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Idris Elba has a net worth of $25 million. He is a British TV, film, and theater actor. Idris Elba made his money by starring in American and British productions.

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Idris Elba also has worked as a rapper, producer, and singer. He started his career in 1992, but his first role in a series came in 1995, working in Bramwell. One of his breakthrough roles was a Baltimore Drug Kingpin Stringer Bell in HBO's Critically Acclaimed Show The Wire. Elba also starred in the lead role in the TV show Luther, and worked in the film This Christmas. He was the producer of the film Legacy in 2007. Idris Elba has won many awards, including the BET Award for Best Actor in 2010.

Idris Elba was born on September 6, 1972, in London, England. His parents are Winston Elba and Eve Elba, who married in West Africa and moved to London. Idris left school in 1988 to work in a theater, having to do a lot of tasks in this job in England.

Idris Elba eventually portrayed the late great Nelson Mandela in the 2013 biopic Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.

Earnings & Financial Data

Date

Category

Description

Amount

2019

Salary

Salary from the movie Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw as Brixton

$8,000,000

2018

Others

Sales of the video Avengers: Infinity War as Heimdall

$101,750,000

2018

Box Office Sales

Worldwide box office sales of the movies Yardie as the film's director and Avengers: Infinity War as Heimdall

$2,050,000,000

2018

Asset

Purchase value of Idris Elba's Jaguar XE

$80,000

2017

Box Office Sales

Worldwide box office sales of the movies The Dark Tower as Roland Deschain, The Mountain Between Us as Dr. Ben Bass, Thor: Ragnarok as Heimdall and Molly's Game as Charlie Jaffey

$1,060,000,000

2016

Others

Sales of the video 100 Streets as Max

$40,600

2016

Box Office Sales

Worldwide box office sales of the movies Zootopia as the voice of Chief Bogo, The Jungle Book as the voice of Shere Khan, Bastille Day as Sean Briar, Finding Dory as the voice of Fluke and Star Trek Beyond as Krall or Balthazar Edison

$3,370,000,000

2015

Box Office Sales

Worldwide box office sales of the movies The Gunman as DuPont, Avengers: Age of Ultron as Heimdall and box office sales of the movie Beasts of No Nation as Commandant

$1,650,000,000

2015

Salary

Salary from the US series of Luther as its executive producer

$1,000,000

2014

Box Office Sales

Worldwide box office sales of the movie No Good Deed as Colin Evans and the film's executive producer

$54,320,000

2013

Box Office Sales

Worldwide box office sales of the movies Pacific Rim as Stacker Pentecost, Thor: The Dark World as Heimdall and Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom as Nelson Mandela

$1,080,000,000

2012

Box Office Sales

Worldwide box office sales of the movies Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance as Moreau and Prometheus as Captain Janek

$535,910,000

2011

Box Office Sales

Worldwide box office sales of the movie Thor as Heimdall

$449,330,000

2010

Box Office Sales

Worldwide box office sales of the movies The Losers as Roque and Takers as Gordon Cozier

$98,440,000

2009

Box Office Sales

Worldwide box office sales of the movies The Unborn as Arthur Wyndham and Obsessed as Derek Charles

$150,340,000

2008

Box Office Sales

Worldwide box office sales of the movies Prom Night as Detective Winn and RockNRolla as Mumbles

$82,940,000

2007

Box Office Sales

Worldwide box office sales of the movies Daddy's Little Girls as Monty James, The Reaping as Ben, 28 Weeks Later as General Stone, American Gangster as Tango and This Christmas as Quentin Whitfield

$474,870,000

2005

Box Office Sales

Worldwide box office sales of the movie The Gospel as Charles Frank

$15,780,000

2003

Box Office Sales

Box office sales of the movie Buffalo Soldiers as Kimborough

$354,420

1999

Box Office Sales

Box office sales of the movie Belle maman as Grégoire

$7,500,000