Idris Elba filmography

Elba in 2024

Idris Elba is an English actor. He is known for portraying drug trafficker Stringer Bell on the HBO series The Wire, DCI John Luther on 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.

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Belle maman	Grégoire
2000	Sorted	Jam
2001	Buffalo Soldiers	Kimborough
2003	One Love	Aaron
2005	The Gospel	Charles Frank
	Sometimes in April	Augustin
2007	Daddy's Little Girls	Monty James
	The Reaping	Ben
	28 Weeks Later	General Stone
	American Gangster	Tango
	This Christmas	Quentin Whitfield Jr.
2008	Prom Night	Detective Winn
	RocknRolla	Mumbles
	The Human Contract	Larry
2009	The Unborn	Arthur Wyndham
	Obsessed	Derek Charles
2010	Legacy	Malcolm Gray	Executive producer
	The Losers	Roque
	Takers	Gordon Cozier
2011	Thor	Heimdall
	Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance	Moreau
2012	Prometheus	Captain Janek
2013	Pacific Rim	Stacker Pentecost
	Thor: The Dark World	Heimdall
	Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom	Nelson Mandela
2014	No Good Deed	Colin Evans	Executive producer
	Second Coming	Mark
2015	The Gunman	DuPont
	Avengers: Age of Ultron	Heimdall
	Beasts of No Nation	Commandant
2016	Zootopia	Chief Bogo	Voice role
	The Jungle Book	Shere Khan
	Bastille Day	Sean Briar
	Finding Dory	Fluke	Voice role
	100 Streets	Max
	Star Trek Beyond	Krall / Balthazar Edison
2017	The Dark Tower	Roland Deschain
	Molly's Game	Charlie Jaffey
	The Mountain Between Us	Ben Bass
	Thor: Ragnarok	Heimdall
2018	Avengers: Infinity War
	Yardie	—	Director
2019	Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw	Brixton Lore
	Cats	Macavity
2020	Concrete Cowboy	Harp	Producer
2021	The Suicide Squad	Robert DuBois / Bloodsport
	The Harder They Fall	Rufus Buck
2022	Sonic the Hedgehog 2	Knuckles the Echidna	Voice role
	Thor: Love and Thunder	Heimdall	Cameo; Post-credits scene
	Beast	Dr. Nate Samuels
	Three Thousand Years of Longing	Djinn
	The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse	The Fox	Voice role; short film
2023	Luther: The Fallen Sun	John Luther	Producer
	Extraction 2	Alcott	Cameo role
	Gold: A Journey with Idris Elba	Himself (presenter)	Documentary[1][2]
2024	A Very Sonic Christmas	Knuckles the Echidna	Voice role; short film [3]
	Sonic the Hedgehog 3		Voice role
TBA	Heads of State	TBA	Executive producer; Post-production[4]
	Fixed	Rocco	Voice role[5]
	Above the Below	Jackson

