Born only child of African immigrants to England. His father was from Sierra Leone and his mother was from Ghana. His name is of Krio African origin. Has no formal acting training and DJ's under the name "Big Driis the Londoner". He broke a land speed record, drove a dragster, and piloted an airplane in his miniseries Idris Elba: No Limits (2015). An avid rally fan, he competed in the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship as well as starred in the miniseries, where he races a rally car with help from Ari Vatanen. He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2016 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to drama. He is an actor in London, England. Elba appeared in Ridley Scott's American Gangster (2007) and Prometheus (2012), Thor(2011) and its sequels Thor: The Dark World(2013) and Thor: Ragnarok (2017), as well as Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and Avengers: Infinity War (2018). He also starred in Pacific Rim (2013), Beasts of No Nation (2015), for which he received BAFTA and Golden Globenominations for Best Supporting Actor and Molly's Game (2017). In 2016, he voiced Chief Bogo in Zootopia, Shere Khan in the live action/CGI adaptation of 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. Thank you for your sacrifice Captain Janek. "Where the hell you going, doc? You know what this place is? Those Engineers, this ain't their home. It's an installation. Maybe even military. They put it out here in the middle of nowhere because they're not stupid enough to make weapons of mass destruction on their own doorstep. That's what all that shit is in those vases. They made it here. It got out, turned on them. The end. It's time for us to go home." #startrek #captainjanek #stackerpentacost #idriselba #prometheus #pacificrim #startrekbeyond #thor #thedarkworld #Ragnarok #thedarktower #mollysgame #ageofultron #beastsofnonation #infinitywar https://www.instagram.com/p/BnYaRsFHZqs/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1godilz4a6xi8
