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Idris Elba Biography

Idrissa Akuna "Idris" Elba OBE (/ˈɪdrɪs ˈɛlbə/, born 6 September 1972) is a British actor, producer, musician, and DJ. He is best known for playing DCI John Luther on the BBC One series Luther as well as the narcotrafficker Stringer Bell in the HBO series The Wire, and Nelson Mandela in the biographical film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013). He has been nominated four times for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film, winning one, and was nominated five times for a Primetime Emmy Award.

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What an honor it was to step into the shoes of Nelson Mandela and portray a man who defied odds, broke down barriers, and championed human rights before the eyes of the world.

Broke, Eye, Honor, Men, Rights, World

Actors tend to not know how their performances are going to actually be used. Even though the script says one thing, in the edit, it can be something else.

Actors, Actually, Performances, Scripts, Used

White actors still get way more money in Hollywood. It's been that way for a very long time. I hope it'll change, but it's a matter of forcing that change.

Actors, Hollywood, Hope, Long, Time, White

We're all human beings. Experience is experience, let's just be honest. Let's not try and dissect suffering into a race, or whatever you want to call it. We're all human beings, one way or another. All races have gone through times that are challenging; that's part of being a human.

Challenges, Suffering, Trying, Dissect, Gone

The only thing I change mainly is my sneakers. I love sneakers. But everything's sort of black or jeans. Jeans, always.

Black, Jeans, Sneakers, Sort

I've always been DJing; it's just I'm making more of a push for it, making it more public.

Djing, Making, Public, Push

I don't get recognised that much yet in London, but when I do I get a real sense of achievement.

Achievement, London, Real, Recognised

Because I was big, I didn't have to listen to anyone doubting me. I was just considered good at football or whatever, there were no questions about it.

Bigs, Considered, Doubt, Doubting, Football

Being able to work with Ridley Scott on this film is like being able to play on the Olympic team for actors.

Actors, Olympic, Play, Team

Television is where I cut my teeth.

Cut, Cutting, Teeth, Television

I watch my daughter wanting to be like other kids and getting upset that she's not. But I always try and instill in her the idea that she's perfect as she is.

Daughter, Idea, Ideas, Instill, Kids, Watch

Imagine a film such as Inception with an entire cast of black people – do you think it would be successful? Would people watch it? But no one questions the fact that everyone’s white. That’s what we have to change

Entire, Film, People, Successful, Thinking, White

I love to play different roles. That's just the kind of actor I am.

Different, Kind, Love, Play, Roles

I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and have never done an American accent before, so they rely on a slew of technical mechanisms. Part of what makes an accent is understanding why people speak that way - you have to understand the culture.

America, Long, People, Technical, Speak

I tend to stay away from the comics.

Away, Comics, Stay, Tend

What kind of role do you play after someone like Stringer, you know what I mean? You play another gangster. What’s the point of that? I’ve played the gangster. I try to keep it really varied; it just makes for more of a fun and interesting career.

Career, Fun, Keep, Mean, Play, Whats

The directors [who know every detail] make films that are complete, basically.

Basically, Details, Directors, Film, Films

One of my first jobs was in a soap opera, five days a week. And what I found is, although there are different directors coming in and different crews, you just lived in your character. It's the nature of the story, the ongoing story, and it can get deeper and deeper.

Character, Days, Different, Jobs, Soap

There has been a big debate about it: can a black man play a Nordic character?

Big, Black, Character, Debate, Men, Play

I'm an ambitious person. I never consider myself in competition with anyone, and I'm not saying that from an arrogant standpoint, it's just that my journey started so, so long ago, and I'm still on it and I won't stand still.

Ambitious, Competition, Journey, Long Ago, Saying

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