Actor
Zootopia 2
2025
as Chief Bogo (voice)
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
2024
as Knuckles (voice)
The Casting of Frank Stone
2024
as Robert Green
Extraction 2
2023
as Alcott
Luther: The Fallen Sun
2023
as John Luther
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
2022
as The Fox (voice)
Three Thousand Years of Longing
2022
as The Djinn
Beast
2022
as Dr. Nate Daniels
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022
as Heimdall
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
2022
as Knuckles (voice)
The Harder They Fall
2021
as Rufus Buck
The Suicide Squad
2021
as Bloodsport
Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney
2020
Concrete Cowboy
2020
as Harp
Cats
2019
as Macavity
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
2019
as Brixton
Avengers: Infinity War
2018
as Heimdall
Molly's Game
2017
as Charlie Jaffey
The Mountain Between Us
2017
as Dr. Ben Bass
Thor: Ragnarok
2017
as Heimdall
The Dark Tower
2017
as Roland Deschain
Marine Life Interviews
2016
as Fluke (voice)
100 Streets
2016
as Max
Star Trek Beyond
2016
as Krall
Finding Dory
2016
as Fluke (voice)
Bastille Day
2016
as Sean Briar
The Jungle Book
2016
as Shere Khan (voice)
Zootopia
2016
as Chief Bogo (voice)
Beasts of No Nation
2015
as Commandant
King for a Term
2015
as Akuna's father
Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015
as Heimdall
The Gunman
2015
as Barnes
No Good Deed
2014
as Colin Evans
Second Coming
2014
as Mark
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
2013
as Nelson Mandela
Thor: The Dark World
2013
as Heimdall
Pacific Rim
2013
as Stacker Pentecost
The Peter Weyland Files: Prometheus Transmission
2012
as Janek
Prometheus
2012
as Janek
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
2011
as Moreau
Thor
2011
as Heimdall
Legacy
2010
as Malcolm Gray
Takers
2010
as Gordon Jennings
The Losers
2010
as Roque
Obsessed
2009
as Derek Charles
The Unborn
2009
as Arthur Wyndham
The Human Contract
2008
as Larry
RocknRolla
2008
as Mumbles
Prom Night
2008
as Detective Winn
This Christmas
2007
as Quentin "Junior" Whitfield
American Gangster
2007
as Tango
28 Weeks Later
2007
as General Stone
The Reaping
2007
as Ben
Daddy's Little Girls
2007
as Monty James
All In The Game
2006
as Paul
The Gospel
2005
as Reverend Charles Frank
Sometimes in April
2005
as Augustin
One Love
2003
as Aaron
Buffalo Soldiers
2002
as Kimborough
Sorted
2000
as Jam
Belle Maman
1999
as Grégoire
Spiders and Flies
1996
as Benton
We All Die Young
Infernus
as Donovan Kamara
Fixed
as Rocco (voice)
Extraction 3
as Alcott
Bang!
Above the Below
as Jackson
Street Dogs
as John Luther
Untitled Idris Elba/Simon Kinberg Spy Romance Film
Untitled Kathryn Bigelow Political Thriller
Heads of State
Stay Frosty
