idris elba is an english actor producer dj and musician who is known for roles including stringer
bell in the hbo series the wire dci john luther in the bbc one series luther and nelson mandela
in the biographical film mandela long walked to freedom in 2013. in 2016 idris elbow was named
in the time 100 list of the most influential people in the world as of may 2019 his films
have grossed over 10 billion dollars at the global box office including over 3.8 billion dollars in
north america where he's one of the top 20 highest grossing actors idris elba has an estimated net
worth of 28 million dollars idris elba's early life idrisa akuna elba was born on september 6
1972 in the london borough of hackney to winston elba who is a sierra leonean creole man
who worked at the ford dagenham plant and eve who is a ghanaian woman idris elba's parents
were married in sierra leone and later moved to london he was raised in hackney in eastham
and shortened his first name to idris at school in canningtown where he first became involved
in acting he credits the stage with giving him his first big break having seen an advertisement for a
play in it he auditioned and met his first agent while performing in the role in 1986 he began
helping an uncle with his wedding dj business within a year he had started his own dj company
with some of his friends idris elba left school in 1988 and won a place in the national youth music
theater after a 1500 pound prince's trust grant to support himself between roles in his early career
he worked in odd jobs including tire fitting cold calling and night shifts at ford's dagenham plant
he was working in nightclubs under the dj nickname big driss during his adolescence
but began auditioning for television roles in his early twenties idris elba is six foot two inches
tall or 1.9 meters tall idris elba's personal life idris elba has been married three times first to
hannah kim norgaard from 1999 to 2003 then to sonia nicole hamlin for four months in 2006. he
has two children a daughter with nourgaard and a son with former girlfriend diana garth idris elba
began a relationship with somali canadian model sabrina dower in early 2017. the couple became
engaged on february 10 2018 during a screening of his film yardy at an east london cinema they were
married on april 26 2019 in marrakech idris elba has stated that he's spiritual but not religious
he's an avid arsenal supporter in 2015 as part of his discovery channel miniseries idris elba
no limits elba broke the land speed record for the pending sands flying mile course
the prince's trust a uk youth charity founded by prince charles in 1976 which elba credits
with helping begin his career appointed him as their anti-crime ambassador in april 2009
idris elba's career idris elbow's first acting role was in crime watch murder reconstructions
and in 1994 he appeared in a bbc children's drama called the boot street band in 1995 he landed
his first significant role on a series called bramwell a medical drama set in 1890s england
his first named role arrived early in 1995 when he was cast as a gigolo on the sex episode of
absolutely fabulous many supporting roles on british television followed including series
such as the bill and the ruth rendell mysteries he then joined the cast of the soap opera family
affairs and went on to appear on the television serial ultraviolet and later on danger field
idris elba decided to move to new york city soon after he returned to england occasionally for
a television role such as a part in one of the inspector lindley mysteries in 2001 idris elba
played achilles in a stage production of troilus and cressida in new york city idris elba appeared
in ridley scott's american gangster in 2007 and prometheus in 2012. he portrayed heimdall
in thor in 2011 and its sequels thor the dark world in 2013 and thor ragnarok in 2017 as well
as avengers age of ultron in 2015 and avengers infinity war in 2018. he also starred in pacific
rim in 2013 beasts of no nation in 2015 for which he received the golden globe and bafta nominations
for best supporting actor and molly's game in 2017. in 2016 he voiced chief bogo in zootopia
shir 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 idris elba made his directorial debut in 2018 with an adaptation
of the 1992 novel yardy by victor headley in 2021 he portrayed blood sport in the suicide squad
set in the dc extended universe aside from acting idris elba performs as a dj under the moniker dj
big driss or big driss the londoner and as an r b musician he's been nominated four times for a
golden globe award for best actor miniseries or television film winning one of those awards and
he's been nominated five times for a prime time emmy award idris elba's car collection idris elba
owns or has owned a toyota avalon a jaguar xe a bentley continental gt a ford fiesta f1 rally
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