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Acting

Idris Elba

Career: Active from 1993 to 2027, busiest in 2017 and 2025 with 6 main titles each.

Leading roles: 52
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: Zootopia
85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 99 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Idris Elba Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Historical
1.5, average 2.6
Melancholy
4.1, average 4.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 7
Family Drama 4
Moral Ambiguity 4
Psychological Thriller 4
High-Octane Action 3
Found Family Dynamics 3
Visually Stunning World-Building 3
Character Study 3
Character-Driven 3
Coming-of-Age 3
Blockbuster Entertainment 2
Action-Packed Adventure 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

127

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

7 titles

Five nights at sonic

as Knuckles (voice)

as Donovan Kamara

Extraction 3

as Alcott

Untitled Luther Sequel

as John Luther

as Mac

This Is How It Goes

Director, Executive Producer

The Chelsea Cowboy

Executive Producer

2020s

31 titles · average score 66

Heads of State

62

as Sam Clarke

A House of Dynamite

64

as POTUS

Zootopia 2

80

as Chief Bogo (voice)

Fixed

52

as Rocco (voice)

Knuckles

66

TV show · as Knuckles the Echidna (voice)

Hijack

67

TV show · as Sam Nelson

Luther: The Fallen Sun

59

as John Luther

Beast

59

as Dr. Nate Daniels

Three Thousand Years of Longing

66

as The Djinn

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

75

as The Fox (voice)

The Suicide Squad

77

as Bloodsport

The Harder They Fall

72

as Rufus Buck

2010s

42 titles · average score 62

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

65

as Brixton

Cats

31

as Macavity

The Dark Tower

37

as Roland Deschain

Molly's Game

75

as Charlie Jaffey

The Mountain Between Us

50

as Dr. Ben Bass

Zootopia

85

as Chief Bogo (voice)

Bastille Day

52

as Sean Briar

Beasts of No Nation

83

as Commandant

No Good Deed

36

as Colin

Pacific Rim

70

as Stacker Pentecost

Luther

76

TV show · as John Luther

Takers

48

as Gordon Jennings

2000s

25 titles · average score 60

Obsessed

40

as Derek Charles

The Unborn

32

as Arthur Wyndham

The Human Contract

40

as Larry

RocknRolla

63

as Mumbles

The Reaping

37

as Ben

Daddy's Little Girls

51

as Monty James

This Christmas

66

as Quentin "Junior" Whitfield

Sometimes in April

80

as Augustin

The Office

80

TV show · as Charles Miner

The Gospel

42

as Reverend Charles Frank

One Love

66

as Aaron

Girlfriends

49

TV show · as Paul Raymond

1990s

18 titles · average score 66

Ultraviolet

75

TV show · as Vaughan Rice

Family Affairs

45

TV show · as Tim Webster

Silent Witness

75

TV show · as Charlie

Dangerfield

65

TV show · as Matt Gregory

Bramwell

40

TV show · as Charlie Carter

The Governor

73

TV show · as Officer Donny Chiswick

Space Precinct

63

TV show · as Pizza Delivery Man

Crocodile Shoes

72

TV show · as Jo Jo

The Boot Street Band

TV show · as Spike

Absolutely Fabulous

85

TV show · as Hilton

2Point4 Children

71

TV show · as Parachute Instructor

Law & Order

74

TV show · as Lonnie Liston

1980s

4 titles · average score 69

The Simpsons

83

TV show · as Devil (voice)

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

45

TV show · as Raffy

London's Burning

73

TV show · as L Cpl Frost

The Bill

77

TV show · as Alex Mason / Earl Lee