Idris Elba's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) The Wire Stringer Bell Luther (UK) John Luther Ultraviolet (UK) Vaughan Rice The Golden Globe Awards Idris Elba Rap City Idris Elba

Main Movie Roles

BIOGRAPHY:

Idrissa Akuna Elba OBE is an English actor, writer, producer, rapper, singer, songwriter and DJ. He is known for roles including Stringer Bell in the HBO series The Wire, DCI John Luther in the BBC One series Luther, and Nelson Mandela in the biographical film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013). He has been nominated four times for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film, winning one, and was nominated five times for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Elba appeared in Ridley Scott's American Gangster (2007) and Prometheus (2012). Elba portrayed Heimdall in Thor (2011) and its sequels Thor: The Dark World (2013) and Thor: Ragnarok (2017), as well as Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and Avengers: Infinity War (2018). He also starred in Pacific Rim (2013), Beasts of No Nation (2015), for which he received BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor, and Molly's Game (2017). In 2016, he voiced Chief Bogo in Zootopia, Shere Khan in the live action/CGI adaptation of The Jungle Book, Fluke in Finding Dory, and played the role of Krall in Star Trek Beyond. He made his directorial debut in 2018 with an adaptation of the 1992 novel Yardie by Victor Headley.
In addition to his acting work, Elba performs as a DJ under the moniker DJ Big Driis (or Big Driis the Londoner) and as an R&B musician. In 2016, he was named in the Time 100 list of the Most Influential People in the World. As of May 2019, his films have grossed over $9.8 billion at the global box office, including over $3.6 billion in North America, where he is one of the top 20 highest-grossing actors.



TRIVIA:

• Deejays under the name "Big Driis the Londoner"
• Is an only child to a father from Sierra Leone and mother from Ghana.
• Co-produced a track on rapper Jay-Z's latest album 'American Gangster'.
• Appeared on the Black Entertainment Television special "Black Men:The Truth".(2007).
• Starred in the un-aired US pilot version of 'Ultraviolet'.
• Former member of the National Youth Music Theatre.
• Has a daughter, Isan Elba (born 2002) with his ex-wife. Isan lives with her mother in Atlanta.
• Appeared on the cover of Essence's "Hot Hollywood Men" issue, April 2004.