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Idris Elba

Highest Rated:
83% Legacy (2010)
Lowest Rated:
8% The Reaping (2007)
Birthday:
Sep 6, 1972
Birthplace:
Hackney, London, England, UK
Bio:
As the child of a Sierra Leonean father and a Ghanian mother, Afro-British cinema and television actor Idris Elba built his reputation as a performer in sitcoms and cable dramas during the 1990s and early 2000s before segueing into Hollywood movies in 2005.Born in London on September 6, 1972, and…

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 8% - 83%
Number of Movies: 25
Box Office Since 2001: $754.0M
Year Rating Title Credit Box Office
2013 No Good Deed
  • Actor
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2013 Thor 2
  • Heimdall
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2013 Pacific Rim
  • Sensi
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2012 18% Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
  • Moreau
$51.8M
2012 Prometheus
  • Janek
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2011 77% Thor
  • Heimdall
$181.0M
2010 48% The Losers
  • Roque
$23.0M
2010 83% Legacy
  • Malcolm Gray
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2010 27% Takers
  • Gordon Jennings
$57.7M
2010 Bone Deep
  • Actor
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2009 12% The Unborn
  • Father Arthur Wyndham
$42.6M
2009 20% Obsessed
  • Derek Charles
$68.3M
2008 8% Prom Night
  • Detective Winn
$43.8M
2008 59% RocknRolla
  • Mumbles
$5.7M
2008 The Human Contract
  • Actor
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2007 8% The Reaping
  • Ben
$25.1M
2007 26% Daddy's Little Girls
  • Monty
$31.3M
2007 71% 28 Weeks Later...
  • Gen. Stone
$28.6M
2007 55% This Christmas
  • Quentin Whitfield
$49.1M
2007 79% American Gangster
  • Tango
$130.1M
2005 32% The Gospel
  • Reverend Frank
$15.8M
2005 Sometimes in April
  • Augustin Muganza
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2003 One Love
  • Actor
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1999 Belle maman
  • Actor
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1998 Ultraviolet
  • Actor
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Quotes from Idris Elba's Characters

    1. Janek: Whatever that probe is picking up, it's a lifeform.
    From Prometheus. Submitted by William F (2 days ago)
    1. Mumbles: If I could be half the human being Bob is at the cost of being a poof, I'd have to think about it. Not for very long, but I'd have to pause.
    From RocknRolla. Submitted by Maria H (2 months ago)
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