Idrissa Akuna "Idris" Elba OBE (born 6 September 1972) is a British television, theatre, and film actor, writer, musician and DJ who has starred in both British and American productions. One of his first acting roles was in the soap opera Family Affairs. He has worked in a variety of TV roles including Ultraviolet and The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. He is known for playing Russell "Stringer" Bell, a Baltimore drug lord and aspiring businessman, in HBO's critically acclaimed show The Wire. Elba is a DJ under the moniker DJ Big Driis/Big Driis the Londoner, and a hip-hop soul recording artist.
He played the role of Heimdall, in the movie Thor and Thor: The Dark World.