Happy Birthday, , Idris Elba!.br Idrissa Akuna Elba turns br 50 years old today. .br Here are five things you br may not have known about the actor.br 1. The former “DJ Dris” br was a house music DJ br before he started acting br and is still a DJ today.br 2. Elba directed the Mumford and Sons br music video for “Lover of the Light.”.br 3. He voiced a br character in ‘Call of Duty: br Modern Warfare 3.’.br 4. Elba perfected his American accent in a Brooklyn barbershop.br 5. He is an Officer of the Most Excellent br Order of the British Empire.