
Idrissa Akuna "Idris" Elba (born 6 September 1972) is a British television, theatre, and film actor who has starred in both British and American productions. Elba grew up in Canning Town, East London. One of his first acting roles was in the soap opera Family Affairs. He has worked in a variety of TV roles including Ultraviolet and The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. He is also known for playing Russell "Stringer" Bell, a Baltimore druglord and aspiring businessman, in HBO's The Wire. Elba is also a DJ under the moniker DJ Big Driis / Big Driis the Londoner, and a hip-hop soul recording artist. In 2009, Elba appeared on a six-episode arc of the American sitcom The Office, playing Charles Miner, Michael Scott's new boss. In 2010, he appeared in the action film The Losers in the role of Roque, the second-in-command of a black-ops team. The same year, he appeared in the thriller Takers. Elba played the title role of Detective John Luther in the 6-part BBC television show Luther that aired from May 4, 2010 on BBC One. Description above from the Wikipedia article Idris Elba, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie | The Trap | 2019 | |
Movie | Vengadores: Infinity War | Heimdall | 2018-04-25 |
Movie | Pacific Rim 2: Insurrección | Stacker Pentecost | 2018-03-21 |
Series | Guerrilla | Kent | 2017-04-13 |
Movie | La Torre Oscura | Roland Deschain | 2017-08-03 |
Movie | Molly's Game | Charlie Jaffey | 2017-12-21 |
Movie | Thor: Ragnarok | Heimdall | 2017-10-25 |
Movie | La montaña entre nosotros | Dr. Ben Bass | 2017-10-05 |
Movie | El libro de la selva | Shere Khan (voice) | 2016-04-07 |
Movie | Zootrópolis | Chief Bogo (voice) | 2016-02-11 |
Movie | Asalto en París | Sean Briar | 2016-04-22 |
Movie | 100 calles | Max | 2016-11-11 |
Movie | Finding Dory: Marine Life Interviews | Fluke | 2016-11-15 |
Movie | Buscando a Dory | Fluke (voice) | 2016-06-16 |
Movie | Star Trek: Más allá | Krall | 2016-07-07 |
Movie | Caza al asesino | Barnes | 2015-02-16 |
Series | Idris Elba: No Limits | Himself | 2015-07-06 |
Movie | Vengadores: La era de Ultrón | Heimdall | 2015-04-22 |
Movie | Bestias de ninguna nación | Commandant | 2015-09-11 |
Movie | Mandela, My Dad and Me | Himself | 2015-12-07 |
Movie | King for a Term | Akuna's father | 2015-07-09 |
Movie | Enchanted Kingdom | narrator | 2014-03-25 |
Movie | Second Coming | Mark | 2014-09-02 |
Movie | Sin escrúpulos | Colin Evans | 2014-09-10 |
Movie | Pacific Rim | Stacker Pentecost | 2013-07-11 |
Series | Idris Elba: King of Speed | Himself | 2013-12-26 |
Movie | Thor: El mundo oscuro | Heimdall | 2013-10-29 |
Movie | Mandela, del mito al hombre | Nelson Mandela | 2013-12-06 |
Movie | Prometheus | Janek | 2012-05-30 |
Movie | The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus | Captain Janek | 2012-10-11 |
Movie | How Clubbing Changed the World | Himself | 2012-08-24 |
Movie | The Peter Weyland Files | Janek | 2012-10-09 |
Movie | Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC | Himself | 2011-01-01 |
Movie | Thor | Heimdall | 2011-04-21 |
Movie | How Hip Hop Changed the World | Himself | 2011-08-12 |
Movie | Ghost Rider: Espíritu de venganza | Moreau | 2011-12-10 |
Series | Luther | DCI John Luther | 2010-05-04 |
Movie | Los perdedores | William Roque | 2010-04-23 |
Movie | Legacy | Malcolm Gray | 2010-10-15 |
Movie | Ladrones | Gordon Jennings | 2010-08-26 |
Movie | La semilla del mal | Arthur Wyndham | 2009-01-09 |
Series | The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency | Unknown | 2009-03-15 |
Movie | Obsesionada | Derek Charles | 2009-04-24 |
Movie | Una noche para morir | Detective Winn | 2008-04-10 |
Movie | Bajo la piel | Larry | 2008-09-12 |
Movie | RocknRolla | Mumbles | 2008-09-04 |
Movie | La cosecha | Ben | 2007-04-05 |
Movie | Daddy's Little Girls | Monty James | 2007-02-14 |
Movie | 28 semanas después | General Stone | 2007-04-26 |
Movie | American Gangster | Tango | 2007-11-02 |
Movie | Vaya navidades | Quentin "Junior" Whitfield | 2007-11-27 |
Movie | All In The Game | Paul | 2006-05-11 |
Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
Movie | Siempre en abril | Augustin | 2005-02-17 |
Series | The Tyra Banks Show | Unknown | 2005-09-12 |
Series | The Office | Unknown | 2005-03-24 |
Movie | The Gospel | Reverend Charles Frank | 2005-10-07 |
Movie | One Love | Aaron | 2003-05-18 |
Series | CSI: Miami | Unknown | 2002-09-23 |
Series | Bajo escucha | Stringer Bell | 2002-06-02 |
Movie | Buffalo Soldiers | Kimborough | 2001-09-08 |
Series | Soul Food | Unknown | 2000-06-28 |
Series | Girlfriends | Unknown | 2000-09-11 |
Movie | Sorted | Jam | 2000-10-06 |
Movie | Belle Maman | Grégoire | 1999-03-10 |
Series | Ultraviolet | Vaughan Rice | 1998-09-15 |
Series | Silent Witness | Unknown | 1996-02-21 |
Series | Las noticias de Jon Stewart | Idris Elba | 1996-07-22 |
Series | Dangerfield | Matt Gregory | 1995-01-27 |
Series | The Governor | Officer Chiswick | 1995-05-14 |
Series | Bramwell | Charlie Carter | 1995-05-01 |
Series | Crocodile Shoes | Unknown | 1994-11-10 |
Series | Space Precinct | Unknown | 1994-10-03 |
Series | Absolutamente fabulosas | Unknown | 1992-11-12 |
Series | Ley y orden | Unknown | 1990-09-13 |
Series | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Unknown | 1987-08-02 |
Series | Oscar (The Academy Awards) | Idris Elba | 1953-03-18 |