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Acclaimed actor, Idris Elba has been named the sexiest man alive in 2018 by PEOPLE Magazine. He was named during ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’.
The sexy role interpreter who was not physically present, said he is more than happy to wear the mantle of “Sexiest Man Alive.” He said, he’s honoured and his mum would be very proud.
He wrote on Twitter: “Who’d have thought it! Thank you @people & all the fans for naming me#SexiestManAlive. Don’t forget to grab your issue this week I’m honoured & thankful. What’s even more important is your vote in the midterm elections. Your vote can make a difference!”
Idrissa Akuna Elba, an only child, was born on 6 September 1972 in Hackney, London.
His paternal grandfather, Moses, was a sailor and a policeman. His father, Winston, was a Sierra Leonean who worked at Ford Dagenham, and his mother, Eve, was Ghanaian.Elba’s parents were married in Sierra Leone and later moved to London.
Elba was brought up in Hackney and East Ham,and shortened his first name to “Idris” at school in Canning Town, where he first became involved in acting. He credits The Stage with giving him his first big break; having seen an advertisement for a play in a newspaper, Elba auditioned and met his first agent while performing in the role.