United Kingdom, Dec. 30 -- Idris Elba has been knighted by King Charles.

The 53-year-old actor - whose Elba Hope Foundation supports youth advocacy - was included on the monarch's New Year's Honours List for his work campaigning against knife crime.

He said: "I receive this honour on behalf of the many young people whose talent, ambition and resilience has driven the work of the Elba Hope Foundation.

"I hope we can do more to draw attention to the importance of sustained, practical support for young people and to the responsibility we all share to help them find an alternative to violence."

Also included among the 1,157 people on the list are Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, who took home the Olympic gold at the 1984 Winter Games....