Idris Elba
Sir Idrissa Akuna Elba is an English actor, DJ, and rapper. He has received a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for three BAFTA Awards and six Emmy Awards. He was named in the Time 100 list of the Most Influential People in the World in 2016. His films have grossed over $9.8 billion at the global box office, making him one of the top 20 highest-grossing actors. In 2025, Elba was named as the UK's ninth-most influential Black person in the 2026 Powerlist.
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🎬 Movies
A House of Dynamite
actor
2025
Heads of State
actor
2025
Extraction 2
actor
2023
Luther: The Fallen Sun
actor
2023
Beast
actor
2022
Three Thousand Years of Longing
actor
2022
Thor: Love and Thunder
actor
2022
The Suicide Squad
actor
2021
The Harder They Fall
actor
2021
Cats
actor
2020
Hobbs & Shaw
actor
2019
Molly's Game
actor
2018
The Mountain Between Us
actor
2018
Yardie
director
2018
Thor: Ragnarok
actor
2017
The Dark Tower
actor
2017
100 Streets
actor
2017
Star Trek Beyond
actor
2016
Bastille Day
actor
2016
The Jungle Book
actor
2016
Enchanted Kingdom
actor
2015
Beasts of No Nation
actor
2015
The Gunman
actor
2015
No Good Deed
actor
2014
Second Coming
actor
2014
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
actor
2014
Thor: The Dark World
actor
2013
Pacific Rim
actor
2013
Prometheus
actor
2012
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
actor
2012
Thor
actor
2011
Takers
actor
2010
The Losers
actor
2010
Obsessed
actor
2009
The Unborn
actor
2009
Prom Night
actor
2008
RocknRolla
actor
2008
The Human Contract
actor
2008
This Christmas
actor
2007
American Gangster
actor
2007
28 Weeks Later
actor
2007
The Reaping
actor
2007
Daddy's Little Girls
actor
2007
The Gospel
actor
2005
One Love
actor
2003
Sorted
actor
2002
Buffalo Soldiers
actor
2002
Belle maman
actor
1999
📺 TV Shows
Paid in Full: The Battle for Black Music
executive_producer
2024
Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color
executive_producer
2024
Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color
actor
2024
Knuckles
executive_producer
2024
Knuckles
actor
2024
Hijack
actor
2023
Hijack
executive_producer
2023
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
actor
2022
Zootopia+
actor
2022
Human Playground
actor
2022
Idris Elba's Fight School
actor
2022
Idris Elba's Fight School
executive_producer
2022
Coronavirus, Explained
actor
2020
Elba vs Block
actor
2020
Turn Up Charlie
actor
2019
Turn Up Charlie
creator
2019
Turn Up Charlie
executive_producer
2019
In the Long Run
actor
2018
In the Long Run
creator
2018
In the Long Run
executive_producer
2018
Guerrilla
actor
2017
five by five
actor
2017
Idris Elba: Fighter
actor
2017
Idris Elba: No Limits
actor
2015
Idris Elba: King of Speed
actor
2013
Luther
actor
2010
The Wire
actor
2002
Ultraviolet
actor
1998
The Governor
actor
1995
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
actor
1995
Dangerfield
actor
1995