Damson Idris

Known for

Acting

Born

September 2, 1991 (age 35)

Birthplace

Peckham, London, England, UK

Biography

Adamson Alade-Bo "Damson" Idris (born 2 September 1991) is a British actor, entrepreneur and film producer. He is best known for starring in John Singleton's crime drama Snowfall, which debuted in 2017 on FX and ended in 2023 after six seasons. He played the co-lead in Netflix's 2021 sci-fi action film Outside the Wire and Formula One driver Joshua Pearce in the 2025 sports drama film F1.

Description above from the Wikipedia article Damson Idris, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Best known work

Black Mirror

2011

The Commuter

2018

F1

2025

Outside the Wire

2021

Megan Leavey

2017

Snowfall

2017

The Twilight Zone

2019

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

Swarm

2023

Filmography

TBA
Miles & Juliette
as Miles Davis
TBA
The Lords' DayTV
as Harry Jones (6 episodes), Executive Producer
2027
Children of Blood and Bone
as Prince Inan
2025
F1
as Joshua Pearce
2023
SwarmTV
as Khalid (1 episode)
2022
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
as Self
2021
Outside the Wire
as Harp
2020
The Drew Barrymore ShowTV
as Self (1 episode)
2019
The Twilight ZoneTV
as Dorian Harrison (1 episode)
2018
Farming
as Enitan
2018
The Commuter
as Agent Denys
2017
SnowfallTV
as Franklin Saint (60 episodes)
2017
Megan Leavey
as Lt. Michael Forman
2016
City of Tiny Lights
as Hakim
2015
The Late Show with Stephen ColbertTV
as Self (1 episode)
2014
Chicken Shop DateTV
as Self - Guest (1 episode), as Self - Guest (archive footage) (2 episodes)
2014
BabylonTV
as Jeremy (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonTV
as Self (1 episode)
2011
Black MirrorTV
as Jaden Tommins (1 episode)
2006
Soccer AidTV
as Self - Player (1 episode)
1995
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRATV
as Self (1 episode)
1953
The OscarsTV
as Self (1 episode)