| Year |
Title |
Role |
Notes
|
| 1994 |
2point4 Children |
Parachute Instructor |
Episode: "Fortuosity"
|
| Space Precinct |
Pizza Delivery Man |
Episode: "Double Duty"
|
| 1994, 1995 |
The Bill |
Earl Lee, Alex Mason |
2 episodes
|
| 1995 |
Absolutely Fabulous |
Hilton |
Episode: "Sex"
|
| Bramwell |
Charlie Carter |
Episode: "The Outcast's Baby"
|
| 1996 |
The Governor |
Officer Chiswick |
6 episodes
|
| Crocodile Shoes II |
Jo-Jo |
Episode: "Troubled Man"
|
| The Ruth Rendell Mysteries |
Raffy, Pest Controller |
4 episodes
|
| Crucial Tales |
Benton |
Episode: "Spiders and Flies"
|
| 1997 |
Insiders |
Robinson Bennett |
6 episodes
|
| Family Affairs |
Tim Webster |
7 episodes
|
| Silent Witness |
Charlie |
Episode: "Blood, Sweat & Tears"
|
| 1998 |
Verdict |
PC Brian Rawlinson |
Episode: "Neighbours from Hell"
|
| Ultraviolet |
Vaughan Rice |
6 episodes
|
| 1999 |
Dangerfield |
Matt Gregory |
12 episodes
|
| 2000 |
In Defence |
PC Paul Fraser |
Episode #1.3
|
| 2001 |
London's Burning |
Cpl. Richard Frost |
2 episodes
|
| Law & Order |
Lonnie Liston |
Episode: "3 Dawg Night"
|
| 2002 |
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries |
Robert Gabriel |
Episode: "Payment in Blood"
|
| Hack |
Mac Boone |
Episode: "My Alibi"
|
| 2002–2004 |
The Wire |
Russell "Stringer" Bell |
37 episodes
|
| 2003 |
CSI: Miami |
Angelo Sedaris |
Episode: "The Best Defense"
|
| Queens Supreme |
Carla |
Episode: "Mad About You"
|
| Soul Food |
Smitty |
Episode: "Sacrifice Fly"
|
| 2005 |
Girlfriends |
Paul |
Episode: "All in a Panic"
|
| Sometimes in April |
Augustin Muganza |
Television film
|
| Jonny Zero |
Hodge |
Episode: "To Serve and to Protect"
|
| 2006 |
All in the Game |
Paul |
Television film
|
| 2008 |
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency |
Charles Gotso |
Episode: "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency"
|
| 2009 |
The Office |
Charles Miner |
7 episodes
|
| 2010 |
The Big C |
Lenny |
4 episodes
|
| Walk Like a Panther |
— |
Executive producer
|
| 2010–2019 |
Luther |
John Luther |
20 episodes; also associate producer
|
| 2011 |
Aqua Teen Hunger Force |
Police Officer |
Voice role; episode: "Intervention"
|
| How Hip Hop Changed the World |
— |
Executive producer
|
| Demons Never Die |
—
|
| 2012 |
Idris Elba's How Clubbing Changed the World |
Himself (host) |
Television documentary
|
| 2013 |
Idris Elba: King of Speed |
2 episodes
|
| 2013, 2015 |
Playhouse Presents |
Akuna's Father, Narrator |
Also wrote and directed "The Pavement Psychologist"
|
| 2015 |
Idris Elba: No Limits |
Himself (host) |
4 episodes
|
| 2017 |
Guerrilla |
Kentoro "Kent" Abbasi |
4 episodes; also executive producer
|
| Five by Five |
Alpha Ash |
2 episodes; also executive producer
|
| Idris Elba: Fighter |
Himself (host) |
Miniseries; also executive producer
|
| The Best FIFA Football Awards 2017 |
Television special
|
| 2018–2020 |
In the Long Run |
Walter Easmon |
19 episodes; also creator
|
| 2018 |
The Best FIFA Football Awards 2018 |
Himself (host) |
Television special
|
| 2019 |
Saturday Night Live |
Episode: "Idris Elba/Khalid"
|
| Turn Up Charlie |
Charlie Ayo |
8 episodes; also creator and executive producer
|
| 2020 |
Coronavirus, Explained |
Narrator |
Episode: "How to Cope"
|
| Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney |
Paul McCartney |
60-minute BBC special
|
| 2022 |
Idris Elba's Fight School |
Himself (Presenter) |
Five-part series[5]
|
| Zootopia+ |
Chief Bogo |
Voice role, episode: "So You Think You Can Prance?"
|
| 2023 |
Hijack |
Sam Nelson |
Miniseries
|
| What If...? |
Heimdall |
Voice role, episode: "What if... Hela Found the Ten Rings?"
|
| 2024 |
Knuckles |
Knuckles the Echidna |
Voice role, miniseries; also executive producer
|
| The Greatest of All Time
|
TBA
|
Filming
|
| 2025 |
Idris Elba: A Year of Knife Crime (w/t) |
Himself (Presenter) |
Filming[6]
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