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Idris Elba
Sir Idrissa Akuna Elba is an English actor, DJ, rapper, and producer. He has received a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for three BAFTA Awards and eight Primetime Emmy Awards. He was named in the Time 100 list of the Most Influential People in the World in 2016. His films have grossed over US$9.8 billion at the global box office, making him one of the top 20 highest-grossing actors. In 2…
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entertainment · English actor (born 1972) · actor · film producer · disc jockey · film actor · record producer · composer · stage actor · television actor · television producer · film director · also Idris Elba, Big Driis the Londoner, DJ Big Driis, Idrissa Akuna Elba Obe, Elba
Born 6 September 1972 · Q342604
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2026· 22 entries
“I could have been like Vinnie Jones.”
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“What the fuck was I chasing?”
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“I celebrate the fact that he dies. I have a problem with the glorification of a drug dealer and America is fascinated with that world. We”
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“For me, the point of the story is that what you see on The Wire is happening here. I find it hard to believe, especially that a kid from an African family sells drugs. Africans, we hold on to our youths and whip them into shape.”
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“Man from another corner set his pit bull on me.”
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Yahoo: Idris Elba, Cynthia Erivo, & More A-List Actors Lead Children of Blood and Bone Sci-Fi Trailer
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Yahoo: Keke Palmer, Lil Wayne, Raven-Symoné, Delroy Lindo, Idris Elba, and more, to receive stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Published video “When the crowd energy is up, you gotta get involved. Thank you for having me @blackhouseradio 🖤”.
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Published video “Black House Radio went off 😮💨 head to my latest vlog to see what went down.”.
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Published video “Career highlight: dropping Rise Again @ Sphere🔥 Find more of my set in BTS vlog.”.
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Published video “Playing my track ‘The Drum’ at Sphere was a mad moment.”.
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Published video “Soundcheck at Sphere. Surreal moment.”.
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Published video “Reflections post-set at Black House Radio. Big love to everyone who showed up & brought the energy❤️”.
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Published video “The craziest venue I ever performed at… 🤯”.
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Published video “OUT NOW! From Sphere, Las Vegas, to Black House Radio in LA… Did someone say side mission?!”.
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Published video “48 Hours in Vegas + LA | Sphere for ServiceNow, & a surprise LA show”.
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Published video “How did I end up performing to 20,000 people at Sphere, Vegas? 👀 BTS vlog drops SOON - turn on 🔔”.
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Awarded Knight Bachelor (2026).
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Public attention spiked: 17,646 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3× the usual 5,869, with 1 article edits. Coverage that week: “Idris Elba says audiences won't 'go for a Black male' as James Bond” (USA Today).
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USA Today: Idris Elba says audiences won't 'go for a Black male' as James Bond
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Public attention spiked: 31,389 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5.3× the usual 5,869, with 1 article edits. Editors noted: 2020–present
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2025· 3 entries
Elba was named as the UK's ninth-most influential Black person in the 2026 Powerlist
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Suggested banning "ninja swords" and removing the points from kitchen knives as possible solutions
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Played both the prime minister of the United Kingdom in Heads of State, and the president of the United States in A House of Dynamite
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2024· 3 entries
Released album “Idris Elba at CRSSD Festival Fall 2024: The Palms”.
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Idris began his own label "Sound International" inspired by his uncle's legendary 1980s London "Sound System" which had an open-minded approach to music; the label aims to showcase diverse house music talent from around
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Alongside Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper
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2023· 2 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Videos that surfaced in November 2023 accurately reported that actor Idris Elba "exposed" media mogul Tyler Perry as portraying harmful stereotypes for Black men.” False.
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Released ep “The Phantom Files (From Cyberpunk 2077)”.
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2022· 3 entries
Awarded honorary doctorate presented by Ravensbourne University London (2022).
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Released ep “Cordi Elba”.
