Idris Elba

Idris Elba Movies and TV Shows

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.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 9/6/1972 (52 years old)
  • Place of birth: Hackney, London, England, UK
  • nationality: British
  • height: 1.9 m
  • Net worth: $30,000,000
  • twitter: idriselba
  • instagram: idriselba
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
TMDB 82%
role:
Knuckles (voice)
2024

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

82%
Knuckles
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 74%
role:
Executive Producer
2024

Action

Adventure

Family

6.2
74%
Hijack
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 79%
role:
Executive Producer
2023

Drama

7.4
79%
Extraction 2
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 75%
role:
Alcott
2023

Action

Thriller

7.0
75%
2023

Crime

Drama

6.4
68%
2022

Animation

Drama

Family

7.8
86%
2022

Drama

Romance

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.7
69%
Beast
IMDB 5.6
TMDB 68%
role:
Dr. Nate Daniels
2022

Thriller

5.6
68%
2022

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.2
64%
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 75%
role:
Knuckles (voice)
2022

Action

Comedy

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.5
75%
2021

Documentary

Music

8.3
87%
2021

Western

6.6
67%
The Suicide Squad
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 75%
role:
Bloodsport
2021

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.2
75%
Concrete Cowboy
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 62%
role:
Producer & 1 more
2020

Drama

Western

6.3
62%
Cats
IMDB 2.8
TMDB 42%
role:
Macavity
2019

Comedy

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

2.8
42%
2019

Action

Adventure

Comedy

6.5
69%
Kroos
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 60%
role:
Self
2019

Documentary

6.7
60%
Turn Up Charlie
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 72%
role:
Executive Producer & 1 more
2019

Comedy

Drama

7.0
72%
Yardie
IMDB 5.8
TMDB 61%
role:
Executive Producer & 1 more
2018

Crime

5.8
61%
2018

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.4
82%
In the Long Run
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 77%
role:
Walter Easmon
2018

Comedy

7.4
77%
2017

Animation

Comedy

Family

6.0
63%
2017

Adventure

Drama

Romance

6.4
66%
Thor: Ragnarok
IMDB 7.9
TMDB 76%
role:
Heimdall
2017

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.9
76%
The Dark Tower
IMDB 5.6
TMDB 57%
role:
Roland Deschain
2017

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.6
57%
Guerrilla
IMDB 5.8
TMDB 53%
role:
Kent
2017

Drama

5.8
53%
Molly's Game
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 71%
role:
Charlie Jaffey
2017

Crime

Drama

7.4
71%
2016

Documentary

Music

7.8
74%
2016

Drama

5.8
62%
2016

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.0
68%
Finding Dory
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 70%
role:
Fluke (voice)
2016

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

7.2
70%
Bastille Day
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 63%
role:
Sean Briar
2016

Action

6.3
63%
The Jungle Book
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 69%
role:
Shere Khan (voice)
2016

Adventure

Drama

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.3
69%
Zootopia
IMDB 8.0
TMDB 78%
role:
Chief Bogo (voice)
2016

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

8.0
78%
Beasts of No Nation
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 76%
role:
Producer & 1 more
2015

Drama

War & Politics

7.7
76%
2015

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.3
73%
The Gunman
IMDB 5.8
TMDB 57%
role:
Barnes
2015

Action

Crime

Drama

5.8
57%
No Good Deed
IMDB 5.6
TMDB 60%
role:
Executive Producer & 1 more
2014

Crime

Thriller

5.6
60%
2014

Documentary

7.5
60%
2013

Drama

History

7.1
69%
2013

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.7
65%
Pacific Rim
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 69%
role:
Stacker Pentecost
2013

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.9
69%
Prometheus
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 66%
role:
Janek
2012

Adventure

Mystery

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.0
66%
2011

Action

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

4.3
50%
Thor
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 68%
role:
Heimdall
2011

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.0
68%
Legacy
IMDB 5.1
TMDB 47%
role:
Malcolm Gray
2010

Drama

Thriller

5.1
47%
Takers
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 62%
role:
Gordon Jennings
2010

Action

Crime

Drama

Thriller

6.2
62%
Luther
IMDB 8.4
TMDB 78%
role:
DCI John Luther
2010

Crime

Drama

Mystery

8.4
78%
The Losers
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 63%
role:
William Roque
2010

Action

Adventure

Crime

Mystery

Thriller

6.2
63%
Obsessed
IMDB 5.0
TMDB 58%
role:
Derek Charles
2009

Drama

Thriller

5.0
58%
The Unborn
IMDB 4.7
TMDB 52%
role:
Arthur Wyndham
2009

Horror

Mystery

Thriller

4.7
52%
2008

Drama

5.0
47%
RockNRolla
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 70%
role:
Mumbles
2008

Action

Crime

Thriller

7.2
70%
Prom Night
IMDB 3.9
TMDB 50%
role:
Detective Winn
2008

Crime

Drama

Horror

3.9
50%
This Christmas
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 65%
role:
Quentin "Junior" Whitfield
2007

Comedy

Drama

Romance

6.4
65%
2007

Crime

Drama

7.8
76%
28 Weeks Later
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 66%
role:
General Stone
2007

Horror

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.9
66%
2007

Horror

5.6
57%
Daddy's Little Girls
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 69%
role:
Monty James
2007

Comedy

Drama

Romance

5.9
69%
All In The Game
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 73%
role:
Paul
Not available
2006

Drama

6.1
73%
Not available
The Bachelorette
IMDB 3.5
TMDB 43%
role:
General Stone
2003

Reality TV

3.5
43%
Buffalo Soldiers
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 63%
role:
Kimborough
2002

Comedy

Crime

Drama

Thriller

War & Politics

6.7
63%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving Idris Elba are, for example, Knuckles, Hijack and Extraction 2.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, Google Play and iTunes.
The best StreamFat ratings are Avengers: Infinity War (8.3), The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (8.2) and Luther (8.1).