<Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1994--present </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Idrissa Akuna "Idris" Elba OBE (/ ˈɪdrɪs ˈɛlbə /, born 6 September 1972) is an English actor, producer, musician, and DJ . He is known for playing the narcotrafficker Stringer Bell in the HBO series The Wire, DCI John Luther on the BBC One series Luther, and Nelson Mandela in the biographical film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013). He has been nominated four times for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor--Miniseries or Television Film, winning one, and was nominated five times for a Primetime Emmy Award . </P> <P> Elba appeared in Ridley Scott's American Gangster (2007), Takers (2010), Thor (2011), Prometheus (2012), Pacific Rim (2013), Thor: The Dark World (2013) and Beasts of No Nation (2015), for which he received BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor . In 2016, he voiced Chief Bogo in Zootopia, Shere Khan in The Jungle Book, Fluke in Finding Dory and played the role of Krall in Star Trek Beyond . He will make his directorial debut with an adaptation of the 1992 novel Yardie by Victor Headley . </P>

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