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Idris Elba

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Idris Elba

Born Sep 6, 1972 · 53 years173 titles 103 movies · 70 TV
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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.

Also known as

Idrissa Akuna Elba · Sir Idris Elba · Sir Idrissa Akuna Elba

Born

Sep 6, 1972

Hackney, London, England, UK

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

163

Acting credits

8

Directing

3

Writing

28

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

By release / first air year · movie & TV merged

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1953 1 title(s)

1975 1 title(s)

1987 1 title(s)

1988 1 title(s)

1989 1 title(s)

1990 1 title(s)

1991 1 title(s)

1992 1 title(s)

1994 3 title(s)

1995 5 title(s)

1996 3 title(s)

1997 1 title(s)

1998 2 title(s)

1999 1 title(s)

2000 4 title(s)

2002 5 title(s)

2003 2 title(s)

2005 6 title(s)

2006 1 title(s)

2007 7 title(s)

2008 3 title(s)

2009 2 title(s)

2010 4 title(s)

2011 5 title(s)

2012 5 title(s)

2013 6 title(s)

2014 7 title(s)

2015 9 title(s)

2016 9 title(s)

2017 7 title(s)

2018 4 title(s)

2019 5 title(s)

2020 8 title(s)

2021 7 title(s)

2022 11 title(s)

2023 4 title(s)

2024 5 title(s)

2025 9 title(s)

2026 4 title(s)

2027 3 title(s)

Undated 8 title(s)