Omar Elba

Biography

Omar Elba is a versatile actor who played the lead opposite Tom Hanks in ‘A Hologram for the King’, for which he received great reviews. He transformed his body twice in ‘Tim’ by gaining 20 pounds of fat to play Tim and then losing the weight and gaining 15 pounds of muscle to play Tim’s Ego. The film was shot 1 year apart and both characters are seen interacting onscreen simultaneously. In 2018, he was cast as a recurring role alongside Jessica Biel and Stanley Tucci in the TV Series ‘Limetown’, based on the #1 hit podcast by the same name.