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 the same name; and sea lion Fluke in Pixar's "Finding Dory", alongside Ellen DeGeneres and Albert Brooks, both reprising their roles from "Finding Nemo" (2003). Also that year, he played the main antagonist, Krall, in the sequel "Star Trek Beyond". In 2017, he played Roland Deschain in the Stephen King film adaptation "The Dark Tower", and starred in Aaron Sorkin's directorial debut "Molly's Game", alongside Jessica Chastain. In 2019, Elba will star as Macavity in Tom Hooper's film adaptation of the musical, "Cats". Elba has appeared in music videos for Fat Joe (2002), Angie Stone (2004) and rapper Giggs (2010).