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Idris Elba

1972 - Today

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Idrissa Akuna Elba OBE ( IH-driss; born 6 September 1972) is an English actor and musician. He has received a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for three BAFTA Awards and six Emmy Awards. He was named in the Time 100 list of the Most Influential People in the World in 2016. His films have grossed over $9.8 billion at the global box office, making him one of the top 20 highest-grossing actors. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Idris Elba is the 1,330th most popular actor (down from 1,037th in 2019), the 1,546th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,131st in 2019) and the 193rd most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Idris Elba ranks 1,330 out of 13,578Before him are Sydney Chaplin, Bob Fosse, Joe Pantoliano, Michael Jeter, William Dieterle, and Pietro Germi. After him are Caitriona Balfe, Jane Darwell, Don Taylor, Louise Brooks, Daniel Stern, and Sterling Hayden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Idris Elba ranks 41Before him are Amy Coney Barrett, Jean Dujardin, Anggun, Robin Tunney, Common, and Nick Frost. After him are Priyanka Gandhi, Naftali Bennett, Rhea Seehorn, Josh Duhamel, John Abraham, and Narges Mohammadi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Idris Elba ranks 1,546 out of 8,785Before him are Eleanor Hibbert (1906), Albert Hammond (1944), Constantine II of Scotland (801), Tom Pryce (1949), Frederic W. H. Myers (1843), and Henry Gray (1827). After him are Herbert Chapman (1878), Jeremy Hunt (1966), Jack Butler Yeats (1871), Robert Adam (1728), Havelock Ellis (1859), and Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623).

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