Damson Idris
Actor · Born September 2, 1991 (35) · Peckham, London, England, UK
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.
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Biography from TMDB.
- September 2, 1991 (35)
- Peckham, London, England, UK
- Actor
- 12 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all
What are Damson Idris' films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 2
Grounded 1 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 3
Steady 0 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 2
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 3 of 4 analyzed roles.
- Heroas Franklin Saint in Snowfall (2017)
- Heroas Jordan Knight in Astral (2018)
- Heroas Harp in Outside the Wire (2021)
- Shadowas Joshua Pearce in F1: The Movie (2025)
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet4
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Damson Idris' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Damson Idris' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
15 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page; 8 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Children of Blood and Bone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)
F1: The Movie(2025)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Swarm(2023)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
Outside the Wire(2021)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
The Twilight Zone(2019)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows
Farming(2018)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
The Commuter(2018)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Astral(2018)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Snowfall(2017)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Megan Leavey(2017)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
City of Tiny Lights(2016)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Babylon(2014)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows
Black Mirror(2011)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all showsMiles & Juliette (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Lords' Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 14 titles, 11 of them dated from 2011 to 2025; peak year 2025.
Biggest box office
F1: The Movie (2025)
Highest rated
Snowfall (2017)
Most popular right now
F1: The Movie (2025)
Film career
Peak 2025 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Damson Idris' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 53rd percentile, the median of all 7; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 57th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 12 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved3
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the acting 62/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 38. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Damson Idris' work okay for kids?
Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.