Arise, Sir Idris! Actor Idris Elba Knighted in New Year Honours

Actor Idris Elba is knighted successful the New Year Honours. The 53-year aged Hollywood prima from Hackney, London tin present officially beryllium called Sir Idris.

Sir Idris, who roseate to prominence for playing Stringer Bell successful HBO bid The Wire and DCI John Luther successful BBC bid Luther, much precocious played the British Prime Minister and the President of the United States, successful Heads of State and A House of Dynamite respectively, some of which came retired successful 2025. Elba is nary alien to the satellite of video games, either, having played Solomon Reed successful the Cyberpunk 2077 expansion, Phantom Liberty.

He was knighted for services to young radical successful designation of his foundation enactment astatine the Elba Hope Foundation, which supports assemblage empowerment, education, younker advocacy, and sustainable development. In particular, Elba has been outspoken connected weapon crime. He said: “I anticipation we tin bash much to gully attraction to the value of sustained, applicable enactment for young radical and to the work we each stock to assistance them find an alternate to violence.”

Meanwhile, the histrion and comedian Meera Syal (The Kumars astatine No 42) is being awarded a Damehood for services to Literature, Drama and Charity, portion the composer Max Richter is being awarded a CBE (Commanders of the Order of the British Empire) for his services to Music. Actor Warwick Davis is besides being recognised for services to Drama and Charity with an OBE (Officers of the Order of the British Empire). Davis said: "This is the champion happening that's ever happened to maine — and I've been successful Star Wars."

An MBE (Members of the Order of the British Empire) went to Wicked prima Cynthia Erivo, and the writer and tv presenter Richard Osman (Thursday Murder Club) is being awarded an OBE for his services to lit and broadcasting.

1,157 recipients person been awarded from each portion of the UK, with a peculiar absorption this twelvemonth connected those who person gone supra and beyond for their communities.

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