English actor who played Krall, the villain of Star Trek Beyond.
Idris Elba (born 1972) is an English actor, DJ and producer known for playing Stringer Bell in The Wire and the title role in Luther, for which he won a Golden Globe Award. His films include Pacific Rim, Beasts of No Nation and The Suicide Squad.
In Star Trek Beyond (2016) Elba played Krall, a ruthless figure who attacks the Enterprise and seeks a superweapon to strike the Federation starbase Yorktown. The film reveals that Krall was once Balthazar Edison, captain of the lost Starfleet ship USS Franklin, transformed over a century of survival.