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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 battled horrendous allergy and skin blotches to star in urban cowboy film
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msn.comNetflix. And Golden globe winner Idris, 48, today reveals he was so determined to learn to ride and star in Concrete Cowboy he battled through an allergy to horses. “On the first full day of training, I was scoffing down antihistamines, because my eyes get swollen and my skin blotches out,” said the Luther star. “So that was the first learning curve for me, to be able to sit on a horse without crying my eyes out. ”Part of his determination to tell the story of the Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club – set up in Philly’s toughest neighbourhood by 81-year-old Ellis Ferrell in 1980 – is that it was recently threatened with closure. “There has been a real miss-telling of history around black people, and horses and cowboys,” he said.
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