Idris Elba is on course to receive an OBE after being recognised in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List.
“Awards and honours come in all shapes and sizes and all as significant as the other but this is beyond special, as it comes from Queen and country and I couldn’t be more proud for receiving this right now, what a year… On me head son!” he added.
Idris Elba’s rise has been magnificent and his success well deserved, having started in a series of small TV and film roles he then went on to his big break through in hit US series “The Wire”.
He then went on to star in blockbusters such as ‘Prometheus’, ‘Thor: The Dark World’ and ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’, as well as taking on the role of Nelson Mandela in 2014 biopic film ‘Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom’.
What a way to cap another great year for the man himself!