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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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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Day Zero | Narrator | 2020-10-14 |
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The Old Guard | Copley | 2020-07-10 |
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The Lion King | Scar (voice) | 2019-07-12 |
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind | Trywell Kamkwamba | 2019-03-01 |
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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | Conall | 2019-10-16 |
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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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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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Doctor Strange: Strange Company | Himself | 2017-02-28 |
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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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Ares III: Refocused | Vincent Kapoor | 2016-01-12 |
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Doctor Strange | Baron Karl Mordo | 2016-10-25 |
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Triple 9 | Michael Atwood | 2016-02-19 |
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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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Making a Scene | Man | 2013-11-25 |
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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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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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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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The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective | Self | 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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Redbelt | Mike Terry | 2008-04-07 |
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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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Partition: The Day India Burned | narrator | 2007-01-01 |
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Inside Man | Detective Bill Mitchell | 2006-03-17 |
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Children of Men | Luke | 2006-09-19 |
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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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Kinky Boots | Lola | 2005-08-30 |
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Serenity | The Operative | 2005-09-03 |
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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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Love Actually | Peter | 2003-09-07 |
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Three Blind Mice | Mark Hayward | 2003-10-08 |
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Twelfth Night, or What You Will | Orsino | 2003-05-05 |
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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 | Ens. James Covey | 1997-12-10 |
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Deadly Voyage | Ebow | 1996-06-14 |
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Tonight at Noon | Lee | |
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The Old Guard 2 | Copley | |
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The Pod Generation | Alvy | |
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Fela | Fela Kuti |
