ern Europe, where he undertook a journey looking for retribution. He starred in Dark Castle’s adaptation of DC/Vertigo’s The Losers, under the direction of Sylvain White, in the role of Roque, the second-in-command of a black-ops team out for revenge against a government that did them wrong.Filming took place in Puerto Rico and the movie was released in April 2010.Elba appeared in the 2010 thriller Takers, also starring Hayden Christensen, Chris Brown, T.I., and Paul Walker. He played Heimdall in Kenneth Branagh’s 2011 Thor film (based upon the Marvel Comics superhero of the same name). In August 2010, Elba signed up to portray the title character in a reboot of James Patterson’s Alex Cross film franchise. However in February 2011 he was replaced by Tyler Perry. Elba appeared in the 2012 sequel, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, alongside Nicolas Cage, with Elba playing an alcoholic warrior monk tasked with finding Ghost Rider.On Wednesday, 22 June 2011, Legendary Pictures announced that Elba had joined Guillermo del Toro’s next film, Pacific Rim in the role of Sensi. In February 2012, Elba finally confirmed the rumours that he would portray former South African President Nelson Mandela in the film based on the autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom. In June 2012, Elba portrayed Captain Janek in Prometheus.
Music career
In 2001, Elba appeared in music videos for Fat Joe, Angie Stone and English rapper GiggsIn 2006, he recorded the four-song EP Big Man for Hevlar Records. He co-produced and performed on the intro to Jay-Z’s 2007 album American Gangster. He DJ’d at the 2007 NBA All Star parties at the The Venetian and Ice House Lounge in Las Vegas. Elba appeared in the “Respect My Conglomerate”music video for Busta Rhymes’s 2009 Back on My BS album. In July 2009, Elba was the DJ for BET’s new series Rising Icons Elba announced the release of his first single “Please Be True.” Elba is currently working on his second EP, and plans to tour Europe in late 2009. In the August 2009 issue of Essence magazine, he announced the name of his six-song EP as Kings Among Kings. He released his EP High Class Problems Vol. 1 in the United
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