Chiwetel Ejiofor
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 10, 1977 (age 49)
- Birthplace
- Forest Gate, London, England, UK
Biography
Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor CBE (/ˈtʃuːətɛlˈɛdʒioʊfɔːr/ CHOO-ə-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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Chiwetel Ejiofor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Tonight at Noon
Movie · as Lee / Evans
Fela
Movie · as Fela Kuti
Crazy Dragon
Movie · as javen
Children of Blood and Bone
Movie · as King Saran
The Exorcist: Martyrs
Movie · as Father William
Backrooms
Movie · as Clark
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
TV · as Maker (voice) · 2 eps
The Life of Chuck
Movie · as Marty Anderson
Eleanor the Great
Movie · as Roger
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Movie · as Scott Walliker
The Old Guard 2
Movie · as Copley
Royal Carols: Together At Christmas 2025
Movie · as Self
Rob Peace
Movie · as Robert E. 'Skeet' Douglas
Venom: The Last Dance
Movie · as Strickland
The Pod Generation
Movie · as Alvy
María Madalena
TV · 60 eps
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Movie · as Self - Baron Mordo
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Movie · as Baron Mordo
The Man Who Fell to Earth
TV · as Faraday · 10 eps
Infinite
Movie · as Bathurst 2020
Locked Down
Movie · as Paxton
Regard Noir
Movie · as Self
The Old Guard
Movie · as Copley
Day Zero
Movie · as Narrator
The Lion King
Movie · as Scar (voice)
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Movie · as Trywell Kamkwamba
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Movie · as Conall
The Elephant Queen
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
Movie
Earth from Space
TV · as Self - Narrator · 4 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Mary Magdalene
Movie · as Peter
Come Sunday
Movie · as Carlton Pearson
Sherlock Gnomes
Movie · as Dr. Watson (Voice)
Red Nose Day Actually
Movie · as Peter
Triple 9
Movie · as Michael Atwood
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
Movie · as Self
Doctor Strange
Movie · as Mordo
Z for Zachariah
Movie · as John Loomis
The Martian
Movie · as Vincent Kapoor
Secret in Their Eyes
Movie · as Ray
National Theatre Live: Everyman
Movie · as Everyman
ARES: live
TV · as Vincent Kapoor · 6 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
12 Years a Slave
Movie · as Solomon Northup
Phil Spector
Movie · as Mock Prosecutor
Savannah
Movie · as Christmas Moultrie
Half of a Yellow Sun
Movie · as Odenigbo
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
Movie
Dancing on the Edge
TV · as Louis Lester · 5 eps
The Shadow Line
TV · as Jonah Gabriel · 7 eps
Salt
Movie · as Darryl Peabody
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Movie · as Self
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Movie · as Self
2012
Movie · as Adrian Helmsley
Endgame
Movie · as President Thabo Mbeki
Redbelt
Movie · as Mike Terry
The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy
Movie · as Narrator
This Is My Africa
Movie · as Self
American Gangster
Movie · as Huey Lucas
Talk to Me
Movie · as Dewey Hughes
Partition: The Day India Burned
Movie · as Narrator
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Inside Man
Movie · as Bill Mitchell
Children of Men
Movie · as Luke
Tsunami: The Aftermath
TV · as Ian Carter · 2 eps
Rachael Ray
TV · 1 ep
Four Brothers
Movie · as Victor Sweet
Serenity
Movie · as The Operative
Kinky Boots
Movie · as Lola/Simon
Slow Burn
Movie · as Ty Trippin
She Hate Me
Movie · as Frank Wills
Melinda and Melinda
Movie · as Ellis Moonsong
Red Dust
Movie · as Alex Mpondo
Love Actually
Movie · as Peter
Three Blind Mice
Movie · as Mark Hayward
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Movie · as Orsino
Trust
TV · as Ashley Carter · 6 eps
Canterbury Tales
TV · as Paul · 1 ep
Dirty Pretty Things
Movie · as Okwe
Mind Games
Movie · as Tyler Arnold
Murder in Mind
TV · as DS McCorkindale · 1 ep
It Was an Accident
Movie · as Nicky Burkett
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
Movie · as Rix
Amistad
Movie · as Ensign Covey
Deadly Voyage
Movie · as Ebow
Screen Two
TV · as Ebow · 1 ep