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Elba was the voice of Knuckles the Echidna in the film Sonic the Hedgehog 2, a sequel to the film Sonic the Hedgehog which is itself based on the franchise of the same name
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2021· 1 entry
Elba portrayed mercenary Robert "Milton" DuBois / Bloodsport in James Gunn's The Suicide Squad
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2020· 2 entries
Released album “Idris Elba at Defected Virtual Festival, 2020”.
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After hearing Canadian R&B singer Emanuel's debut single "Need You", Elba reached out with an idea for a music video compiled from clips of people sharing the things that were helping them cope with the COVID-19 pandemic
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2019· 4 entries
Released album “Idris Elba Presents: The Yardie Mixtape”.
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Elba appears on Taylor Swift's song "London Boy" from her seventh studio album Lover
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Elba starred as the villain in Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, a spin-off of Fast & Furious franchise, and played Macavity in Tom Hooper's film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, Cats
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Featured on the track "Boasty" by British grime artist Wiley
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2017· 2 entries
Won the male title for the "Rear of the Year" award in Britain
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Played Roland Deschain in the Stephen King film adaptation The Dark Tower, starred in The Mountain Between Us and Aaron Sorkin's directorial debut Molly's Game, alongside Jessica Chastain
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2016· 2 entries
Awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire (2016).
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Had several voice roles: the cape buffalo chief of police, Chief Bogo, in Disney's Zootopia, alongside Ginnifer Goodwin and Jason Bateman; villainous tiger Shere Khan in The Jungle Book (2016), a live-action adaptatio
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2015· 4 entries
Released album “Murdah Loves John (The John Luther Character Album)”.
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Elba appeared as Heimdall in the superhero blockbuster Avengers: Age of Ultron, directed by Joss Whedon
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As part of his Discovery Channel miniseries Idris Elba: No Limits, Elba broke the land speed record for the Pendine Sands "Flying Mile" course
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Elba has created a collaboration with British fashion label Superdry, which launched at the end of November 2015.
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2014· 3 entries
Released album “Idris Elba presents mi Mandela”.
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Starred in No Good Deed as a vengeful psychopathic serial killer
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In October 2014, Elba presented the series Journey Dot Africa with Idris Elba on BBC Radio 2, exploring all types of African music.
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2013· 1 entry
Elba was featured in various television commercials for Sky box-sets in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2019.
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2011· 1 entry
Performed on the intro to Pharoahe Monch's album W
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2010· 1 entry
Released ep “High Class Problems, Vol. 1”.
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2009· 1 entry
Starred in the horror film The Unborn and in Obsessed, a thriller that had him cast opposite Beyoncé
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2008· 1 entry
Starred in the horror film Prom Night and the Guy Ritchie London gangster film RocknRolla
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2007· 1 entry
Elba signed on to play the lead role of the film Daddy's Little Girls, playing Monty, a blue-collar mechanic who falls in love with an attorney helping him gain custody of his kids, and finds the relationship and his cus
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2006· 1 entry
Recorded the four-song EP Big Man for Hevlar Records
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2005· 1 entry
Portrayed Captain Augustin Muganza in Sometimes in April, an HBO film about the Rwandan genocide
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2001· 1 entry
Elba played Achilles in a stage production of Troilus and Cressida in New York City
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1997· 1 entry
Starred in the first two episodes of the second series "Blood, Sweat and Tears" in Silent Witness
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1995· 2 entries
When he was cast as a gigolo on the "Sex" episode of Absolutely Fabulous
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Landed his first significant role on a series called Bramwell, a medical drama set in 1890s England
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1994· 1 entry
Appeared in a BBC children's drama called The Boot Street Band
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1988· 2 entries
Awarded The King's Trust (1988).
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And winning a place in the National Youth Music Theatre after a £1,500 Prince's Trust grant
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1986· 1 entry
Began helping an uncle with his wedding DJ business; within a year, he had started his own DJ company with some of his friends
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1976· 1 entry
Which Elba credits with helping begin his career, appointed him as their anti-crime ambassador in April 2009
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1972· 1 entry
Born 1972-09-06.
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