They Fall

The Harder They Fall

2021
6.7
Movie
Poster image of Luther: The Fallen Sun

Luther: The Fallen Sun

2023
6.7
Movie
Poster image of Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour

Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour

2016
7.3
Movie
Poster image of This Christmas

This Christmas

2007
6.6
Movie
Poster image of Concrete Cowboy

Concrete Cowboy

2020
6
Movie
Poster image of Beast

Beast

2022
6.6
Movie
Poster image of Cats

Cats

2019
4.1
Movie
🎬
No Poster

Children of Blood and Bone

2027
0
Movie
Poster image of Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC

Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC

2011
0
Movie
Poster image of Legacy

Legacy

2010
4.7
Movie
Poster image of Molly's Game

Molly's Game

2017
7.2
Movie
Poster image of Takers

Takers

2010
6.2
Movie
Poster image of One World: Together at Home

One World: Together at Home

2020
7
Movie
Poster image of The Losers

The Losers

2010
6.3
Movie
Poster image of The Reaping

The Reaping

2007
5.7
Movie
Poster image of Enchanted Kingdom

Enchanted Kingdom

2014
6.3
Movie
Poster image of Prom Night

Prom Night

2008
5.1
Movie
Poster image of RocknRolla

RocknRolla

2008
7
Movie
Poster image of Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

2013
6.9
Movie
Poster image of No Good Deed

No Good Deed

2014
6
Movie
Poster image of Beasts of No Nation

Beasts of No Nation

2015
7.6
Movie
🎬
No Poster

King for a Term

2015
1
Movie
Poster image of Daddy's Little Girls

Daddy's Little Girls

2007
6.9
Movie
Poster image of Obsessed

Obsessed

2009
5.8
Movie
Poster image of 100 Streets

100 Streets

2016
6
Movie
Poster image of The Unborn

The Unborn

2009
5.2
Movie
Poster image of The Mountain Between Us

The Mountain Between Us

2017
6.7
Movie
Poster image of All In The Game

All In The Game

2006
6.1
Movie
Poster image of The Gospel

The Gospel

2005
5.3
Movie
Poster image of Gold: A Journey with Idris Elba

Gold: A Journey with Idris Elba

2023
0
Movie
Poster image of One Love

One Love

2003
5.3
Movie
Poster image of Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney

Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney

2020
0
Movie
Poster image of The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus

The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus

2012
7.2
Movie
Poster image of The Human Contract

The Human Contract

2008
4.4
Movie
Poster image of Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis

Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis

2025
10
Movie
Poster image of Sometimes in April

Sometimes in April

2005
7.1
Movie
🎬
No Poster

Cut from a Different Cloth

2015
7.8
Movie
Poster image of The Gunman

The Gunman

2015
5.8
Movie
🎬
No Poster

How Clubbing Changed the World

2012
6
Movie
Poster image of High in the Clouds

High in the Clouds

2027
0
Movie
🎬
No Poster

Untitled Idris Elba/Simon Kinberg Spy Romance Film

N/A
0
Movie
Poster image of Belle Maman

Belle Maman

1999
5.1
Movie
🎬
No Poster

How Hip Hop Changed the World

2011
7
Movie
Poster image of Kroos

Kroos

2019
6.1
Movie
🎬
No Poster

Hammer Down

N/A
0
Movie
🎬
No Poster

Above the Below

N/A
0
Movie
Poster image of Mandela, My Dad and Me

Mandela, My Dad and Me

2015
6
Movie
Poster image of Second Coming

Second Coming

2014
5.2
Movie
Poster image of Victory

Victory

2025
0
Movie
Poster image of Marine Life Interviews

Marine Life Interviews

2016
6.2
Movie
Poster image of Passion Project

Passion Project

2021
0
Movie
Poster image of Buffalo Soldiers

Buffalo Soldiers

2002
6.3
Movie
Poster image of Sorted

Sorted

2000
5.4
Movie
🎬
No Poster

Spiders and Flies

1996
0
Movie
🎬
No Poster

Bang!

