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Idris Elba

Idris Elba

Birthday: 1972-09-06 | Place of Birth: Hackney, London, England, UK

Idris Elba (born 6 September 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
Sonic the Hedgehog 3

as    Knuckles (voice)

2025
Fixed

as    Rocco (voice)

2025
Heads of State

as    Sam Clarke

2025
Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis

as    Self - Presenter

2024
2024
A very Sonic Christmas

as    Knuckles (voice)

2024
Knuckles

as    Knuckles the Echidna (voice)

2024
The Casting of Frank Stone

as    Robert Green

2024
Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color

as    narrator

2023
Extraction 2

as    Alcott

2023
Luther: The Fallen Sun

as    John Luther

2023
Hijack

as    Sam Nelson

2022
Beast

as    Dr. Nate Daniels

2022
The Meet Arnold: The Movie

as    Grandpa Hank

2022
The Meet Arnold: The Movie

as    Grandpa Hank

2022
Thor: Love and Thunder

as    Heimdall

2022
Human Playground

as    Host

2022
Sonic the Hedgehog 2

as    Knuckles (voice)

2022
Food 2050

as    Narrator

2022
Idris Elba's Fight School

as    Self

2022
Three Thousand Years of Longing

as    The Djinn

2022
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

as    The Fox (voice)

2021
The Suicide Squad

as    Bloodsport

2021
The Harder They Fall

as    Rufus Buck

2021
Passion Project

as    Self

2021
An Audience with Adele

as    Self

2020
Elba vs. Block

as    Self