Idris Elba

Highest Rated:
83% Legacy (2010)
Lowest Rated:
8% Prom Night (2008)
Birthday:
Sep 6, 1972
Birthplace:
Hackney, London, England, UK
Bio:
Born in London on September 6, 1972, and raised in the Hackney borough, Elba pursued acting as a high school student at the behest of a drama teacher. Elba paid his dues with many supporting roles on British television, including such series as Bramwell, The Bill, Degrees of Error, The Ruth Rendell…

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 8% - 83%
Number of Movies: 26
Box Office Since 2001: $880.4M
Year Rating Title Credit Box Office
2013 Thor: The Dark World
  • Heimdall
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2013 Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
  • Nelson Mandela
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2013 Pacific Rim
  • Sensi
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2013 No Good Deed
  • Actor
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2012 17% Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
  • Moreau
$51.8M
2012 74% Prometheus
  • Janek
$126.5M
2011 77% Thor
  • Heimdall
$181.0M
2010 83% Legacy
  • Malcolm Gray
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2010 28% Takers
  • Gordon Jennings
$57.7M
2010 Bone Deep
  • Actor
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2010 49% The Losers
  • Roque
$23.0M
2009 11% The Unborn
  • Father Arthur Wyndham
$42.6M
2009 19% Obsessed
  • Derek Charles
$68.3M
2008 59% RocknRolla
  • Mumbles
$5.7M
2008 The Human Contract
  • Actor
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2008 8% Prom Night
  • Detective Winn
$43.8M
2007 8% The Reaping
  • Ben
$25.1M
2007 26% Daddy's Little Girls
  • Monty
$31.3M
2007 70% 28 Weeks Later...
  • Gen. Stone
$28.6M
2007 55% This Christmas
  • Quentin Whitfield
$49.1M
2007 80% 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. Sensi: Today we are cancelling the apocalypse!
    From Pacific Rim. Submitted by Jed G (59 days ago)
    1. Heimdall: You would defy Loki, our king, break every oath you have sworn as Asgardian warriors and commit treason by bringing Thor back?
    2. Sif: Yes.
    3. Heimdall: Good!
    4. Volstagg: Then you'll help us?
    5. Heimdall: [walks away] I am bound by my oath. I cannot open the Bifrost to you.
    6. Fandral: Complicated fellow, isn't he?
    From Thor. Submitted by Kyler C (4 months ago)
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