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
Luther (TV series) credits. A CD titled "Luther - Songs and Score From Series 1, 2 and 3" was released on 19 August 2013 and contains many of the themes and songs used in the television series. The opening theme song is a shorter version of Paradise Circus by Massive Attack from the album "Heligoland" (2010) and features the voice of Hope Sandoval. In November 2014, Fox was developing an American TV series version of Luther, with Cross writing and executive producing the series, and Elba, Peter Chernin (of the Chernin company), Katherine Pope, and BBC Worldwide Prods' Jane Tranter and Julie Gartner