Idris Elba Parents: Meet Winston And Eve: Idris Elba, officially known as Idrissa Akuna Elbais an English actor born on September 6, 1972.
He developed a love for acting at a very younger age and has been consistent throughout his career rising through the ranks to become one of the most sought-after actors.
Idris Elba kicked off his acting career with a role in Crimewatch murder reconstructions and in 1994 he appeared in a BBC children’s drama called The Boot Street Band.
He also played a central character in an episode of Season 1, an African petty thief named Charlie Carter, who lost his wife to childbirth and had to figure out how to support his newborn daughter.
Elba joined the cast of the soap opera Family Affairs and went on to appear on the television serial Ultraviolet and later on Dangerfield.
As an alumnus of the National Youth Theatre in London, he’s known for roles including Stringer Bell in The Wire, DCI John Luther in Luther, and Nelson Mandela in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.
For his role as Luther, he received four nominations each for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, winning one of the former.
Elba appeared in Ridley Scott’s American Gangster, Obsessed, and Prometheus. He portrayed Heimdall in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), Beginning With Thor, and Bloodsport In The Suicide Squad.
Elba also starred in Molly’s Game, Pacific Rim, and Beasts Of No Nation, for which he received Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for Best Supporting Actor.
He also played a role as Rufus Buck in the Western film The Harder They Fall. Elba has voiced characters in Zootopia, The Jungle Book, Finding Dory, and Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
Apart from his acting career, he made his directorial debut in 2018 with an adaptation of the 1992 novel Yardie by Victor Headley. He’s also a DJ and performs under the moniker, DJ Big Driis or Idris, and as an R&B singer.
In 2016, he was named in the Time 100 list of the Most Influential People in the World. As of May 2019, his films have grossed over $9.8 billion at the global box office, including over $3.6 billion in North America, where he is one of the top 20 highest-grossing actors.
Idris Elba Parents: Meet Winston And Eve
Idris Elba was born in the London Borough of Hackney, London, United Kingdom to Eve Elba (mother) and Winston Elba (father).
His father is a Sierra Leonean who worked at the Ford Dagenham plant while his mother is a Ghanaian. His parents got married in Sierra Leone and later moved to London
Source: Ghgossip.com