N/A
0
Movie
Poster image of 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

2021
7
Movie
🎬
No Poster

This Is How It Goes

N/A
0
Movie
Poster image of Tapping the Wire

Tapping the Wire

2007
7.3
Movie
🎬
No Poster

Untitled Luther Sequel

N/A
0
Movie
Poster image of The Peter Weyland Files: 'Prometheus' Transmission

The Peter Weyland Files: 'Prometheus' Transmission

2012
7
Movie
🎬
No Poster

Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort

2020
0
Movie
Poster image of The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

2012
0
Movie
🎬
No Poster

Infernus

N/A
0
Movie
🎬
No Poster

Stay Frosty

N/A
0
Movie

Law & Order

1990
7.4
TV Show
Poster image of The Daily Show

The Daily Show

1996
6.5
TV Show
Poster image of The Office

The Office

2005
8.6
TV Show
Poster image of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014
5.9
TV Show
Poster image of CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami

2002
7.8
TV Show
Poster image of The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019
6.3
TV Show
Poster image of Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014
5.3
TV Show
Poster image of The Wire

The Wire

2002
8.7
TV Show
Poster image of The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show

2007
7.2
TV Show
Poster image of What If...?

What If...?

2021
8.1
TV Show
Poster image of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015
6.2
TV Show
Poster image of Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975
7
TV Show
Poster image of Zootopia+

Zootopia+

2022
7.3
TV Show
Poster image of The View

The View

1997
4.3
TV Show
Poster image of Silent Witness

Silent Witness

1996
7.5
TV Show
Poster image of LIVE with Kelly and Mark

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988
5.4
TV Show
Poster image of Hot Ones

Hot Ones

2015
7.2
TV Show
Poster image of Hijack

Hijack

2023
7.7
TV Show
Poster image of Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003
5.5
TV Show
Poster image of Girlfriends

Girlfriends

2000
7.4
TV Show
Poster image of The Last Leg

The Last Leg

2013
5.7
TV Show
Poster image of Luther

Luther

2010
7.9
TV Show
Poster image of Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

2000
7.6
TV Show
Poster image of The Tyra Banks Show

The Tyra Banks Show

2005
4.8
TV Show
Poster image of Absolutely Fabulous

Absolutely Fabulous

1992
7.6
TV Show
Poster image of The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

2002
7.2
TV Show
Poster image of Knuckles

Knuckles

2024
7.4
TV Show
Poster image of The Oscars

The Oscars

1953
7
TV Show
Poster image of Made in Hollywood

Made in Hollywood

2005
4.7
TV Show
📺
No Poster

Lie Detector

2018
5.5
TV Show
Poster image of Hack

Hack

2002
7.7
TV Show
Poster image of The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

1987
6.3
TV Show
Poster image of MTV Europe Music Awards

MTV Europe Music Awards

1994
10
TV Show
Poster image of The Shop

The Shop

2018
4.9
TV Show
Poster image of 2Point4 Children

2Point4 Children

1991
7.2
TV Show
Poster image of Space Precinct

Space Precinct

1994
6.2
TV Show
Poster image of The Frame

The Frame

2013
10
TV Show
Poster image of Bramwell

Bramwell

1995
3.6
TV Show
Poster image of Soul Food

Soul Food

2000
7
TV Show
Poster image of Chicken Shop Date

Chicken Shop Date

2014
6
TV Show
Poster image of Coronavirus, Explained

Coronavirus, Explained

2020
6.9
TV Show
📺
No Poster

Dangerfield

1995
6
TV Show
Poster image of Number One on the Call Sheet

Number One on the Call Sheet

2025
5.3
TV Show
Poster image of Guerrilla

Guerrilla

2017
4.7
TV Show
Poster image of In the Long Run

In the Long Run

2018
7.3
TV Show
Poster image of A World of Calm

A World of Calm

2020
6.7
TV Show
Poster image of Oprah Talks COVID-19

Oprah Talks COVID-19

2020
6
TV Show
Poster image of Crocodile Shoes

Crocodile Shoes

1994
7.2
TV Show
Poster image of Turn Up Charlie

Turn Up Charlie

2019
6.5
TV Show
Poster image of Ultraviolet

Ultraviolet

1998
7.1
TV Show
Poster image of Idris Elba: No Limits

Idris Elba: No Limits

2015
0
TV Show
Poster image of The Governor

The Governor

1995
7
TV Show
Poster image of Idris Elba: King of Speed

Idris Elba: King of Speed

2013
7
TV Show
Poster image of Human Playground

Human Playground

2022
6.9
TV Show
Poster image of five by five

five by five

2017
0
TV Show
Poster image of Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color

Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color

2024
6.3
TV Show
Poster image of Elba vs. Block

Elba vs. Block

2020
0
TV Show
Poster image of Idris Elba: Fighter

Idris Elba: Fighter

2017
7.3
TV Show
📺
No Poster

Things Fall Apart

N/A
0
TV Show
Poster image of Idris Elba's Fight School

Idris Elba's Fight School

2022
4.5
TV Show