1977-07-10 Forest Gate, London, UK
Chiwetelu Umeadi "Chiwetel" Ejiofor was born on 10 July 1977 in Forest Gate, London. 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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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Baron Karl Mordo | 2022-05-04 |
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Locked Down | Paxton | 2021-02-25 |
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Regard Noir | Himself | 2021-03-21 |
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Infinite | Bathurst 2020 | 2021-09-09 |
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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 Boy Who Harnessed the Wind | Trywell Kamkwamba | 2019-02-14 |
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The Elephant Queen | Narrator | 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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Come Sunday | Carlton Pearson | 2018-01-21 |
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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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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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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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The Making of 'Making a Scene' | 2013-11-25 | |
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Phil Spector | Mock Prosecutor | 2013-03-24 |
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Making a Scene | Man | 2013-11-25 |
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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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12 Years a Slave | Solomon Northup | 2013-10-18 |
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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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Salt | Darryl Peabody | 2010-07-21 |
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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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The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy | Narrator | 2008-08-10 |
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This Is My Africa | Himself | 2008-04-01 |
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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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Serenity | The Operative | 2005-09-03 |
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Kinky Boots | Lola | 2005-08-30 |
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Slow Burn | Ty Trippin | 2005-09-12 |
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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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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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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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The Pod Generation | Alvy | |
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Tonight at Noon | Lee | |
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The Old Guard 2 | Copley |
