He earned a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture as well as a BAFTA Award nomination for Supporting Actor in the Film category. [60] Elba performed at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April 2019. [44], Elba has appeared in music videos for Fat Joe (2002),[45] Angie Stone (2004)[46] and rapper Giggs (2010). Early life. In 2005, he portrayed Captain Augustin Muganza in Sometimes in April, an HBO film about the Rwandan genocide. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Russia's defence minister wants to CLONE 3,000-year-old ancient warriors found in Siberia (and their horses to boot), Who will get a ticket to Biden's first address to Congress? [87][88] He is an avid Arsenal supporter. Idris Elba is a British film, TV and theatre actor and International DJ. The following year, he co-directed and performed in the Mumford & Sons music video for "Lover of the Light".[54]. Published: 20:08 EDT, 13 April 2021 | Updated: 11:54 EDT, 14 April 2021. He appeared in 28 Weeks Later (2007) and This Christmas (2007), which brought in nearly $50 million at the box office in 2007. "Idris Elba: 'As an actor I'm always reading someone else's thoughts. [11], Idrissa Akuna Elba was born on 6 September 1972[12] in the London Borough of Hackney,[13] to Winston, a Sierra Leonean man who worked at the Ford Dagenham plant, and Eve, a Ghanaian woman. [104] In the 2020 and 2021 editions of the Powerlist, Elba was listed in the Top 100 of the most influential people in the UK of African/African-Caribbean descent. [12], Elba left school in 1988 and won a place in the National Youth Music Theatre after a £1,500 Prince's Trust grant. About See All. During the show he took a selfie of "the best team in the world" which included Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar. [61] In 2019 he featured on the track "Boasty" by British grime artist Wiley. Join Facebook to connect with Idris Elba and others you may know. In January 2014, he confirmed that he would be starring in a film adaptation of Luther. Idrissa Akuna Elba was born on 6 September 1972 in the London Borough of Hackney, to Winston, a Sierra Leonean man who worked at the Ford Dagenham plant, and Eve, a Ghanaian woman. Page Transparency See More. [22] Elba appeared in a six-episode story arc later in the 2009 season as well as the season finale. "[77], Discovery Channel produced a documentary, Idris Elba: Fighter, chronicling Elba's 12-month kickboxing and mixed martial arts training[78] under Muay Thai coach Kieran Keddle,[79] culminating in Elba's first professional kickboxing fight—and win—against Lionel Graves, a younger, more experienced Dutch opponent, at London's York Hall. 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[97], In 2013, Elba was named Essence's annual Sexiest Man of the Year[98] and, in 2018, he was named People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive. [83] Elba began a relationship with Somali-Canadian Sabrina Dhowre in early 2017. View the profiles of people named Idris Elba. Idris Elba cemented his status as a worldwide star by picking up a Golden Globe, among other gongs, for his depiction of the obsessive John Luther between 2010 and 2019, Miranda Wayland said the hit crime drama, which won plaudits for having a strong, black lead character, was only superficially diverse and that corporation bosses are now looking to portray minority groups in a more convincing and rounded way. The character has proved immensely popular with fans with his trademark trench coat and the unorthodox way he solves crime. He also starred in Pacific Rim (2013), Beasts of No Nation (2015), for which he received Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for Best Supporting Actor, and Molly's Game (2017). Elba confirmed back in August that Luther will be made into a feature-length film, teasing the upcoming flick by declaring: 'The sky is the limit,'. Idris Elba from Hackney to Hollywood. Idris Elba wurde im Londoner Stadtbezirk Hackney geboren. Also that year, he played the main antagonist, Krall, in the sequel Star Trek Beyond. Pridružite se Facebooku, povežite se s Idris Elba i ostalima koje možda poznajete. "Sarkodie - Party and Bullshit ft Donae'O & Idris Elba", "Fraser T Smith announces debut album ft Stormzy, Dave, Bastille & more, signs to Platoon/70hz", "Wiley/Stefflon Don/Sean Paul - full Official Charts history", "Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. In August 2010, Elba signed up to portray the title character in a reboot of James Patterson's Alex Cross film franchise. He is the only child to a f He co-produced and performed on the intro to Jay-Z's album American Gangster (2007). In 1995, he landed his first significant role on a series called Bramwell, a medical drama set in 1890s England. "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. [92][93], On 16 March 2020, Elba said he had tested positive for COVID-19 amidst the pandemic. 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[103][better source needed], In September 2018, he was one of 50 people named for "making London awesome" and helping to shape London's cultural landscape who were featured in Time Out to mark the magazine's 50th anniversary. [99] In October 2014, Elba was presented with a MOBO Inspiration Award. [28][29] In 2008, he starred in the horror film Prom Night and the Guy Ritchie London gangster film RocknRolla. [19] He was working in nightclubs under the DJ nickname "Big Driis" during his adolescence, but began auditioning for television roles in his early twenties. Idrissa Akuna Elba OBE (/ˈɪdrɪs/; born 6 September 1972) is an English actor, writer, producer, rapper, singer, songwriter and DJ. Elba portrayed Heimdall in Thor (2011) and its sequels Thor: The Dark World (2013) and Thor: Ragnarok (2017), as well as Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and Avengers: Infinity War (2018). [7], Aside from acting, Elba performs as a DJ under the moniker DJ Big Driis (or Big Driis the Londoner) and as an R&B musician. In 2015, Elba appeared as Heimdall in the superhero blockbuster Avengers: Age of Ultron, directed by Joss Whedon. [42] In 2014, he starred in No Good Deed as a vengeful psychopathic serial killer. [48] He DJed at the 2007 NBA All Star parties at The Venetian and Ice House Lounge in Las Vegas. Community See All. She reports to former TV presenter June Sarpong, the BBC's first ever director of creative diversity, and her appointment preceded a commitment last summer to spend £100m of its content budget on diverse programming over three years. Kwame Kwei-Armah joined the project in May 2018 and rewrote part of their material.   Draw/No contest [55] In May, Elba featured on Mr Hudson's single "Step Into the Shadows". Um dich mit Idris Elba zu verbinden, registriere dich noch heute für Facebook. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. The BBC's diversity chief has claimed Idris Elba's TV detective Luther 'isn't black enough to be real' because 'he doesn't have any black friends and doesn't eat any Caribbean food'. 1,106 people like this. It emerged last year that BBC bosses discuss diversity in 'every conversation' about new programmes and the issue is 'non-negotiable'. Create New Account. He made his directorial debut in 2018 with an adaptation of the 1992 novel Yardie by Victor Headley. Idris Elba ist bei Facebook. [3] He is known for roles including Stringer Bell in the HBO series The Wire,[4] DCI John Luther in the BBC One series Luther, and Nelson Mandela in the biographical film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013). [26] He also created and starred in the semi-autobiographical comedy In the Long Run. 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