HE is one of the world's finest actors, best known for his ground-breaking roles in The Wire, Luther and Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.

Now British hot property Idris Elba is set to return to his DJ roots with a set at Southampton's Switch in January.

Hotly tipped to take over the James Bond role from Daniel Craig, the 43-year-old Londoner is a Golden Globe Award winner who has also appeared in Hollywood hits including American Gangster and Thor.

He is best known for his roles as Stringer Bell in The Wire and the eponymous Luther on BBC.

But he started out as a DJ long before finding fame on the screen.

Whether spinning surprise sets in small east-London bars or thrilling thousands in the world’s top clubs warming up for Madonna, Idris is considered a top DJ who has performed at Glastonbury, Ibiza Rocks and Pacha.

He promises a two hour set of house and party music at the city nightspot in Above Bar Street on Saturday January 23.

• Tickets go on sale from switchsouthampton.com or check out the event's Facebook page.

Booker Ryan Keary told the Daily Echo: "Idris actually grew up as a DJ, and is a super talented one, playing at many of the best festivals and venues across the world, so its a big coup for Switch to be added to that list. This has the potential to be one of our best ever nights, the response for him has been like no other!"

Idris has also found time to produce remixes and genre-spanning album projects including a remix of Skepta’s crossover hit Shutdown, his own Nelson Mandela inspired mi Mandela album and his Murdah Loves John, inspired by his role as TV Detective John Luther which is picking up radio plays from Annie Mac, MistaJam and Huw Stephens.

Support on the night comes from Gary Bennetton, Metrospekt and Jamie Ings.