20 interesting facts about Idris Elba

Oh! Yes! Idris Elba is a man you should defiantly know things about him!

The well-known actor was announced the sexiest man alive for 2018 and we could not agree more with People magazine.

If you are a fan of the actor, then you should know these facts about him!

1. Idris Elba was born on 6 September 1972.
2. The actor was born in Hackney, London.
3. His full name is Idrissa Akuna Elba.
4. His father was from Sierra Leone and his mother from Ghana.
5. He began helping an uncle of his with his wedding DJ business in 1986, and within a year, he had started his own DJ company with some of his friends.
6. The actor left school in 1988, and won a place in the National Youth Music Theatre thanks to a £1,500 Prince’s Trust grant.
7. His first acting role was in Crimewatch murder reconstructions.
8. To support himself during the first years of acting he worked in jobs such as tyre-fitting, cold call advertising sales, and working night shifts at Ford Dagenham.
9. He used to work as a Dj in nightclub under the name Big Driis.
10. He has appeared in music videos for Fat Joe,] Angie Stone and rapper Giggs.
11. In 1995, he landed his first significant role on a series called Bramwell.
12. In 2007, he signed on as the lead role of the film Daddy’s Little Girls.
13. We have seen the movie star portray different characters . Some of the movies he has seen in are: Prom Night , RocknRolla, The Unborn ,Obsessed, Legacy ,Thor Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Prometheus and others.
14. He co-produced and performed on the intro to Jay-Z’s album American Gangster.
15. He DJed at the 2007 NBA All Star parties at The Venetian and Ice House Lounge in Las Vegas.
16. In October 2014 he presented the series Journey Dot Africa with Idris Elba on BBC Radio 2, exploring all types of African music. Gosh, he has done a lot!
17. He has been married twice and has two children.
18. On 10 February 2018, during a screening of his film Yardie, he got engaged to girlfriend Sabrina Dhowre .
19. There is a documentary with his name called , Idris Elba: Fighter. It is produced by the Discovery channel and it shows the actors  12-month kickboxing and mixed martial arts training, under Muay Thai coach Kieran Keddle. The documentary shows the actors first professional kickboxing fight–and win–against Lionel Graves, a younger, more experienced Dutch opponent, at London’s York Hall.
20. Idris Elba has been named People’s 2018 “Sexiest Man Alive.””