Idris Elba Idris Elba Idrissa Akuna Elba (; born 6 September 1972) is a British actor, producer, musician and DJ known for playing drug trafficker Stringer Bell on the HBO series "The Wire", DCI John Luther on the BBC One series "Luther" and Nelson Mandela in the biographical film "" (2013). He has been nominated four times for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film, winning one and was nominated five times for a Primetime Emmy Award. Elba appeared in Ridley Scott's "American Gangster" (2007) and "Prometheus" (2012). Elba portrays Heimdall in "Thor" (2011) and its sequels
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