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
Cast Credits
High in the Clouds
Character: Barrel (voice)
MOVIE • 2027
Children of Blood and Bone
Character: Lekan
MOVIE • 2027
Masters of the Universe
Character: Duncan / Man-At-Arms
MOVIE • 2026
Zootopia 2
Character: Chief Bogo (voice)
MOVIE • 2025
A House of Dynamite
Character: POTUS
MOVIE • 2025
Fixed
Character: Rocco (voice)
MOVIE • 2025
Heads of State
Character: Sam Clarke
MOVIE • 2025
Victory
Character: Idris Elba
MOVIE • 2025
Number One on the Call Sheet
Character: Self
TV • 2025
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Character:
TV • 2025
Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis
Character: Self - Presenter
MOVIE • 2025
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Character: Knuckles (voice)
MOVIE • 2024
Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color
Character: narrator
TV • 2024
Knuckles
Character: Knuckles the Echidna (voice)
TV • 2024
Gold: A Journey with Idris Elba
Character:
MOVIE • 2023
Hijack
Character: Sam Nelson
TV • 2023
Extraction 2
Character: Alcott
MOVIE • 2023
Luther: The Fallen Sun
Character: John Luther
MOVIE • 2023
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Character: The Fox (voice)
MOVIE • 2022
Zootopia+
Character: Chief Bogo (voice)
TV • 2022
Crew
Crew Credits
Dust to Dreams
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2025
Dust to Dreams
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2025
Heads of State
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 2025
Victory
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 2025
The Battle for Black Music: Paid in Full
Role: Executive Producer
TV • 2024
The Brown Dog
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 2024
Knuckles
Role: Executive Producer
TV • 2024
Hijack
Role: Executive Producer
TV • 2023
Luther: The Fallen Sun
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2023
A New Diva's Christmas Carol
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2022
TBC
Role: Thanks
TV • 2022
Edicius
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 2021
Concrete Cowboy
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2020
Turn Up Charlie
Role: Executive Producer
TV • 2019
Turn Up Charlie
Role: Creator
TV • 2019
Yardie
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2018
Yardie
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 2018
In the Long Run
Role: Creator
TV • 2018
Guerrilla
Role: Executive Producer
TV • 2017
five by five
Role: Executive Producer
TV • 2017