Idris Elba
☼ Born on6 enero 1972, in Hackney, London, England, UK
Biography: An only child, Idrissa Akuna Elba is an English actor who was born and raised in London, England. His father, Winston, is from Sierra Leone and worked at Ford Dagenham; his mother, Eve, is from Ghana and had a clerical duty. Idris attended school in Canning Town, where he first became involved in acting, before he dropped out. He gained a place in the National Youth Music Theatre - thanks to a £1,500 Prince's Trust grant. To support himself between acting roles, he worked in jobs such as tyre-fitting, cold call advertising sales, and working night shifts at Ford Dagenham. He worked in nightclubs under the nickname DJ Big Driis at age 19, but began auditioning for television roles in his early-twenties.His first acting roles were on the soap opera Family Affairs (1997), the television serial Ul  (see all) traviolet (1998), and the medical drama Dangerfield (1995). His best known roles are as drug baron Russell "Stringer" Bell on the HBO series The Wire (Bajo escucha) (2002), as DCI John Luther on the BBC One series Luther (2010), and as Heimdall in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He later starred in the films Daddy's Little Girls (2007), Una noche para morir (2008), RocknRolla (2008), La semilla del mal (2009) and Obsesionada (2009). He also appeared in the films American Gangster (2007), Ladrones (Takers) (2010), Thor (2011), Prometheus (2012), Pacific Rim (2013), Thor: El mundo oscuro (2013), Beasts of No Nation (2015) and Star Trek: Más allá (2016). He voiced Chief Bogo in Zootrópolis (2016), Shere Khan in El libro de la selva (2016), and Fluke in Buscando a Dory (2016).Idris Elba was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II at the 2016 New Years Honours for his services to drama.


In the role of actor

Prometheus (2012) (22/05/2025)

Prometheus (2012), dirigida por Ridley Scott, es una precuela de la saga Alien que explora los orígenes de la humanidad y la xenomorfos. La trama sigue a un equipo de científicos y exploradores que, en 2089, viajan al planeta LV-223 tras descubrir pistas sobre una antigua civilización alienígena. Liderados por Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) y […]
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