Year Title Role Notes 1994 2point4 Children Parachute Instructor Episode: "Fortuosity" Space Precinct Pizza Delivery Man Episode: "Double Duty" 1994, 1995 The Bill Earl Lee, Alex Mason 2 episodes 1995 Absolutely Fabulous Hilton Episode: "Sex" Bramwell Charlie Carter Episode: "The Outcast's Baby" 1996 The Governor Officer Chiswick 6 episodes Crocodile Shoes II Jo-Jo Episode: "Troubled Man" The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Raffy, Pest Controller 4 episodes Crucial Tales Benton Episode: "Spiders and Flies" 1997 Insiders Robinson Bennett 6 episodes Family Affairs Tim Webster 7 episodes Silent Witness Charlie Episode: "Blood, Sweat & Tears" 1998 Verdict PC Brian Rawlinson Episode: "Neighbours from Hell" Ultraviolet Vaughan Rice 6 episodes 1999 Dangerfield Matt Gregory 12 episodes 2000 In Defence PC Paul Fraser Episode #1.3 2001 London's Burning Cpl. Richard Frost 2 episodes Law & Order Lonnie Liston Episode: "3 Dawg Night" 2002 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Robert Gabriel Episode: "Payment in Blood" Hack Mac Boone Episode: "My Alibi" 2002–2004 The Wire Russell "Stringer" Bell 37 episodes 2003 CSI: Miami Angelo Sedaris Episode: "The Best Defense" Queens Supreme Carla Episode: "Mad About You" Soul Food Smitty Episode: "Sacrifice Fly" 2005 Girlfriends Paul Episode: "All in a Panic" Sometimes in April Augustin Muganza Television film Jonny Zero Hodge Episode: "To Serve and to Protect" 2006 All in the Game Paul Television film 2008 The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Charles Gotso Episode: "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" 2009 The Office Charles Miner 7 episodes 2010 The Big C Lenny 4 episodes Walk Like a Panther — N/a Executive producer 2010–2011, 2013, Luther John Luther 20 episodes; also associate producer 2011 Aqua Teen Hunger Force Police Officer Voice role; episode: "Intervention" How Hip Hop Changed the World — N/a Executive producer Demons Never Die — N/a 2012 Idris Elba's How Clubbing Changed the World Himself (host) Television documentary 2013 Idris Elba: King of Speed 2 episodes 2013, 2015 Playhouse Presents Akuna's Father, Narrator Also wrote and directed "The Pavement Psychologist" 2015 Idris Elba: No Limits Himself (host) 4 episodes 2017 Guerrilla Kentoro "Kent" Abbasi 4 episodes; also executive producer Five by Five Alpha Ash 2 episodes; also executive producer Idris Elba: Fighter Himself (host) Miniseries; also executive producer The Best FIFA Football Awards 2017 Television special 2018–2020 In the Long Run Walter Easmon 19 episodes; also creator 2018 The Best FIFA Football Awards 2018 Himself (host) Television special 2019 Saturday Night Live Episode: "Idris Elba/Khalid " Turn Up Charlie Charlie Ayo 8 episodes; also creator and executive producer 2020 Coronavirus, Explained Narrator Episode: "How to Cope" Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney Himself 60-minute BBC special 2022 Idris Elba's Fight School Himself (presenter) Five-part series [ 8] Zootopia+ Chief Bogo Voice role, episode: "So You Think You Can Prance?" 2023 What If...? Heimdall Voice role, episode: "What if... Hela Found the Ten Rings?" 2023–present Hijack Sam Nelson Main role 2024 Knuckles Knuckles the Echidna Voice role, miniseries; also executive producer 2025 Our Knife Crime Crisis Himself (presenter) Television special [ 9] [ 10] The Simpsons The Devil Voice role, episode: "Treehouse of Horror XXXVI " [ 11] TBA The Greatest of All Time † TBA Filming 