Idris Elba
Actor
Filmography (All Films)
- Wire, The - Season 1 (TV Series) (2002)
- Feat. Dominic West, Idris Elba, Wood Harris…
- Tough, patient HBO TV policier (from David Simon, creator of HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREETS) follows the Baltimore drug scene from both the police and…
- Wire, The - Season 2 (TV Series) (2003)
- Feat. Dominic West, Idris Elba, Wood Harris…
- Much of the cast of the first season of this phenomenal HBO crime drama return for another complex delve into the Baltimore crime scene.
This time…
- Wire, The - Season 3 (TV Series) (2004)
- Feat. Dominic West, Frankie Faison, Idris Elba…
- Third season of this cracking HBO crime drama set in the seedy underbelly of the Baltimore crime scene.
This season the Baltimore mayor is…
- Sometimes in April (2005)
- Dir. Raoul Peck
Feat. Debra Winger, Idris Elba, Oris Erhuero
- A worthy HBO dramatisation of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, in which around one million ethnic 'Tutsis' were slaughtered by ethnic 'Hutu' military and…
- Reaping, The (2007)
- Feat. Hilary Swank, David Morrissey, Idris Elba…
- Apocalyptic horror hokum set in bible belt America, with Hilary Swank managing to rise above the schlock as a former missionary turned scientific…
- 28 Weeks Later (2007)
- Dir. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Harold Perrineau, Jr.…
- Post–Apocalyptic sequel to 28 DAYS LATER takes place weeks after the Rage Virus outbreak, with a small community attempting to…
- Prom Night (2008)
- Dir. Nelson McCormick
Feat. Idris Elba, Jessica Stroup, Johnathon Schaech
- Lame duck remake of the 80's teen horror, with a picture perfect cast being chased around by a deranged killer on their…
- RocknRolla (2008)
- Dir. Guy Ritchie
Feat. Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Thandiwe Newton…
- Stylephile Guy Ritchie revisits well–trodden territory with this typically tangled crime caper involving a menagerie of seedy opportunists…
- Obsessed (2009)
- Dir. Steve Shill
Feat. Idris Elba, Beyonce Knowles, Ali Larter…
- Campy stalker thriller sees a successful bank manager (Elba) relentlessly pursued by an obsessive temp who works in his office. THE WIRE vet Elba…
- Losers, The (2010)
- Dir. Sylvain White
Feat. Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans…
- Bombastic, boof–headed action based on the Vertigo comic about double–crossed mercenaries out for revenge will satisfy those in search of…
- Takers (2010)
- Dir. John Luessenhop
Feat. Chris Brown, Hayden Christensen, Matt Dillon…
- Slick, but generic heist film has a notorious gang of thieves running up against a hard–bitten detective determined to foil their latest heist.
- Luther (TV Series) (2010-2019)
- Feat. Idris Elba, Saskia Reeves, Indira Varma…
- Stylish, swaggering BBC cop show created by SPOOKS–scriptwriter (and currently Wellington resident) Neil Cross stars THE WIRE's Idris Elba as a…
- Thor (2011)
- Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman…
- Engaging superhero escapism with The God of Thunder banished to earth where his skills with a hammer soon come in handy.
Flitting between godly…
- Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance (2011)
- Dir. Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Ciaran Hinds, Idris Elba…
- Vrrmm, vrmmm....Nicolas Cage races with the devil in this unnecessary sequel to Marvel's mediocre GHOST RIDER. Despite CRANK directors Neveldine and…
- Prometheus (2012)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender…
- Ridley Scott's return to the ALIEN franchise results in his most visually enthralling film since BLADE RUNNER, with outstanding art direction and…
- Pacific Rim (2013)
- Dir. Guillermo Del Toro
Feat. Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi…
- Guillermo Del Toro injects some bravado and visual panache into this otherwise knuckleheaded live–action cartoon about a team of robot pilots…
- Thor: The Dark World (2013)
- Dir. Alan Taylor
Feat. Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston…
- In this predictably bombastic sequel, the action relocates from Earth to the Nine Realms, where the Norse God must team up with nemesis Loki…
- Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom (2013)
- Dir. Justin Chadwick
Feat. Idris Elba, Naomie Harris, Tony Kgoroge
- Idris Elba portrays the late Nelson Mendela from his childhood rural upbringing through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected…
- Gunman, The (2015)
- Dir. Pierre Morel
Feat. Sean Penn, Idris Elba, Jasmine Trinca…
- Sean Penn stars as a sniper on a mercenary assassination team, who kills a Congolese minister, but his shot forces him into hiding.
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
- Dir. Joss Whedon
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo…
- More Marvel mayhem has the team forced to reassemble after Tony Stark and Bruce Banner awaken a long dormant peacekeeping program.
- Zootopia (2016)
- Dir. Rich Moore, Byron Howard
Feat. Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba…
- This Pixar animation smash is a smart, hugely entertaining romp set in a city of anthropomorphic animals in which a rookie bunny cop and a cynical…
- Jungle Book, The (2016)
- Dir. Jon Favreau
Feat. Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley…
- An eye–popping, effects–driven take on the tale of Mowgli a young boy raised by wolves who's existence is threatened by the tiger Shere…
- Bastille Day (2016)
- Dir. James Watkins
Feat. Idris Elba, Richard Madden, Charlotte Le Bon…
- Brawny thriller with Idris Elba as a CIA agent forced to team up with a young con artist to thwart a terrorist attack.
- Finding Dory (2016)
- Dir. Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane
Feat. Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O'Neill…
- Beautifully rendered sequel to Pixar's FINDING NEMO follows Ellen DeGeneres' forgetful blue tang fish as she searches for her long–lost…
- Star Trek: Beyond (2016)
- Dir. Justin Lin
Feat. Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban…
- Thrilling third installment has Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter…
- 100 Streets (2016)
- Dir. Jim O’Hanlon
Feat. Idris Elba, Gemma Arterton, Tom Cullen…
- Compelling ensemble drama following the lives of a diverse range of characters all within one square mile of London.
The story lines are…
- Guerrilla (TV Mini-series) (2017)
- Feat. Idris Elba, Freida Pinto, Babou Ceesay…
- 6–part Miniseries set in 1970's London, where a politically active couple have their relationship and values tested after forming a radical…
- Dark Tower, The (2017)
- Dir. Nikolaj Arcel
Feat. Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor…
- Stephen King adaptation which simplifies the author's acclaimed fantasy series into a watchable battle of good vs evil – represented by Idris…
- Mountain Between Us, The (2017)
- Dir. Hany Abu-Assad
Feat. Idris Elba, Kate Winslet
- Indris Elba and Kate Winslet are appealing in this lusciously shot romantic drama doubling as a tense mountain survival story. The pair are a surgeon…
- Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
- Dir. Taika Waititi
Feat. Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett…
- New Zealand's most successful film–maker on home turf (and former Aro Valleyite) Taika Waititi makes his equally successful Hollywood debut…