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	2point4 Children	Parachute Instructor	Episode: "Fortuosity"
	Space Precinct	Pizza Delivery Man	Episode: "Double Duty"
1994, 1995	The Bill	Earl Lee, Alex Mason	2 episodes
1995	Absolutely Fabulous	Hilton	Episode: "Sex"
	Bramwell	Charlie Carter	Episode: "The Outcast's Baby"
1996	The Governor	Officer Chiswick	6 episodes
	Crocodile Shoes II	Jo-Jo	Episode: "Troubled Man"
	The Ruth Rendell Mysteries	Raffy, Pest Controller	4 episodes
	Crucial Tales	Benton	Episode: "Spiders and Flies"
1997	Insiders	Robinson Bennett	6 episodes
	Family Affairs	Tim Webster	7 episodes
	Silent Witness	Charlie	Episode: "Blood, Sweat & Tears"
1998	Verdict	PC Brian Rawlinson	Episode: "Neighbours from Hell"
	Ultraviolet	Vaughan Rice	6 episodes
1999	Dangerfield	Matt Gregory	12 episodes
2000	In Defence	PC Paul Fraser	Episode #1.3
2001	London's Burning	Cpl. Richard Frost	2 episodes
	Law & Order	Lonnie Liston	Episode: "3 Dawg Night"
2002	The Inspector Lynley Mysteries	Robert Gabriel	Episode: "Payment in Blood"
	Hack	Mac Boone	Episode: "My Alibi"
2002–2004	The Wire	Russell "Stringer" Bell	37 episodes
2003	CSI: Miami	Angelo Sedaris	Episode: "The Best Defense"
	Queens Supreme	Carla	Episode: "Mad About You"
	Soul Food	Smitty	Episode: "Sacrifice Fly"
2005	Girlfriends	Paul	Episode: "All in a Panic"
	Sometimes in April	Augustin Muganza	Television film
	Jonny Zero	Hodge	Episode: "To Serve and to Protect"
2006	All in the Game	Paul	Television film
2008	The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency	Charles Gotso	Episode: "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency"
2009	The Office	Charles Miner	7 episodes
2010	The Big C	Lenny	4 episodes
	Walk Like a Panther	—	Executive producer
2010–2019	Luther	John Luther	20 episodes; also associate producer
2011	Aqua Teen Hunger Force	Police Officer	Voice role; episode: "Intervention"
	How Hip Hop Changed the World	—	Executive producer
	Demons Never Die	—
2012	Idris Elba's How Clubbing Changed the World	Himself (host)	Television documentary
2013	Idris Elba: King of Speed		2 episodes
2013, 2015	Playhouse Presents	Akuna's Father, Narrator	Also wrote and directed "The Pavement Psychologist"
2015	Idris Elba: No Limits	Himself (host)	4 episodes
2017	Guerrilla	Kentoro "Kent" Abbasi	4 episodes; also executive producer
	Five by Five	Alpha Ash	2 episodes; also executive producer
	Idris Elba: Fighter	Himself (host)	Miniseries; also executive producer
	The Best FIFA Football Awards 2017		Television special
2018–2020	In the Long Run	Walter Easmon	19 episodes; also creator
2018	The Best FIFA Football Awards 2018	Himself (host)	Television special
2019	Saturday Night Live		Episode: "Idris Elba/Khalid"
	Turn Up Charlie	Charlie Ayo	8 episodes; also creator and executive producer
2020	Coronavirus, Explained	Narrator	Episode: "How to Cope"
	Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney	Paul McCartney	60-minute BBC special
2022	Idris Elba's Fight School	Himself (Presenter)	Five-part series[6]
	Zootopia+	Chief Bogo	Voice role, episode: "So You Think You Can Prance?"
2023	Hijack	Sam Nelson	Miniseries
	What If...?	Heimdall	Voice role, episode: "What if... Hela Found the Ten Rings?"
2024	Knuckles	Knuckles the Echidna	Voice role, miniseries; also executive producer
	The Greatest of All Time	TBA	Filming
2025	Idris Elba: A Year of Knife Crime (w/t)	Himself (Presenter)	Filming[7]

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes
2011	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	SFC "Truck"	[8]
2014	FIFA 15	Voice	E3 trailer
2016	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege	Team Leader	Televised advertisements
2019	NBA 2K20	Coach Ernie Ames	MyCareer mode
2023	Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty	Solomon Reed	Also likeness

Music videos

Year	Artist	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Fat Joe featuring Armageddon and Tony Sunshine	"All I Need"	—
2004	Angie Stone featuring Snoop Dogg	"I Wanna Thank Ya"
2010	Giggs	"Hustle On"	Driver	Also producer
2012	Mumford and Sons	"Lover of the Light"	Blind Man	Also co-director and producer
2014	K Michelle	"Damn"	—	Director
	Various	"Imagine" (UNICEF: World version)	Himself	Cameo
2016	Macklemore	"Dance Off"		Featured artist
2019	Wiley, Sean Paul, & Stefflon Don	"Boasty"
	Stormzy	"Vossi Bop"		Cameo

References

1. "World Gold Council and Idris Elba Unveil Documentary Exploring the Human Relationship with Gold". Gold Industry Group. 24 October 2023. Archived from the original on 28 October 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
2. Corcoran, Terence (15 March 2024). "Terence Corcoran: Did Idris Elba's 'Goldfather' video boost gold prices?". Financial Post. Postmedia Network. Archived from the original on 15 March 2024. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
3. Seigh, Steve (11 December 2024). "Sonic and his pals race to help Santa save Christmas in the stop-motion animated short A Very Sonic Christmas". IMDB. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
4. "Priyanka Chopra Jonas To Star Opposite John Cena & Idris Elba In Amazon Studios' Action Pic 'Heads Of State'". 5 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
5. Bałaga, Marta (13 June 2023). "Adam Devine, Idris Elba, Kathryn Hahn Lead Voice Cast of Animation Wiz Genndy Tartakovsky's R-Rated 'Fixed' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
6. "Idris Elba's Fight School". bbc.com/mediacentre. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
7. "Idris Elba: A Year of Knife Crime (w/t)". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
8. Voice Over Soundbites - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 BTS. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2016 – via YouTube.

External links

• Idris Elba at IMDb