Actor Idris Elba has said young people in London gangs are “not big and scary”, adding it is “sad” that society has “turned our back on them”. The 52-year-old was speaking ahead of the release on ...

Idris Elba is recalling how he prepared to play Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. “In 2013, when I was preparing to play Nelson Mandela in the film Long Walk to ...

Actor Idris Elba has said young people in London gangs are “not big and scary”, adding it is “sad” that society has “turned our back on them”. The 52-year-old was speaking ahead of the ...

Now, Idris Elba is hoping to tackle real-life crime, by turning his hand to battling the rising rate of knife related deaths in the UK. The Luther actor said he found solace in acting at an age ...

Our Knife Crime Crisis is a new documentary airing on BBC One tonight, helmed by acclaimed actor and anti-knife crime activist Idris Elba. In January 2024, Elba launched a campaign calling for an ...

Idris Elba has opened up about spending a night in prison to prepare for his role as Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. During a recent interview with The Sunday Times, ...

Idris Elba has opened up about spending a night in prison to prepare for his role as Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. During a recent interview with The Sunday Times ...

The hour-long film is fronted by the actor-cum-activist Idris Elba, whose vocal campaigning helped push the government into passing legislation banning machetes and serrated “zombie” knives ...

I had a bucket, a thin mattress and a blanket; they kept the lights on because that’s what they used to do and I didn’t sleep much,” Elba continued. Idris Elba says he ‘heard strange noise ...