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Idrissa Akuna "Idris" Elba is an English television, theatre, and film actor born in 1972. A Golden Globe award winner for his role as Luther, he is also famous for having starred as the sophisticated druglord Stringer Bell in The Wire and in several big budget Hollywood films such as Thor and Prometheus. He's also set to star in the 2013 film Pacific Rim and the Thor sequel Thor: The Dark World.

He's also a musician, known as DJ Big Driis/Big Driis the Londoner.

Filmography

Film

• Bellemaman (1999)
• Sorted Jam (2000)
• Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
• One Love (2003)
• The Gospel (2005)
• Daddys Little Girls (2007)
• The Reaping (2007)
• 28 Weeks Later (2007)
• American Gangster (2007)
• This Christmas (2007)
• Prom Night 2008
• RocknRolla (2008)
• The Human Contract (2008)
• The Unborn (2009)
• Obsessed (2009)
• Takers (2010)
• Legacy (2010)
• The Losers (2010)
• Thor (2011)
• Ghost Rider Spirit Of Vengeance (2012)
• Prometheus (2012)
• Pacific Rim (2013)
• Thor: The Dark World (2013)

Live Action TV

• Family Affairs (1997)
• Ultraviolet (1998 miniseries)
• Dangerfield (1999)
• The Wire (2002-2004)
• The Office US (2009)
• Luther (2009-2011)
• The Big C (2010)

Video Games

• Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Provides examples of

• Badass Baritone
• Fake American: He can put on an almost flawless East Coast accent. Many fans of The Wire express surprise when they learn he is from the UK. He also used a fake American Accent in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

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