1977-07-10 Forest Gate, London, UK
Chiwetelu Umeadi "Chiwetel" Ejiofor (born on July 10, 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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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy | 2025-02-13 | |
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Rob Peace | Robert E. "Skeet" Douglas | 2024-01-22 |
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Venom: The Last Dance | 2024-10-23 | |
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The Pod Generation | Alvy | 2023-08-11 |
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Baron Karl Mordo | 2022-05-04 |
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Self - Baron Mordo | 2022-07-08 |
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Infinite | Bathurst 2020 | 2021-09-09 |
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Regard Noir | Himself | 2021-03-21 |
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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 Lion King | Scar (voice) | 2019-07-12 |
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The Elephant Queen | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2019-10-18 |
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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | Conall | 2019-10-16 |
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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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Come Sunday | Carlton Pearson | 2018-01-21 |
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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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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 | Karl Mordo | 2016-10-25 |
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The Martian | Vincent Kapoor | 2015-09-30 |
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Secret in Their Eyes | Ray | 2015-10-14 |
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Z for Zachariah | John Loomis | 2015-08-13 |
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National Theatre Live: Everyman | Everyman | 2015-07-16 |
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Making a Scene | Man | 2013-11-25 |
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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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Phil Spector | Mock Prosecutor | 2013-03-24 |
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The Making of 'Making a Scene' | Self | 2013-11-25 |
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Savannah | Christmas Moultrie | 2013-04-25 |
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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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Salt | Darryl Peabody | 2010-07-21 |
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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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The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy | Narrator | 2008-08-10 |
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This Is My Africa | Self | 2008-04-01 |
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Redbelt | Mike Terry | 2008-04-07 |
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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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Inside Man | Bill Mitchell | 2006-03-17 |
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Children of Men | Luke | 2006-09-22 |
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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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Slow Burn | Ty Trippin | 2005-09-12 |
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Four Brothers | Victor Sweet | 2005-08-11 |
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She Hate Me | Frank Wills | 2004-07-30 |
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Melinda and Melinda | Ellis Moonsong | 2004-10-29 |
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Red Dust | Alex Mpondo | 2004-01-11 |
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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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Eleanor the Great | ||
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The Life of Chuck | Marty | |
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Fela | Fela Kuti | |
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Tonight at Noon | Lee / Evans | |
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The Old Guard 2 | Copley |
