Idris Elba
- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
An only child, Idrissa Akuna Elba was born and raised in London, England. His father, Winston, is from Sierra Leone and worked at Ford Dagenham; his mother, Eve, is from Ghana and had a clerical duty. Idris attended school in Canning Town, where he first became involved in acting, before he dropped out. He gained a place in the National Youth Music Theatre - thanks to a £1,500 Prince's Trust grant. To support himself between acting roles, he worked in jobs such as tyre-fitting, cold call advertising sales, and working night shifts at Ford Dagenham. He worked in nightclubs under the nickname DJ Big Driis at age 19, but began auditioning for television roles in his early-twenties.
His first acting roles were on the soap opera Family Affairs (1997), the television serial Ultraviolet (1998), and the medical drama Dangerfield (1995). His best known roles are as drug baron Russell "Stringer" Bell on the HBO series Đường Dây Tội Phạm (2002), as DCI John Luther on the BBC One series Luther (2010), and as Heimdall in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He later starred in the films Daddy's Little Girls (2007), Kẻ Săn Đêm (2008), Rút Súng Là Bắn (2008), Tái Sinh (2009) and Obsessed (2009). He also appeared in the films Giang Hồ Mỹ (2007), Takers: Vụ Cướp Thế Kỷ (2010), Thần Sấm Thor (2011), Bí Ẩn Hành Tinh Chết (2012), Siêu Đại Chiến (2013), Thor 2: Thế Giới Bóng Tối (2013), Dã Thú Một Quốc Gia (2015) and Star Trek: Không Giới Hạn (2016). He voiced Chief Bogo in Phi Vụ Động Trời (2016), Shere Khan in Cậu Bé Rừng Xanh (2016), and Fluke in Đi Tìm Dory (2016).
Idris Elba was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II at the 2016 New Years Honours for his services to drama.
His first acting roles were on the soap opera Family Affairs (1997), the television serial Ultraviolet (1998), and the medical drama Dangerfield (1995). His best known roles are as drug baron Russell "Stringer" Bell on the HBO series Đường Dây Tội Phạm (2002), as DCI John Luther on the BBC One series Luther (2010), and as Heimdall in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He later starred in the films Daddy's Little Girls (2007), Kẻ Săn Đêm (2008), Rút Súng Là Bắn (2008), Tái Sinh (2009) and Obsessed (2009). He also appeared in the films Giang Hồ Mỹ (2007), Takers: Vụ Cướp Thế Kỷ (2010), Thần Sấm Thor (2011), Bí Ẩn Hành Tinh Chết (2012), Siêu Đại Chiến (2013), Thor 2: Thế Giới Bóng Tối (2013), Dã Thú Một Quốc Gia (2015) and Star Trek: Không Giới Hạn (2016). He voiced Chief Bogo in Phi Vụ Động Trời (2016), Shere Khan in Cậu Bé Rừng Xanh (2016), and Fluke in Đi Tìm Dory (2016).
Idris Elba was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II at the 2016 New Years Honours for his services to drama.
