Idris Elba
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Idris Elba OBE |
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Elba in October 2014
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| Born |
Idrissa Akuna Elba 6 September 1972 Hackney, London, England |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Big Driis 7 Wallace |
| Occupation | Actor, musician, DJ |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Hanne Norgaard (m. 1999; div. 2003) Sonya Hamlin (m. 2006; div. 2006) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | driis |
Idrissa Akuna "Idris" Elba, OBE (/ˈɪdrᵻs ˈɛlbə/; born 6 September 1972) is an English actor, musician, and DJ. He is known for playing druglord Russell "Stringer" Bell on the HBO series The Wire, Detective John Luther on the BBC One series Luther, and Nelson Mandela in the biographical film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013). He has been nominated four times for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film, winning one, and was nominated five times for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Elba has appeared in films such as Ridley Scott's American Gangster (2007), Takers (2010), Thor (2011), Prometheus (2012), Pacific Rim (2013), Thor: The Dark World (2013) and Beasts of No Nation (2015, for which he received BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor), and Star Trek Beyond (2016). In 2016, he also voiced Chief Bogo in Zootopia, Shere Khan in The Jungle Book, and Fluke in Finding Dory. He will make his directorial debut in late 2016 with an adaptation of 1992 novel Yardie by Victor Headley.
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