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LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 26: (L-R) Tinie Tempah, Laura Whitmore, Idris Elba, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Damian Lewis, Helen McCrory and Victoria Pendleton attend The Prince's Trust & Samsung Celebrate Success Awards at Odeon Leicester Square on March 26, 2013 in London, England.

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About Idris Elba

Idrissa Akuna "Idris" Elba (born 6 September 1972) is an English television, theatre, and film actor. He has starred in both British and American productions. He grew up in Canning Town, East London. One of his first acting roles was in the soap opera Family Affairs. He has worked in a variety of TV roles including Ultraviolet and The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. He is known for playing Russell "Stringer" Bell, a Baltimore drug lord and aspiring businessman, in HBO's critically acclaimed show The Wire. Elba is a DJ under the moniker DJ Big Driis/Big Driis the Londoner, and a hip-hop soul recording artist.

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