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Idris Elba
Idrissa Akuna Elba OBE (born 6 September 1972) is an English actor, writer, producer, rapper, singer, songwriter and DJ. He is known for roles including Stringer Bell in the HBO series The Wire, DCI John Luther in the BBC One series Luther, and Nelson Mandela in the biographical film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013). He has been nominated four times for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film, winning one, and was nominated five times for a Primetime Emmy Award.
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Idris Elba is fighting violent knife crime with boxing training camp for children
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mirror.co.ukIdris Elba will use a boxing training camp to try to turn children away from knife crime and street violence in a new TV series.
The actor hopes to provide an outlet for young men and women “whose circumstances around their upbringing have not given them the opportunities to make the right choices”.
Idris, 47, who grew up on a council estate in Hackney, East London, says the series will show what can happen when people are given a fighting chance to turn their lives around.
Idris Elba’s Fight School, a four-part series, will air next year on BBC2. In it, seven youngsters from across the UK will live and train together for six months, and learn discipline, focus and determination.
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