Idris Elba

Acting · Born 1972-09-06 in Hackney, London, England, UK

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

• American Gangster as Tango
• RocknRolla as Mumbles
• The Suicide Squad as Bloodsport
• Extraction 2 as Alcott
• Beasts of No Nation as Commandant
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3 as Knuckles (voice)
• The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse as The Fox (voice)
• Avengers: Age of Ultron as Heimdall
• Zootopia as Chief Bogo (voice)
• Thor: Ragnarok as Heimdall

TV

• Luther as John Luther
• The Wire as Stringer Bell
• CSI: Miami as Angelo Sedaris
• The Office as Charles Miner
• Hijack as Sam Nelson
• What If...? as Heimdall (voice)
• The Simpsons as Devil (voice)
• Ultraviolet as Vaughan Rice
• The Tyra Banks Show as Self
• Girlfriends as Paul Raymond