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About Idris Elba
English actor, DJ, rapper, and producer, born 1972
Sir Idrissa Akuna Elba is an English actor, DJ, rapper, and producer. He has 75 quotes on the site. Born in 1972, he has built a career across film, television, and music, and has received a Golden Globe Award, with nominations for three BAFTA Awards and eight Primetime Emmy Awards. Elba was included in Time's 100 list of the world's most influential people in 2016. His films have taken in more than US$9.8 billion at the global box office, placing him among the highest-grossing actors. In 2025, he was named the UK's ninth-most influential Black person in the 2026 Powerlist.
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- “I still sing on bits and pieces. Singing's something that I love to do, but it's not something that I pursue…”Idris Elba
- “I'm tactile, very tactile. A woman who has really nice, looked-after skin is such a turn-on for me. It's alwa…”Idris Elba
- “There's a fast-track if you can do the networking. For some personalities it works, but for mine it doesn't.”Idris Elba
- “There's the argument that you can relate to someone who's completely unrelatable. In the way that a director…”Idris Elba
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