Idris Elba receives Golden Globe Best Actor nominations for Mandela + TV show Luther + Best Original Score – Motion Picture for Mandela

A fitting tribute: Idris Elba receives Golden Globe Best Actor nominations for Mandela and TV show Luther 

By FAY STRANG

PUBLISHED: 16:03, 12 December 2013 | UPDATED: 17:37, 12 December 2013

Idris Elba has received a nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama at the 2014 Golden Globes.

The 41-year-old’s nod for his role as Mandela in Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom comes after he failed to be recognised in the Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations, which were announced on Wednesday.

The British star is going for a double win – he has also been nominated for Best Actor in a mini-series or TV movie for Luther.

Scroll down for full list of nominations

Going for double: Idris Elba has been nominated for two awards in the Golden Globe nominations 2014, it was announced on Thursday

Idris will go up against fellow Brit Chiwetel Ejiofor, who also has two nominations – one for his role in 12 Years A Slave and the other for Dancing On The Edge.

In the Best Actor in a Motion Picture character the pair will fight off competition  from Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips), Matthew McConaughey (The Dallas Buyers Club), Robert Redford(All Is Lost).

Competition is just as tough for Best Actor in a TV series as Michael Douglas and Matt Damon have both been nominated for their roles in Behind The Candelabra and Al Pacino has been nominated for his part in Phil Spector.

Best Actor: Idris is up for his role as Mandela in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, pictures here with Riaad Moosa, as Ahmed Kathrada

Idris won a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Mini Series back in 2010 for his part in popular BBC crime dram Luther.

The actor’s career has gone from strength to strength over the years, and after making a name for himself as Stringer Bell in US TV show The Wire, he has found critical acclaim with Mandela.

His role in the film, which chronicles  the late Nelson Mandela’s life  journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa, has won him rave reviews.

Double whammy: Chiwetel Ejiofor has also picked up two nominations - one for his part in 12 Years A Slave and the other Dancing On The Edge

Success: Chiwetel Ejiofor also picked up a nomination at the SAG Award's which were announced on Wednesday

It came as a shock therefore that Idris failed to be nominated for anything at the SAGs.
Chiwetel meanwhile had more luck and was nominated in the Outstanding Performance by a Male 

Actor in a Leading Role category for his role Solomon Northup in 12 Years A Slave.

The nominations for the 71st Golden Globe Awards were announced on Thursday, with Zoe Saldana, Olivia Wilde and Aziz Ansari joining Miss Golden Globe at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Thursday, December 12.

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will return as hosts at the awards held on Sunday, January 12.

71ST ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS - FULL LIST OF NOMINEES

Best motion picture, drama
12 Years a Slave
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Philomena
Rush

Best motion picture, musical or comedy
American Hustle
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Wolf of Wall Street

Best Animated Feature film
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Frozen

Best Actor in a motion picture, drama
Chiwetel Ejiofor,,12 years a Slave
Idris Elba, Mandela
Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
Robert Redford, All is Lost

Best Actress in a motion picture, drama
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Judi Dench, Philomena
Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks
Kate Winslet, Labour Day

Best Actress in a motion picture, musical or comedy
Amy Adams, American Hustle
Julie Delphy, Before Midnight
Greta Gerwig, Frances Ha
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Enough Said
Meryl Streep, August Osage County

Best Actor in a motion picture, musical or comedy
Christian Bale, American Hustle
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Leonardo Dicaprio, Wolf of Wall Street
Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis
Joaquin Phoenix, Her 

Best supporting Actress in a motion picture
Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts, August Osage County
June Squibb, Nebraska

Best supporting Actor in a motion picture
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Daniel Bruhl, Rush
Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips

Best Director – motion picture
Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
Alexander Payne, Nebraska
David O. Russell, American Hustle

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Spike Jonze, Her
Bob Nelson, Nebraska
Jeff Pope and Steve Coogan, Philomena
John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave
David O. Russell and Eric Singer Warren, American Hustle

Best Actress in a TV series, drama

Julianna Margulies, The Good WifeTatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Taylor Schilling, Orange is the New Black
Kerry Washington, Scandal
Robin Wright, House of Cards

Best TV Series, Comedy
The Big Bang Theory

Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Girls
Modern Family
Parks and Recreation

Best TV Miniseries or Movie
American Horror Story: Coven
Behind the Candelabra
Dancing on the Edge
Top of the Lake
The White Queen

Best Original Song – Motion Picture

Atlas/Hunger Games - Chris Martin
Let it Go/Frozen - Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
Ordinary Love/Mandela - U2
Please Mr Kennedy/Inside - Ed Rush, T-Bone, Justin Timberlake, Coen
Sweeter Than Fiction/One Chance - Taylor Swift

Best Actor, TV Series Comedy
Jason Bateman, Arrested
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Michael J. Fox, The Michael J. Fox Show
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Andy Samberg, Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Best Actress in a TV Series, Comedy
Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Lena Dunham, Girls
Julia Louis Dreyfus, Veep
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
All Is Lost
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Gravity
The Book Thief
12 Years a Slave

Best Foreign Language Film
Blue Is The Warmest Color (France)
The Great Beauty (Italy)
The Hunt (Denmark)
The Past (Iran)
The Wind Rises (Japan)

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Spike Jonze, Her
Bob Nelson, Nebraska
Jeff Pope Steve Philomena
John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave
David O. Russell, American Hustle

Best Supporting Actress in a series, mini-series, or TV movie
Jacqueline Bisset, Dancing on the Edge
Janet McTeer, The White Queen
Hayden Panettiere , Nashville
Monica Potter, Parenthood
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Best Supporting Actor in a series, mini-series or TV movie
Josh Charles, The Good Wife
Rob Lowe, Behind the Candelabra
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
Corey Stoll, House of Cards
Jon Voight, Ray Donovan

Best Actress in a mini-series or TV movie
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Coven
Helena Bonham Carter, Burton and Taylor
Rebecca Ferguson, The White Queen
Helen Mirren, Phil Spector
Elisabeth Moss, Top of the Lake

Best Actor in a mini-series or TV movie
Matt Damon, Behind the Candelabra
Michael Douglas, Behind the Candelabra
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dancing on the Edge
Idris Elba, Luther
Al Pacino, Phil Spector

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2522631/Idris-Elba-receives-Golden-Globe-Best-Actor-nominations-Mandela-TV-Luther.html#ixzz2nJHlrSuY
Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook