Idrissa Akuna Elba

Idrissa Akuna Elba is the full name of a black Hollywood star, a renowned actor and a favorite of millions of moviegoers who adore American blockbusters.

Idris Elba - as fans call the actor - was born in one of 32 districts of London, which is called Hackney. Idrissa is the only child of immigrants from Sierra Leone and Ghana who immigrated to England. The parents of the future actor had nothing to do with the world of cinema. The head of the family worked at an automobile plant, my mother worked in the office.

Quite early on, Idris Elba developed a love for music. The first to notice this was his uncle, who was in the DJ business. A relative took his nephew with him to weddings. Idris learned everything pretty quickly and soon took on his own career. Having come up with the nickname "DJ Big Driis", 19-year-old Elba began performing in nightclubs. The young man composed musical compositions and made wonderful arrangements.

But the work of a DJ did not allow him to provide for his family, so Idris Elba had to earn extra money at the plant, engage in tire fitting, call customers and even guard the enterprise. At the same time, the guy did not forget about his passion for music. In the late 1980s, Idris managed to get a grant to study at the school of the National Musical Theater. Here Elba first became interested in acting, which was taught as an elective. Soon it was this direction that Idris Elba chose as the main one.

The cinematic biography of Idris Elba started in the early 1990s. The actor has appeared on the screens in a number of British TV series - "Pure English Murder" and "One More". The audience paid attention to the actor only after the release of the popular TV series "Dr. Eleanor Bromwell".

Idris Elba becomes a frequent guest in various British and then American multi-part projects. But the first glory came to Idris not in the cinema, but in the theater. The actor was involved in the play "Troilus and Cressida", where he played Achilles. The performance was a huge success, the troupe went on tour, first across the country, and then across Europe.

In the late 90s, Elba appeared in the French comedy Favorite Mother-in-Law, in which Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Lyndon, Matilda Seigner played the main roles. In 2000, the actor got a supporting role in the thriller Finding Brother. At the same time, Idris appeared in the series Food for the Soul about the life of a large African American family living in Chicago.

In 2001, the NBC TV channel aired the police drama Law and Order, in which the actor played a role in one of the episodes. In 2002, the TV series "The Wire" was released, where Elba was entrusted with a prominent role. And three years later, viewers saw the poignant drama about the genocide in Rwanda "Once in April", where Idris demonstrated excellent acting and entering the character.

At the same time, Idris got into the cast of the detective series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Miami", in which it was about the work of the police station of the resort town, and also starred in a minor role in the TV series "Taxi Driver". In the drama One Love, Idris Elba reincarnated as the protagonist Aaron, the keyboardist of the church choir, the fiancé of the girl Serena (Sherin Anderson).

In 2005, with the participation of Idris Elba, the films “Once in April” and “The Office” were released, two years later the artist got the main role in the thriller “The Harvest” about strange events taking place in a small American town. In the same year, director Ridley Scott invited the British actor to play a supporting role in the crime thriller Gangster, in which Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe and Josh Brolin played the main roles.

In the same year, the actor played the main role in the melodrama "Daddy's daughter". The actor has reincarnated as a simple car mechanic, who, having lost his job, gets a job as the personal driver of the lawyer Julia (Gabrielle Union).

The young actor, whose height was 190 cm, was consolidated with the music tape "Gospel" and the horror film "28 weeks later". World fame came to Idris Elba after the release of the family tape "Christmas". Many countries have acquired the broadcast rights for this grossing film.

The name of the talented Briton began to appear regularly in the lists of nominees for prestigious film awards since 2008, after the release of the action movie "Gangster".

The first project that brought the Briton an award was the drama "Luther". For his work in the film, Elba received the prestigious Golden Globe Award and was nominated for several Emmy nominations.

Russian audiences know and love the Hollywood star for the films Raider Boys, Pacific Rim, Rock and Roller, Thor, Ghost Rider and Prometheus. All named films have high ratings and have earned generous box office receipts for the creators.

On March 12, 2012, the Discovery Channel launched the show "Idris Elba: The Fighter" - a documentary chronicle of how one of the most famous British actors today, at the age of 44, realized his dream of entering a real boxing ring. Elba's coach was Kieran Keddle, a former fighter-mixfighter, who told Gazeta.Ru about the details of the project.

In the biographical drama The Long Way to Freedom, Idris Elba played the role of Nelson Mandela. The wife of the African leader was played by Naomi Harris.

Today, the British filmography includes more than 60 titles of paintings and TV series. The most recent projects with the participation of Idris Elba are the blockbusters "Tor-2. Kingdom of Darkness ”,“ Shooter ”and“ No Good Deeds ”. In 2015, the actor starred in the documentary series No Brakes, where he acted as a tester on airplanes and drag racing. At the same time, the artist played a major role in the superhero action movie "Avengers: Age of Ultron", in which the main characters were played by Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson. The film's box office grossed $ 1.4 million.

In the same year, the actor played in the action-packed action movie "Gunman" the partner of special agent Jim Terrier (Sean Penn), who had to hide from his own bosses, who decided to get rid of the employee. Elba also got the main role in the military drama Rootless Beasts about the civil war in West Africa.

The Hollywood star is often seen with famous beauties. Famous actresses, singers and models appear next to him. But the personal life of Idris Elba was once "formalized". The actor's wife was the actress Dormove Sherman.

The couple legalized the relationship in 1997. But soon after the wedding, the marriage cracked. Even the appearance of Isan's daughter did not help. The girl was born in 2002, but at the time of the birth of the child, the parents managed to divorce.

Soon Kim Elba became the artist's wife. And then Idris tied the knot with Sonya Hamlin, but after four months of living together, a major scandal followed, culminating in a divorce. Idris's friend was also a black singer K. Michelle, in 2012 the actor began a relationship with makeup artist Nyana Garth, from whom in 2014 Idris had a second child - a son, Winston. In 2016, the actor ended his relationship with Nyana.

The artist maintains several accounts on social networks - Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, where he mainly uploads photos from film sets, as well as pictures of his own photo sessions for glamorous magazines.

In 2016, fans of the British-Hollywood star's talent watched a new project called "Cool Measures" with pleasure. The theme of the action movie is relevant: the hero of the Elbe saves France from terrorists.

In 2016, a number of cartoon projects followed, in which Idris Elba also participated. The artist voiced the characters of the animated films "Zootopia", "The Jungle Book", "Finding Dory". In the crime thriller "Cool Measures", Elba reincarnated as a daring CIA agent Sean Briar, who, along with a petty fraudster Michael Mason (Richard Madden), becomes the target of a mafia group. Elba also took on the role of the hero Kroll in the sci-fi movie Star Trek: Infinity, as well as in the Arrow in the Danish western The Dark Tower.

In 2017, the premiere of the adventure drama "Mountains Between Us" took place. In the film, Elba reincarnated as Ben the doctor, who, together with the journalist Alex (Kate Winslet), survived after a plane crash in the snowy mountains. Now the actor is filming new projects - "Molly's Game" and "Guerrilla", the premieres of which are expected in the near future.

1994-1995 - "Purely English Murder" 2001 - "Law & Order" 2005 - "Once in April" 2007 - "Harvest" 2007 - "28 Weeks Later" 2007 - "Gangster" 2007 - "Daddy's Daughter" 2009 - "Obsession" "2010—2015 -" Luther "2011 -" Thor "2014 -" Second Coming "2015 -" Gunman "2015 -" Rootless Beasts "2017 -" The Dark Tower "2017 -" Mountains Between Us "

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