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Idris Elba
September 6 1972- Place of birth: Hackney, London, England, UK
- Gender: Male
- Also known as: Idrissa Akuna Elba , Idrissa Akuna "Idris" Elba, 伊卓瑞斯·艾巴, ادریس البا, ایدریس البا
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.
Latest roles
![Children of Blood and Bone poster](/movie-placeholder.webp)
Children of Blood and Bone
Lekan
![Masters of the Universe poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//arSooSSFyjTfh9DU1jy8MnoxrCz.jpg)
Masters of the Universe
Duncan / Man-At-Arms
![Zootopia 2 poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//sCFRKNsBVfO9WDVnkDhlBUTnvKo.jpg)
Zootopia 2
Chief Bogo (voice)
![Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//uKvV9OEIcdyTTldKwc2Jqnhqdhw.jpg)
Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis
Self - Presenter
![Sonic the Hedgehog 3 poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//d8Ryb8AunYAuycVKDp5HpdWPKgC.jpg)
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Knuckles (voice)
![A Very Sonic Christmas poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//chiIMTyWzZAqAO1gD9V6zEsS65J.jpg)
A Very Sonic Christmas
Knuckles (voice)
![The Casting of Frank Stone poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//lAhKqAQBFvsTwfMb4H22XARPOE1.jpg)
The Casting of Frank Stone
Robert Green
![Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//dz2US9u4VH6M2rCR7ek6lL421yd.jpg)
Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color
narrator
![Knuckles poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//sK6Nr6KNUA4WlAHyNBTioz9FK87.jpg)
Knuckles
Knuckles the Echidna (voice)
![Gold: A Journey With Idris Elba poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//r2oFbWlCFvRfKk2AtaNok7xzi6i.jpg)
Gold: A Journey With Idris Elba
Producing credits
![The Battle for Black Music: Paid in Full poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//bZkjbmOlHxJ0GTyJ1JXhW9ODb3W.jpg)
The Battle for Black Music: Paid in Full
Executive Producer
![The Brown Dog poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//jDnmVTmTxVa5s0SJBy5z8Tr2UJU.jpg)
The Brown Dog
Executive Producer
![Knuckles poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//sK6Nr6KNUA4WlAHyNBTioz9FK87.jpg)
Knuckles
Executive Producer
![Hijack poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//szDEqqarPi3YqiPLevm7LObYrDJ.jpg)
Hijack
Executive Producer
![Luther: The Fallen Sun poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//xsW7M4b4gawgFKCzcXHL2MSeswj.jpg)
Luther: The Fallen Sun
Producer
![A New Diva's Christmas Carol poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//q5K1HiOhoMCuX1p339XfyKTOipm.jpg)
A New Diva's Christmas Carol
Producer
![TBC poster](/television-placeholder.webp)
TBC
Thanks
![Edicius poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//914Ft8fZsRKLSgHZbWDSPaRd7bB.jpg)
Edicius
Executive Producer
![Concrete Cowboy poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//qRW2poVt06WCVlIhrolWS5af4YV.jpg)
Concrete Cowboy
Producer
![Turn Up Charlie poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//btVvUqEC081tqS2fE7AJ06i8lWg.jpg)
Turn Up Charlie
Executive Producer, Creator
Idris Elba's Images
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![Idris Elba Screenshot 1](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w1066_and_h600_bestv2//nfpHDoIwLxaxPB1MqjrsA2GW9Kd.jpg)
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![Idris Elba Screenshot 5](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w1066_and_h600_bestv2//laSav0J80Krxyg5hFlQyZvPmrLw.jpg)