Idris Elba

Idris Elba is known as a British actor. He is most famous for his roles in The Wire, Thor, and Luther.

Background and Age

Idrissa Akuna Elba was born on September 6, 1972, in East London, England. A single offspring of Sierra Leonean and Ghanaian ancestry, Elba eventually went to the National Youth Music Theater's preparation programs. He handled various British TV roles and worked with his father in a vehicle factory before eventually advancing toward America. He settled in Brooklyn, New York, and Jersey City, New Jersey, working as a concierge at the comedy club Carolines and DJing while at the same time attempting to bring home some income.

Married, Wife, and Kids

Idris has had a lot of romantic connections and has been married twice. He got hitched to his first spouse, a Danish woman, named Kim Norgaard. The pair got married in 1999 and the following five years, they went their different ways in 2003. The couple had a girl named Isan Elba who was born in 2002. After their separation, the pair had equal authority of their little girl, though she lives with her mum in Atlanta.

Not long after his marriage with Kim finished, Idris didn't set aside some effort to discover love once more. While Kim proceeded to wed Pastor Andrew Friar, Idris dated and eventually got married to his subsequent spouse, Sonya Nicole Hamlin, in 2006. The pair separated four months after their wedding referring to beyond reconciliation contrasts as the explanation behind their separation.

Elba went on to experience passionate feelings for a British woman named Naiyana Garth. The lovebirds appreciated a thriving relationship from 2013 to 2016. They had a child named Winston Elba in 2014. After their division, he met his present partner Sabrina Dhowre who is a Canadian model. The pair declared their engagement on the tenth of February 2018.

Career and Net Worth

After getting some experience in the acting industry, Idris finally got his big break as the criminal mastermind known as Stringer Bell in The Wire. After that HBO show wrapped, he went on to film a blend of lead and supporting roles including Daddy's Little Girls, Thor, Prometheus, and The Dark Tower. Elba won a Golden Globe Award for his role on the TV series Luther and played Nelson Mandela in the biopic Long Walk to Freedom.

In July 2019, the new Fast and the Furious spin-off, Hobbs and Shaw were released in theaters. Elba plays the role of the main villain in the film known as Brixton.