1977-07-10 Forest Gate, London, England, UK
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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Backrooms | 2026-09-03 | |
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The Life of Chuck | Marty Anderson | 2025-06-05 |
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The Old Guard 2 | Copley | 2025-07-01 |
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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy | Scott Walliker | 2025-02-12 |
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Eleanor the Great | Roger | 2025-09-04 |
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Venom: The Last Dance | Strickland | 2024-10-22 |
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Rob Peace | Robert E. 'Skeet' Douglas | 2024-08-02 |
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The Pod Generation | Alvy | 2023-08-11 |
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Self - Baron Mordo | 2022-07-07 |
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Baron Mordo | 2022-05-04 |
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Infinite | Bathurst 2020 | 2021-09-09 |
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Locked Down | Paxton | 2021-02-25 |
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Regard Noir | Self | 2021-03-21 |
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Day Zero | Narrator | 2020-10-14 |
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The Old Guard | Copley | 2020-07-09 |
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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | Conall | 2019-10-16 |
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The Elephant Queen | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2019-10-18 |
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The Lion King | Scar (voice) | 2019-07-12 |
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The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts | 2019-06-02 | |
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind | Trywell Kamkwamba | 2019-02-14 |
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Sherlock Gnomes | Watson (Voice) | 2018-03-15 |
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Mary Magdalene | Peter | 2018-03-15 |
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Come Sunday | Carlton Pearson | 2018-01-21 |
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Red Nose Day Actually | Peter | 2017-03-24 |
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Triple 9 | Michael Atwood | 2016-02-19 |
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Doctor Strange | Mordo | 2016-10-25 |
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The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian' | Self | 2016-06-07 |
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National Theatre Live: Everyman | Everyman | 2015-07-16 |
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Secret in Their Eyes | Ray | 2015-10-14 |
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The Martian | Vincent Kapoor | 2015-09-30 |
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Z for Zachariah | John Loomis | 2015-08-13 |
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Phil Spector | Mock Prosecutor | 2013-06-14 |
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Making a Scene | 2013-11-25 | |
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12 Years a Slave | Solomon Northup | 2013-10-18 |
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Savannah | Christmas Moultrie | 2013-04-25 |
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Half of a Yellow Sun | Odenigbo | 2013-09-08 |
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Salt | Darryl Peabody | 2010-07-21 |
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The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective | Self | 2010-03-02 |
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2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic | Self | 2010-03-02 |
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2012 | Adrian Helmsley | 2009-10-10 |
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Endgame | President Thabo Mbeki | 2009-01-18 |
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This Is My Africa | Self | 2008-04-01 |
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The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy | Narrator | 2008-08-10 |
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Redbelt | Mike Terry | 2008-04-07 |
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American Gangster | Huey Lucas | 2007-11-02 |
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Talk to Me | Dewey Hughes | 2007-07-13 |
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Partition: The Day India Burned | Narrator | 2007-01-01 |
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Inside Man | Bill Mitchell | 2006-03-17 |
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Children of Men | Luke | 2006-09-22 |
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Slow Burn | Ty Trippin | 2005-09-12 |
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Serenity | The Operative | 2005-09-25 |
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Kinky Boots | Lola/Simon | 2005-08-30 |
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Four Brothers | Victor Sweet | 2005-08-11 |
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Red Dust | Alex Mpondo | 2004-01-11 |
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She Hate Me | Frank Wills | 2004-07-30 |
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Melinda and Melinda | Ellis Moonsong | 2004-12-22 |
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Twelfth Night, or What You Will | Orsino | 2003-05-05 |
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Love Actually | Peter | 2003-09-07 |
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Three Blind Mice | Mark Hayward | 2003-10-08 |
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Dirty Pretty Things | Okwe | 2002-09-05 |
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Mind Games | Tyler Arnold | 2001-01-06 |
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It Was an Accident | Nicky Burkett | 2000-10-27 |
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G:MT Greenwich Mean Time | Rix | 1999-10-01 |
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Amistad | Ensign Covey | 1997-12-10 |
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Deadly Voyage | Ebow | 1996-06-14 |
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Fela | Fela Kuti | |
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Tonight at Noon | Lee / Evans |
