- Source of Wealth: Film and Television
- Age: 47
- Birth Place: Hackney, London, England
- Height: 6′ 3″ (1.91 m)
- Weight: 97 kg (215 lbs)
- Marital Status: Divorced (Sonya Nicole Hamlin)
- Full Name: Idrissa Akuna Elba
- Nationality: British
- Date of Birth: September 6, 1972
- Ethnicity: Sierra Leonean and Ghanaian
- Occupation: Actor and Producer
- Education: Britain’s National Youth Music Theatre
- Children: 2 (Winston and Isan)
Idris Elba has a net worth of $25 million. He is a British TV, film, and theater actor. Idris Elba made his money by starring in American and British productions.
Idris Elba also has worked as a rapper, producer, and singer. He started his career in 1992, but his first role in a series came in 1995, working in Bramwell. One of his breakthrough roles was a Baltimore Drug Kingpin Stringer Bell in HBO’s Critically Acclaimed Show The Wire. Elba also starred in the lead role in the TV show Luther, and worked in the film This Christmas. He was the producer of the film Legacy in 2007. Idris Elba has won many awards, including the BET Award for Best Actor in 2010.
Idris Elba was born on September 6, 1972, in London, England. His parents are Winston Elba and Eve Elba, who married in West Africa and moved to London. Idris left school in 1988 to work in a theater, having to do a lot of tasks in this job in England.
Idris Elba eventually portrayed the late great Nelson Mandela in the 2013 biopic Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.