British actor Idris Elba will be feted with knighthood in the U.K. as he leads the list of names in the 2026 new year honours.

Despite coming after another busy year for the actor, in which he, ironically, played both the U.S. president and British prime minister in House of Dynamite and Heads of State, respectively, Elba is being recognized for his charity work, notably an anti-knife crime campaign and the foundation he set up alongside his wife, reports ‘Variety’.