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 annual 100 Most Beautiful People in the World in May 2007. He was named "Essence" annual 2013 Sexiest Man of the Year and was also ranked No. 2 in "People"s annual Sexiest Man Alive in 2013. On 5 November 2018 it was announced he had been named "People"s Sexiest Man alive via the "Tonight Show" with Jimmy Fallon. In October 2014, Elba was presented with a MOBO Inspiration Award. In 2015, he was named one of "GQ" magazine's 50 best-dressed British men. Elba was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2016 New Year