1977-07-10 Forest Gate, London, UK
Chiwetelu Umeadi "Chiwetel" Ejiofor (born on 10 July 1977) is an English actor. He attended London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, but had to leave after a year after receiving the roll of Ens, in Steven Spielberg's historical drama, "Amistad". For his first leading film role in Dirty Pretty Things, he won a British Independent Film Award for best actor. He has portrayed Othello in numerous stage productions including Bloomsbury Theatre, Theatre Royal in Glasgow and Donmar Warehouse. He made his directorial debut in the short film Slapper, which he also wrote. He soon became well known after moving on to bigger roles in "Inside Man" (2005), "American Gangster" (2007), "Children of Men" and Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" (2012).
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The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Self - Baron Mordo | 2022-07-08 |
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Baron Karl Mordo | 2022-05-04 |
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Regard Noir | Himself | 2021-03-21 |
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Infinite | Bathurst 2020 | 2021-09-09 |
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Locked Down | Paxton | 2021-02-25 |
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The Old Guard | Copley | 2020-07-10 |
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Day Zero | Narrator | 2020-10-14 |
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The Elephant Queen | Narrator | 2019-10-18 |
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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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The Lion King | Scar (voice) | 2019-07-12 |
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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | Conall | 2019-10-16 |
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Mary Magdalene | Peter | 2018-03-15 |
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Sherlock Gnomes | Watson (Voice) | 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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Doctor Strange | Karl Mordo | 2016-10-25 |
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The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian' | Self | 2016-06-07 |
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Triple 9 | Michael Atwood | 2016-02-19 |
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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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Secret in Their Eyes | Ray | 2015-10-14 |
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National Theatre Live: Everyman | Everyman | 2015-07-16 |
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Half of a Yellow Sun | Odenigbo | 2013-09-08 |
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Making a Scene | Man | 2013-11-25 |
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Phil Spector | Mock Prosecutor | 2013-03-24 |
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The Making of '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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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 | Himself | 2010-03-02 |
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Endgame | President Thabo Mbeki | 2009-01-18 |
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2012 | Adrian Helmsley | 2009-10-10 |
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This Is My Africa | Himself | 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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Partition: The Day India Burned | narrator | 2007-01-01 |
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Talk to Me | Dewey Hughes | 2007-07-13 |
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Children of Men | Luke | 2006-09-22 |
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Inside Man | Detective Bill Mitchell | 2006-03-17 |
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Four Brothers | Victor Sweet | 2005-08-11 |
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Kinky Boots | Lola/Simon | 2005-08-30 |
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Slow Burn | Ty Trippin | 2005-09-12 |
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Serenity | The Operative | 2005-09-23 |
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Red Dust | Alex Mpondo | 2004-01-01 |
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Melinda and Melinda | Ellis Moonsong | 2004-10-29 |
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She Hate Me | Frank Wills | 2004-07-30 |
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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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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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Tonight at Noon | Lee / Evans | |
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The Pod Generation | Alvy | |
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Fela | Fela Kuti | |
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The Old Guard 2 | Copley |
