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Idris Elba is best known for playing Stringer Bell in the HBO series The Wire from 2002 to 2004 and DCI John Luther in the BBC series Luther from 2010 to 2019. His role in Luther earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film at the 69th Golden Globe Awards in 2012.
Idris Elba was born on the 6th of September 1972 in the London Borough of Hackney. He grew up in Hackney and East Ham and attended school in Canning Town, where he first became involved in acting.
Idris Elba has won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film for Luther and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role for Beasts of No Nation. He has also received three BAFTA nominations and six Emmy nominations, and was appointed an OBE in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to drama.
Idris Elba played Heimdall in six Marvel Cinematic Universe films beginning with Thor in 2011. He also played Bloodsport in James Gunn's The Suicide Squad in 2021 as part of the DC Extended Universe.
Yes. Idris Elba began DJing at age fourteen helping his uncle's wedding DJ business and later started his own DJ company. He has released multiple EPs including Big Man in 2006 and High Class Problems Vol. 1 in 2010, co-produced the intro to Jay-Z's American Gangster album in 2007, and in 2024 launched the record label Sound International to promote global house music.
Elba spent a night locked alone in a cell on Robben Island, where Mandela had been imprisoned, as part of his preparation for the 2013 film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. His performance earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama.