Idris Elba
Idrissa “Idris” Elba (born September 6, 1972 in London, England) acted in the television series The Wire (2002-2004) and the British series Luther (2010-2015). In movies, he acted in American Gangster (2007) and Prometheus (2012), both directed by Ridley Scott. He played Nelson Mandela in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013), the Commandant in Beasts of No Nation (2015) by Cary Fukunaga. He played the Norse God Heimdall in the Marvel films Thor (2011), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Avengers: Infinity War (2018). He played Bloodsport in DC Comics The Suicide Squad (2021). Elba costarred with Matthew McConaughey in the science-fiction western The Dark Tower (2017), with Kate Winslet in the survival romance The Mountain Between Us (2017), he played the lawyer in Molly’s Game (2017) written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, starring Jessica Chastain as Molly Bloom, acted in the Western The Harder They Fall (2021), Beast (2022) by Baltasar Kormákur, Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022) by George Miller.
Golden Globe Awards
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2016 NomineeBest Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television -
2016 NomineeBest Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture -
2014 NomineeBest Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama -
2014 NomineeBest Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television
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2012 WinnerBest Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television
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2011 NomineeBest Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television