Idrissa Akuna "Idris" Elba portrayed Heimdall in Thor, Thor: The Dark World, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War and Thor: Love and Thunder.
He voiced an alternate Heimdall in the What If...? episode What If... Hela Found the Ten Rings?.
Awards[]
- Idris Elba was nominated for an ABFF Hollywood Award for Artist of the Year for his work on Thor: The Dark World.
- Idris Elba won a NAACP Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his work on Thor: Ragnarok.
Trivia[]
- Idris Elba portrayed Bruce Banner in the Saturday Night Live skit "The Impossible Hulk", in which Banner transforms into an "emboldened white lady" portrayed by Cecily Strong when upset.[1]
- Idris Elba previously worked with Chris Evans in The Losers.
- Idris Elba previously worked with Richard Brake in Legacy.
- Idris Elba previously worked with Jeremy Renner in 28 Weeks Later.
- Idris Elba previously worked with Josh Brolin in American Gangster.
- Idris Elba previously worked with Karl Urban in Star Trek Beyond.
- Idris Elba previously worked with Tessa Thompson in The Human Contract.
- Idris Elba previously worked with Benedict Wong in Prometheus.
- Idris Elba previously worked with Zoe Saldana in The Losers, Takers, and Star Trek Beyond.
- Idris Elba previously worked with Michael Barbieri in The Dark Tower.
- Idris Elba worked again with Josh Dallas in Zootopia.
- Idris Elba worked again with Chris O'Dowd in Molly's Game.
- Idris Elba worked again with Scarlett Johansson and Jon Favreau in The Jungle Book.
- Idris Elba worked again with Claudia Kim in The Dark Tower.
- Idris Elba worked again with Pom Klementieff, James Gunn, Sean Gunn and Taika Waititi in The Suicide Squad.
- Idris Elba worked again with Andy Serkis in Luther: The Fallen Sun.
- Idris Elba worked again with Chris Hemsworth in Extraction 2.
- Idris Elba also portrayed Moreau in the Sony Pictures Studios production Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance.
- Elba has stated that he liked the concept behind Heimdall's eyes so much that he used the same concept for Moreau, which is why Moreau's eyes are identical to Heimdall's.
- Idris Elba portrayed Robert DuBois/Bloodsport in The Suicide Squad. This makes him one of the actors to have appeared in both the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the DC Extended Universe.
- Idris Elba shares his birthday with Hannah John-Kamen.
References[]
External Links[]
Idris Elba on Wikipedia
Idris Elba on IMDb
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Idris Elba on Instagram- Idris Elba on Facebook
- Idris Elba on YouTube
