This Sunday Idris Elba plays Marshal Stacker Pentecost who is a veteran Jaeger pilot and Commanding Officer of the Jaeger Programme in Pacific Rim at 8PM.
Pacific Rim is an epic, fist-pumping ride featuring giant robots fighting giant monsters with a giant amount of fun and imagination.
Here are seven things you might not have known about Idris Elba:
1. Elba was born in Essex, England and his parents are both African - his father, Winston, from Sierra Leone and his mother, Eve, from Ghana.
2. Early on in his career he was in one episode of Absolutely Fabulous, and Patsy said he looked like Sean Connery.
3. He’s not only an amazing actor, he’s also a music business heavyweight. To make ends meet at the beginning of his career in the States, Elba DJ'd at New York dives and still DJ's in clubs all over the world. His stage name is Big Driis the Londoner.
4. He also co-produced the song Intro on Jay Z's 2007 album American Gangster.
5. He directed and starred in Mumford & Sons' music video for the single Lover of the Light.
6. He’s done some amazing voice-overs, including the tiger, Shere Khan, in John Favreau’s Jugle Book and Fluke, a sea lion with a Cockney accent in Finding Dory.
7. He’s a soccer fan and an Arsenal supporter.
Set your reminders and be sure not to miss Pacific Rim on Sunday, 24 July at 8PM.