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1. Idris Elba. An only child, Idrissa Akuna Elba was born and raised in London, England. His father, Winston, is from Sierra Leone and worked at Ford Dagenham; his mother, Eve, is from Ghana and had a clerical duty.
Idris Elba (born September 6, 1972, London, England) is a British actor who is perhaps best known for his work on the television series The Wire and Luther.
Lucian Gabriel Wiina Msamati (born 5 March 1976) is a British-Tanzanian actor, writer, director and producer in theatre, film, television and radio. His screen credits include the roles of Salladhor Saan in the HBO series Game of Thrones, J.L.B.
Luther is a British psychological crime thriller television series starring Idris Elba as DCI John Luther and Ruth Wilson as Alice Morgan, written by Neil Cross.
Black History Month: The men who made history in Britain
  • Ira Aldridge (1807-1867)
  • John Edmonstone (1793-1822)
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
  • Sir Learie Constantine (1901-1971)
  • Stuart Hall (1932-2014)
  • Paul Stephenson (1937-today)
  • Sir Trevor MacDonald (1939-today)
  • Lennox Lewis (1965-today)