Idris Elba British Actor Known for Thor: Ragnarok

Idris Elba is a British actor born on 6 September 1972 in London Borough of Hackney. He is known for playing Heimdall in Thor: Ragnarok (2017).

Early life

Idris Elba was educated at National Youth Music Theatre and Barking and Dagenham College.

Career

The earliest credit on record for Idris Elba is The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987). During the 1990s, he worked on Ultraviolet (1998) and Belle maman (1999). Work from the 2000s includes CSI: Miami (2002) and American Gangster (2007, as Tango). Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, as Heimdall) and Avengers: Infinity War (2018, as Heimdall) are among his 2010s credits. In the 2020s, he appeared in The Suicide Squad (2021, as Bloodsport) and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022, as Heimdall).

His filmography here covers 54 films and 6 TV series from 1987 to 2026. Action is the most frequent genre among his listed titles (20), followed by adventure (12) and science fiction (11). The most recent title listed is Masters of the Universe (2026). Of his 13 titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, Avengers: Infinity War (2018) has the highest, at $2.05 billion. His off-screen credits include director on Yardie.

Chris Hemsworth appears in seven of his listed titles, including Thor (2011) and Thor: The Dark World (2013). Other co-stars who recur in his credits are Stan Lee (five titles) and Tom Hiddleston (four titles). Ridley Scott directed two of his titles on record. Taika Waititi is credited as director on two of them.

He also has one album and 2 singles on record, including Cordi Elba (2022). Idris Elba reaches 224K subscribers on YouTube, according to the February 2025 count. Notable work listed for him includes Zootopia, Finding Dory and The Jungle Book.

Recognition

In 2016, he won the Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He has also won the Knight Bachelor (2026) and The King's Trust (1988). Idris Elba also earned a nomination for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor in 2016 for Luther. Awards come to 4 wins and 2 nominations in total.

Personal life

He is married to Sabrina Dhowre. He has 2 children on record.