story arc later in the 2009 season as well as the season finale In September 2009, Elba signed a deal to star as the lead role in the 6-part BBC television show Luther, which aired in May 2010. In October 2009, it NBC announced Elba as executive producer of an as yet untitled legal drama. He portrayed Laura Linney’s lover on Showtime’s The Big C in 2010. At the 69th Golden Globe Awards telecast on 15 January 2012, Elba won the Award for Best Actor in a Series, Mini-Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television for his portrayal of DCI Luther in the BBC Crime-Thriller series Luther. In 2006, Elba signed on as the lead of the 2007 film Tyler Perry’s Daddy’s Little Girls, playing Monty, a blue-collar mechanic who falls in love with a six-figure attorney (Gabrielle Union) helping him gain custody of his kids, and finds the relationship and his custody hopes threatened by the return of his ex-wife. He joined the supporting cast of Juan Carlos Fresnadillo’s 28 Weeks Later (2007), the zombie horror sequel to Danny Boyle’s 2002 28 Days Later. He filmed This Christmas with Chris Brown, Mekhi Phifer, Loretta Devine and Regina King, that brought in nearly $50 million