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Idris Elba (Actor)

As the child of a Sierra Leonean father and a Ghanian mother, Afro-British cinema and television actor... (Learn more)

Top Projects: The Wire, This Christmas, The Office (View All)

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Idris Elba’s Milestones

	Formed his own DJ company with some friends at age 15
	Left school at 16 and won a place in the National Youth Music Theatre
	Worked in nightclubs under the DJ nickname 'Big Driis' by the age of 19
1995	Landed first role on the British series, "Bramwell"
1997 - 1998	Joined the cast of the British soap opera, "Family Affairs"
1998	Cast as a regular on acclaimed series, "Ultraviolet"
1999	Played a forensic scientist on the British series, "Dangerfield"
2001	Cast as Achilles in the stage play "Troilus and Cressida" in NYC
2001	Co-starred with Joaquin Phoenix in "Buffalo Soldiers"
2002 - 2004	Portrayed Russell 'Stringer' Bell in the HBO drama series, "The Wire"
2005	Played Rev. Frank, a Southern Baptist minister in Rob Hardy's spiritual drama, "The Gospel"
2005	Portrayed Captain Augustin Muganza in the HBO film "Sometimes in April" about the Rwandan Genocide
2007	Co-produced and performed on the intro to Jay-Z's album, American Gangster
2007	Had a supporting role in Ridley Scott's "American Gangster" alongside Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe
2007	Played the lead role in Tyler Perry's "Daddy's Little Girls' as a blue-collar mechanic who falls in love with a six-figure attorney
2008	Appeared in the role of Charlie Kgotso in the pilot episode of HBO's "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency"
2008	Co-starred in Guy Ritchie's "RocknRolla"
2009	Played the recurring role of Charles Miner, a new rival to Dunder Mifflin regional manager Michael Scott (Steve Carell) in NBC's "The Office"
2009	Starred in the thriller "Obsessed" with Beyonce Knowles and Ali Larter