Damson Idris

Damson Idris is a British actor, producer, and entrepreneur who began on stage. He was born in Peckham, South East London, and later earned a theater, film, and television degree at Brunel University London before training at the Identity School of Acting. Early television roles included Miranda, Doctors, and Casualty, and his first film appearance came in the thriller City of Tiny Lights (2016). His breakthrough was as Franklin Saint, a young drug dealer, in the FX crime drama Snowfall, which premiered in July 2017 and drew strong reviews. Idris then played an FBI agent in The Commuter (2018) and starred in Farming (2018), portraying a character based on director Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and winning a best actor prize at the Edinburgh Film Festival in 2019. Later credits include the Netflix science fiction action film Outside the Wire (2021) and the sports film F1 (2025), which received a Best Picture nomination from the Academy.