Chiwetel Ejiofor
Actor

Chiwetel Ejiofor

17 Movies
17 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 17
Birthday July 10, 1977 (48 years old)
Place of Birth Forest Gate, London, England, UK
Also Known As ζ₯šδΌŠη‰Ήθ‰Ύζ²»ε₯§η¦
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Biography

Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor CBE (/ˈtΚƒuːətΙ›lΛˆΙ›dΚ’ioʊfɔːr/ CHOO-Ι™-tel EJ-ee-oh-for; born 10 July 1977) is a British actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and a Laurence Olivier Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and five Golden Globe Awards. In 2008, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), and in 2015, he was appointed Commander (CBE) for his services to the arts.

After enrolling at the National Youth Theatre in 1995 and attending the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, at age 19 and three months into his course, Ejiofor was cast by Steven Spielberg to play a supporting role in the film Amistad (1997) as James Covey. He later won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for Othello (2008). Ejiofor earned the BAFTA Award for Best Actor as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Solomon Northup in 12 Years a Slave (2013).

Ejiofor's other films include Dirty Pretty Things (2002), Love Actually (2003), Kinky Boots (2005), Four Brothers (2005), Children of Men (2006), Endgame (2009), 2012 (2009), Salt (2010), and The Martian (2015). He joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe playing Karl Mordo in Doctor Strange (2016) and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022). He also voiced Scar in The Lion King (2019). He directed, wrote, and starred in the film The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019).

On television, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor for his performance as a jazz band leader in the BBC Two miniseries Dancing on the Edge (2014). He also acted in the BBC drama series The Shadow Line (2011), the HBO television film Phil Spector (2013), and the Showtime science fiction series The Man Who Fell to Earth (2022).

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Filmography (86)

Children of Blood and Bone 2027
Untitled The Exorcist Film 2027
Backrooms 2026
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 2026
The Life of Chuck 2025
Eleanor the Great 2025
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy 2025 The Old Guard 2 2025
Royal Carols: Together At Christmas 2025 2025
Rob Peace 2024
Venom: The Last Dance 2024
The Pod Generation 2023
MarΓ­a Madalena 2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 2022
The Man Who Fell to Earth 2022
Infinite 2021
Locked Down 2021
Regard Noir 2021
The Old Guard 2020
Day Zero 2020
The Lion King 2019
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2019
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil 2019
The Elephant Queen 2019
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts 2019
Earth from Space 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show 2019
Mary Magdalene 2018
Come Sunday 2018
Sherlock Gnomes 2018
Red Nose Day Actually 2017
Triple 9 2016
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian' 2016
Doctor Strange 2016
Z for Zachariah 2015
The Martian 2015
Secret in Their Eyes 2015
National Theatre Live: Everyman 2015
ARES: live 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2015
12 Years a Slave 2013
Phil Spector 2013
Savannah 2013
Half of a Yellow Sun 2013
Making a Scene | 11 Performances 2013
Dancing on the Edge 2013
The Shadow Line 2011
Salt 2010
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic 2010
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective 2010
2012 2009
Endgame 2009
Redbelt 2008
The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy 2008
This Is My Africa 2008
American Gangster 2007
Talk to Me 2007
Partition: The Day India Burned 2007
The Graham Norton Show 2007
Inside Man 2006
Children of Men 2006
Tsunami: The Aftermath 2006
Rachael Ray 2006
Four Brothers 2005
Serenity 2005
Kinky Boots 2005
Slow Burn 2005
She Hate Me 2004
Melinda and Melinda 2004
Red Dust 2004
Love Actually 2003
Three Blind Mice 2003
Twelfth Night, or What You Will 2003
Trust 2003
Canterbury Tales 2003
Dirty Pretty Things 2002
Mind Games 2001
Murder in Mind 2001
It Was an Accident 2000
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time 1999
Amistad 1997
Deadly Voyage 1996
Screen Two 1985
Tonight at Noon
Fela