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- Idris Elba (2010)
At the "Takers" press junket in San Francisco, Idris Elba talks to host Maaika Westen about his career as an actor and DJ. Also included: bloopers with Maaika trying to pronounce Idris' first name. 

Mini-Biography
Born in Hackney, London, England, UK, Idris Elba is a multi-talented performer.

As an actor, one of his first acting roles was playing Tim Webster in the British soap opera, Family Affairs. He is recognized for playing Russell "Stringer" Bell in HBO's The Wire.

Other TV roles include Ultraviolet, Dangerfield, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, The Office (American version), Law & Order, Black Men: The Truth, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, and The Big C. He had the lead role in a 6-part BBC television series, Luther.

Some of his films roles are "Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls," " 28 Weeks Later," "American Gangster," "This Christmas," "Prom Night," "RocknRolla," "The Unborn," "Obsessed," "Legacy," and "The Losers." He will be playing Heimdall in "Thor" and the title role in James Patterson's "Cross" franchise.

Idris is also a DJ and hip-hop recording artist. His DJ moniker is DJ Big Driis / Big Driis the Londoner. He also performed and co-produced the intro to Jay-Z's 2007 CD, "American Gangster."

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