Idris Elba Honours for services to drama. In 2017, Elba won the male title for the "Rear of the Year" award in Britain. In September 2018, he was one of 50 people named for "making London awesome" and helping to shape London's cultural landscape who were featured in "Time Out" to mark the magazine's 50th anniversary. 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
Cats (2019 film) Cats (2019 film) Cats is an upcoming British–American musical fantasy comedy-drama film based on the musical of the same name, which in turn was based on "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" by T. S. Eliot. It will be directed by Tom Hooper, his second musical film following 2012's "Les Misérables", and stars Jennifer Hudson, Taylor Swift, James Corden, Idris Elba, Rebel Wilson, Ian McKellen, and Judi Dench. The film is scheduled for release on December 20, 2019, by Universal Pictures. Over a single night, a tribe of cats called the Jellicles make what is known as "the Jellicle choice"