Damson Idris
Birthdate: Sep 3, 1991
Birthplace: London, England, UK
Damson Idris (birthname: Adamson Alade-Bo Idris) is a rising young British actor of Nigerian parentage who had his breakout role in John Singleton’s FX series, Snowfall (2017-2023) and launched his big-screen career in the cast of the British crime thriller, City of Tiny Lights (2016), based on screenwriter Patrick Neale’s 2005 novel and co-starring Riz Ahmed, Cush Jumbo, James Floyd and Billie Piper, and released by Icon Film Distribution after premiering at the Toronto Film Festival.
Idris played a supporting role in his first American movie, the military biopic Megan Leavey (2017), starring Kate Mara, Ramon Rodriguez, Tom Felton, Bradley Whitford, Will Patton, Common, and Edie Falco under Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s direction and grossing $14.5 million for distributor Bleecker Street.
Idris took on another supporting role in the Liam Neeson-starring thriller, The Commuter (2018), with Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Jonathan Banks, and Sam Neill under Jaume Collet-Serra’s direction, and released by Lionsgate (U.S.)/StudioCanal (international) to a robust $120 million return. Idris joined the cast of director/co-writer/producer Chris Mul’s horror movie, Astral (2018), with Frank Dillane, Vanessa Grasse and Trevor White, and released by Vertical Entertainment, and then Idris had his first starring big-screen role in director/writer Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s Nigeria and London-based autobiographical drama, Farming (2018), co-starring Kate Beckinsale, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and John Dagleish, and released by Lionsgate and Lionsgate UK after premiering at the Toronto Film Festival.
Damson Idris co-starred opposite Brad Pitt in his first Hollywood studio movie, director/story writer/producer Joseph Kosinski’s $200-million-budgeted movie for Warner Bros. and Apple Original Films, F1: The Movie (2025), set during the Formula One World Championship and featuring Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies, Javier Bardem and Shea Whigham.
Idris joined the starry cast of Paramount Pictures’ big-screen version of Nigerian American novelist Tomi Adeyemi’s Afrofantasy book, Children of Blood and Bone (2027), co-starring Thuso Mbedu, Tosin Cole, Amandla Stenberg, Lashana Lynch, Idris Elba, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cynthia Erivo, Viola Davis, and Regina King, under Gina Prince-Bythewood’s direction.
Idris was cast as jazz maestro Miles Davis in the 1949 Paris-set romantic drama, Miles & Juliette (date to be announced), co-starring Anamaria Vartolomei, directed and produced by Bill Pohlad, written by Zora Howard, and produced by Mick Jagger and Victoria Pearman.
Personal life
Damson Idris was born and raised in the South London area of Peckham by his Yoruba Nigerian-born immigrant parents, though largely by his mother. Idris has three older brothers and two older sisters. Idris graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre, Film & Television Studies at Brunel University London, which honored Idris with an Alumni Award for Outstanding Contribution to Culture and Creativity in 2024. Idris focused on acting training at the London-based Identity School of Acting. Idris’s height is 6’ 1”.
Known For
Damson Idris Movies
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- 2025 |
F1: The Movie
asJoshua Pearce
A Formula One driver comes out of retirement to mentor and team up with a younger driver.
- 2021 | Outside the Wireas Harp
- 2018 | Astralas Jordan Knight
Facts About Damson Idris
Football First: Damson Idris’s first career goal was professional footballer and played on the British squad which competed in Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee celebration.
Know Your Brand: Idris was selected as Brand Ambassador by Tommy Hilfiger for its menswear line.
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