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Idris Elba was born in September 1972 in London. Elba was the only child in the family. He studied in Canning Town’s high school, where he appeared the first time on the stage. His father was born in Sierra Leone while his mother was from Ghana. Elba grew up in East Ham and began helping his uncle with his DJ business for weddings by the time he was 14th. Later, when he was 19th already he started his career as a DJ, performing in nightclubs under the name of DJ Big Driis. At that point he started going to different auditions for TV, the same time he was working at the “Ford” company in Dagenham. At the beginning of his carrier he starred on the television. His first, most significant role he played in a TV show “Dr. Brummell” in 1995 year by appearing in a small role in one of the series. He also played in such TV shows as “One more” and “Zone of danger”. During his carrier he has played mostly the supporting roles. He performed in: “Searching for the Brothers” (2000), “Buffalo Soldiers” (2001) and others. In 2008, Idris Elba performed one of the major roles in the Guy Ritchie's crime comedy. In 2009 he joined for some time the cast of sitcom “Office”. In 2010, Elba starred in the movie “Raider Boys”.

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Here you can learn about the movies Idris Elba acted in. You can see the names of the movies, their budget, years of release and the money gained from the screening of the certain movie. It is always interesting to know.

Movies & Videos	Budget	Year	Opening weekend	US box Office
American Gangster - Tango	$100M	2007	$24M	$130M
The Reaping - Ben	$40M	2007	$10M	$25.1M
The Losers - Roque	$25M	2010	$9.41M	$23.5M
Prom Night - Detective Winn, Soundtrack (writer: "This Is All That We Know")	$20M	2008	$20.8M	$43.8M
Takers - Gordon Cozier	$20M	2010	$20.5M	$57.7M
Obsessed - Derek Charles	$20M	2009	$28.6M	$68.3M
RocknRolla - Mumbles	$18M	2008	$145K	$5.69M
The Unborn - Arthur Wyndham	$16M	2009	$19.8M	$42.6M
Buffalo Soldiers - Kimborough	$15M	2001	$31K	$354K
This Christmas - Quentin Whitfield	$13M	2007	$18M	$49.1M
Daddy's Little Girls - Monty	$10M	2007	$13.1M	$31.3M
Sorted - Jam	$9M	2000
The Gospel - Reverend Charles Frank	$5M	2005	$7.52M	$15.8M
Legacy - Malcolm Gray, Executive Producer	$500K	2010
Behind the Mask (short) - Ovronramwen		1997
Belle maman - Grйgoire		1999
28 Weeks Later - Stone		2007	$9.81M	$28.6M
The Human Contract - Larry		2008
One Love - Aaron		2003