Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
9/6/1972
Place of Birth
Hackney, London, England, UK
Also Known As
Idrissa Akuna Elba Idrissa Akuna "Idris" Elba
Idris Elba
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
Zootopia 2
as Chief Bogo (voice)
Zootopia
as Chief Bogo (voice)
Zootopia 3
as Chief Bogo (voice)
Avengers: Infinity War
as Heimdall
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
as Knuckles (voice)
Heads of State
as Sam Clarke
A House of Dynamite
as POTUS
The Suicide Squad
as Bloodsport
Avengers: Age of Ultron
as Heimdall
Pacific Rim
as Stacker Pentecost
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
as Knuckles (voice)
Thor: Love and Thunder
as Heimdall
Thor
as Heimdall
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
as Brixton
Thor: Ragnarok
as Heimdall
Thor: The Dark World
as Heimdall
Extraction 2
as Alcott
Prometheus
as Janek
This Christmas
as Quentin "Junior" Whitfield
28 Weeks Later
as General Stone
Career Timeline
2025
2024
2023
2022
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
as The Fox (voice)
Zootopia+
as Chief Bogo (voice)
Food 2050
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Human Playground
as Self - Host
Three Thousand Years of Longing
as The Djinn
Beast
as Dr. Nate Daniels
Thor: Love and Thunder
as Heimdall
Idris Elba's Fight School
as Self
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
as Knuckles (voice)
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
Mandela, My Dad and Me
as Self
Beasts of No Nation
as Commandant
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Role unknown
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
King for a Term
as Akuna's father
Idris Elba: No Limits
as Self
Avengers: Age of Ultron
as Heimdall
Hot Ones
as Self
The Gunman
as Barnes
Cut from a Different Cloth
Role unknown