Idris Elba

Idris Elba

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Dɔɔ bee pɔge bee dɔgebo	dɔɔ
Dɔgebo paaloŋ	United Kingdom, Sierra Leone
Dɔgebo yuori	Idrissa Akuna Elba
Yo-ennaa bee yoporaa	Idris
Family name	Elba
Dɔgebo bebiri	6 Sentɔmbare 1972
Dɔgebo zie	London Borough of Hackney
Spouse	Sabrina Dhowre
Kɔkɔyelii, sɛge ne bee goligoluu	Bɔrefɔ
Zanne la	National Youth Music Theatre, Barking and Dagenham College
Kpɛzie	London
Work location	New York
Toma vuo (piiluu)	1994
Medical condition	COVID-19
Filmography	Idris Elba filmography
Kyɔɔtaare o naŋ nyɛ	The Prince's Trust, Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Nominated for	British Academy Television Award for Best Actor, The Game Awards − Best Performance
Notable role	Shere Khan, Knuckles the Echidna, Chief Bogo

Idrissa Akuna Elba (/ˈɪdrɪs/ IH-driss; O dɔgebo daare da la 6 September 1972) e la naasaale dēɛdeɛne kaŋa , rapper, yielyiele, ane DJ. O da nyɛ la a Salma Globe kyɔɔtaa ane iruuŋ kyaare a ata BAFTA kyɔɔtaa ane six Emmy Awards. O yuori da poree la a Time 100 noba na da kyaare a Most Influential People a teŋɛ zu a 2016. O sinii da taa libie na da ta $9.8 billion a global box office poɔ, na da vɛŋ ka o da e a top 20 highest-grossing sinii maala kaŋa.

Elba da zanne la a sinii maaloo a National Youth Music Theatre na be London. O da gaa la nimitɔɔre na da e prominence playing Stringer Bell na da be HBO series The Wire (2002–2004), ane DCI John Luther na da be BBC One series Luther (2010–2019), na da ta wagere kaŋa a da vɛŋ ka o da nyɛ Golden Globe Award kyaare a Best Actor – Miniseries bee Television Film meŋ da e neɛ na da paale a neŋ iri banaare banaŋ kyaare a Primetime Emmy Award kyaare a Outstanding Lead Actor na be Limited Series bee Movie. O meŋ da e la Emmy-nominated kyaare a saama tonnoɔre a Showtime comedy-drama series The Big C (2011) ane a wedera tontona kyaare a Apple TV+ thriller series Hijack (2024). Ba meŋ bammo la ka o da tona toma kyaare a Charles Miner na da be a NBC sitcom The Office (2009).

Nyɔvooroŋ ane Ganzanne

Idrissa Akuna Elba dɔgebo saŋa da la 6 September 1972 naŋ da e a London Borough of Hackney, te ko a Winston Elba, a Sierra Leonean dɔɔ naŋ tona a Ford Dagenham plant, ane Eve, a Ghanaian pɔge. O dɔgereba da kulee taa a Sierra Leone a da wa ta wagere kaŋa da leɛ gaa a London. Elba da baa la Hackney ane East Ham a da kyɛ a o yuori ŋmaa lɛ ka o da e "Idris" kyɛ da naŋ be sakuuri na da be Canning Town, be ka o da piili neŋ a acting.

Elba soŋɛɛ a stage ane o vuo. o da nyɛ enfuoni daa foto kaŋa kyaare a deɛnoo zie, o da gaa pɔgɛɛ a tontona dɛndɛŋ soba. A 1986, o da maŋ piili sona la DJ business; yuoni poɔ, o da piili la o meŋɛ DJ company toma ne o zɔmenne mine.

Toma

1994–2004: Early roles and The Wire

Elba's sinii dɛndɛŋ soba o na da maale da kyaare la Crimewatch murder reconstructions, ane a 1994, o da saaŋ la BBC children's drama na e The Boot Street Band. A 1995, o da maale la a sinii kaŋa yuori na e Bramwell, a medical drama a 1890s England. Aepisode of series 1, o da e la deɛndeɛkaraa, na e African petty naŋnyige yuri na di Charlie Carter, pɔge na da kpi yi bie dɔgebo wagere kyɛ da maale kaa lɛnɛɛ o na naŋ maale kaa o bipaala na da e pɔgelee.

Production company

Elba da taa la toma ne Apple ka o da maale yelzu soŋ na da kyaare Green Door Pictures production company. A February 2021, yele mine da yi la ka a companies ko Elba ane a o pɔge, Sabrina Dhowre, naŋ maala la Afrofuturist adult animated sci-fi series, tentatively yelzu na e Dantai, kyaare Crunchyroll, na da e wagere na a biotech na da "created an ever-widening gap between the haves and have-nots." A April 2021 peɛroo neŋ a Den of Geek, o da yeli ka a yelnimizie da la "mainly the brainchild" kyaare a o pɔge, o na da yeli ka o da e la "super geek when it comes to anime". A June 2024, Elba da piilee production company paala na e 22Summers neŋ former Pulse & BBC exec Diene Petterle. A August 2024, Elba da nyɛ sagedeebo kyaare a Tanzanian government ka ba maale a film studio na da e Zanzibar. A September 2024, Elba da paale la a Things Fall Apart a da e actor ane executive producer.

