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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Children of Blood and Bone | King Saran | 2027-01-15 |
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Eleanor the Great | Roger | 2025-09-26 |
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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy | Scott Walliker | 2025-02-12 |
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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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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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Locked Down | Paxton | 2021-02-25 |
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Infinite | Bathurst 2020 | 2021-09-09 |
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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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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind | Trywell Kamkwamba | 2019-02-14 |
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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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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | Conall | 2019-10-16 |
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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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Mary Magdalene | Peter | 2018-03-15 |
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Red Nose Day Actually | Peter | 2017-03-24 |
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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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Doctor Strange | Mordo | 2016-10-25 |
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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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National Theatre Live: Everyman | Everyman | 2015-07-16 |
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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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12 Years a Slave | Solomon Northup | 2013-10-18 |
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Half of a Yellow Sun | Odenigbo | 2013-09-08 |
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Savannah | Christmas Moultrie | 2013-04-25 |
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2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic | Self | 2010-03-02 |
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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 | Adrian Helmsley | 2009-10-10 |
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Endgame | President Thabo Mbeki | 2009-01-18 |
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Redbelt | Mike Terry | 2008-04-07 |
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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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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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American Gangster | Huey Lucas | 2007-11-02 |
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Children of Men | Luke | 2006-09-22 |
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Inside Man | Bill Mitchell | 2006-03-17 |
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Four Brothers | Victor Sweet | 2005-08-11 |
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Serenity | The Operative | 2005-09-25 |
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Slow Burn | Ty Trippin | 2005-09-12 |
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Kinky Boots | Lola/Simon | 2005-08-30 |
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She Hate Me | Frank Wills | 2004-07-30 |
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Red Dust | Alex Mpondo | 2004-01-11 |
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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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Three Blind Mice | Mark Hayward | 2003-10-08 |
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Love Actually | Peter | 2003-09-07 |
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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 |
