Luther (TV series) received critical acclaim for his role as John Luther and has been awarded a Critics' Choice Television Award, Golden Globe Award, NAACP Image Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance. The series has also received eleven Primetime Emmy Award nominations in various categories, including four nominations of Elba for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie. John Luther is a Detective Chief Inspector (DCI) working for the Serious Crime Unit in series one, and the new "Serious and Serial" unit from series 2. A dedicated police officer, Luther is obsessive, possessed, and sometimes violent. However, Luther has
Idris Elba "" (2013) and "" (2017), as well as "" (2015) and "" (2018). He also starred in "Pacific Rim" (2013), "Beasts of No Nation" (2015), for which he received BAFTA, and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor and "Molly's Game" (2017). In 2016, he voiced Chief Bogo in "Zootopia", Shere Khan in the live action/CGI adaptation of "The Jungle Book", Fluke in "Finding Dory" and played the role of Krall in "Star Trek Beyond". He made his directorial debut in 2018 with an adaptation of the 1992 novel "Yardie" by Victor Headley. In addition to his acting work, Elba