A January 2025, Idris Elba premiered a documentary kyaare a rampant knife ane gang-related crimes na da be United Kingdom.

Other ventures

Music

Elban da saa la music videos ko Fat Joe (2002), Angie Stone (2004) ane rapper Giggs (2010). A 2006, da maale la a four-song EP Big Man kyaare Hevlar Records. O da maale la a Jay-Z's album American Gangster (2007). A DJed na be a 2007 NBA All-Star parties a Venetian ane Ice House Lounge na be Las Vegas. A July 2009, Elba da la a DJ for BET's current series Rising Icons. o da tere la noɔre kyaare a o yiele yeni na ŋmeɛbo "Please Be True". A August 2009 yele kyaare a Essence, o da yelee a o yiele paale na da e boma ayoɔbo yelzuri EP as Kings Among Kings. O da iree a o EP High Class Problems Vol. 1 na be United Kingdom a February 2010, for which he has won many prizes, including a Billboard Music Awards nomination.

Kickboxing

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Discovery Channel produced a documentary, Idris Elba: Fighter, chronicling Elba's twelve-month kickboxing and mixed martial arts training under Muay Thai coach Kieran Keddle, culminating in Elba's first professional kickboxing fight—and win—against Lionel Graves, a younger, more experienced Dutch opponent, at London's York Hall.

Kickboxing record

Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time	Record
28 August 2016	Win	Lionel Graves	Road to Glory UK	London, United Kingdom	TKO	1	N/A	1–0

Motorsport

A 11 February 2025, yeluu da wuli ka Elba da de la libie eŋ Kiro Race Co, kpaaroŋ na da paale a kyakya na e FIA Formula E World Championship.

Meŋɛ Nyɔvooroŋ

Marriages and family

Elba da kulee Danish stylist Hanne "Kim" Nørgaard yi 1999 ka ba da bare taa 2003. O da la kulee American real estate lawyer Sonya Nicole Hamlin ka ba da maale kyue anaare a 2006.

Po-boɔbo

Elba da yeli ka o da e la spiritual kye ba e religious. O da soŋ la kɔɔre a o local football team Arsenal FC. A January 2025, o da terɛɛ noɔre ka o da ba la ɔɔrɔ nɛne te ta kyue ata mine.

Discography

Albums

• 2015: Murdah Loves John (The John Luther Character Album)

Extended plays

• 2006: Big Man
• 2009: Kings Among Kings
• 2010: High Class Problems Vol. 1
• 2014: Idris Elba Presents Mi Mandela
• 2022: Cordi Elba (with Lime Cordiale)
• 2023: The Phantom Files (From Cyberpunk 2077)

Singles

Title	Year	Album
"Pushing On" (as IDRIS with Kathy Brown)	2024	Non-album singles
"Shake Body" (as IDRIS, with Shermanology)

• 2023: "We Run the Area" (with Toddla T, General Levy and Naomi Cowan)
• 2023: "Most Wanted" (with Djibril Cissé)
• 2024: "Knives Down" (with DB Maz)

Remixes

• "Trust in Me"
• "The Bare Necessities"

Mixtapes

• 2011: Merry DriisMas Holiday Mixtape
• 2024: Essential Mix

Other appearances

• 2019: "Even If I Die (Hobbs & Shaw)" on the soundtrack to the Fast & Furious spin-off film Hobbs & Shaw, featuring Cypress Hill; the remix version features Hybrid.
• 2019: "London Boy" by Taylor Swift — The intro of the song samples a snippet from an interview by Elba.
• 2019: "Party & BullShit" by Sarkodie – He was featured in the song.
• 2020: "Fear or Faith Pt. 2" by Future Utopia from the album 12 Questions.
• 2021: "Long Tailed Winter Bird (Idris Elba Remix)" by Paul McCartney from the album McCartney III Imagined.

Featured singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Certifications	Album
		UK	AUS
"Dance Off" (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Idris Elba and Anderson .Paak)	2016	—	7	ARIA: Platinum	This Unruly Mess I've Made
"Boasty" (Wiley, Stefflon Don and Sean Paul featuring Idris Elba)	2019	11	—	BPI: Platinum	Non-album singles
"Come Alive" (Wrenne featuring Idris Elba)		—	—
"New Breed" (James BKS featuring Q-Tip, Idris Elba and Little Simz)		—	—
"Apple Crumble" (with Lime Cordiale)	2021	—	—		Cordi Elba
"What's Not to Like" (with Lime Cordiale)		—	—
"Holy Moley" (with Lime Cordiale)	2022	—	—
"Unnecessary Things" (with Lime Cordiale)		—	—
"Vroom" (The FaNaTIX featuring Idris Elba, Lil Tjay, Davido, Koffee & Moelogo)		—	—		Find Your Line – Official Music from Gran Turismo 7
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

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• Idris Elba at IMDb