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Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 10, 1977
Place of Birth
Forest Gate, London, England, UK
Chiwetel Ejiofor
2.5 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
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King Saran
Children of Blood and Bone
2027
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Backrooms
2026
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0.0
Self
Royal Carols: Together At Christmas 2025
2025
6.9
Roger
Eleanor the Great
2025
6.0
Copley
The Old Guard 2
2025
7.3
Marty Anderson
The Life of Chuck
2025
6.5
Scott Walliker
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2025
6.7
Strickland
Venom: The Last Dance
2024
6.8
Robert E. 'Skeet' Douglas
Rob Peace
2024
6.0
Alvy
The Pod Generation
2023
Credits
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Children of Blood and Bone
as King Saran
2027
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Backrooms
2026
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Royal Carols: Together At Christmas 2025
as Self
2025
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Eleanor the Great
as Roger
2025
6.9
The Old Guard 2
as Copley
2025
6.0
The Life of Chuck
as Marty Anderson
2025
7.3
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
as Scott Walliker
2025
6.5
Venom: The Last Dance
as Strickland
2024
6.7
Rob Peace
as Robert E. 'Skeet' Douglas
2024
6.8
The Pod Generation
as Alvy
2023
6.0
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
as Self - Baron Mordo
2022
7.1
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
as Baron Mordo
2022
7.2
The Man Who Fell to Earth
as Faraday
2022
7.4
Infinite
as Bathurst 2020
2021
6.6
Regard Noir
as Self
2021
4.5
Locked Down
as Paxton
2021
5.2
Day Zero
as Narrator
2020
8.0
The Old Guard
as Copley
2020
7.1
The Elephant Queen
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2019
7.2
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
as Conall
2019
7.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
6.3
The Lion King
as Scar (voice)
2019
7.1
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
2019
0.0
Earth from Space
as Self - Narrator
2019
8.5
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
as Trywell Kamkwamba
2019
7.9
Sherlock Gnomes
as Watson (Voice)
2018
5.7
Mary Magdalene
as Peter
2018
6.3
Come Sunday
as Carlton Pearson
2018
5.8
Red Nose Day Actually
as Peter
2017
7.0
Doctor Strange
as Mordo
2016
7.4
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
as Self
2016
7.6
Triple 9
as Michael Atwood
2016
6.0
Secret in Their Eyes
as Ray
2015
6.4
The Martian
as Vincent Kapoor
2015
7.7
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.2
Z for Zachariah
as John Loomis
2015
5.7
National Theatre Live: Everyman
as Everyman
2015
1.0
ARES: live
as Vincent Kapoor
2015
4.3
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
2013
0.0
12 Years a Slave
as Solomon Northup
2013
7.9
Half of a Yellow Sun
as Odenigbo
2013
4.8
Phil Spector
as Mock Prosecutor
2013
5.7
Savannah
as Christmas Moultrie
2013
5.9
Dancing on the Edge
as Louis Lester
2013
6.7
The Shadow Line
as Jonah Gabriel
2011
7.6
Salt
as Darryl Peabody
2010
6.4
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
as Self
2010
7.8
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
as Self
2010
7.0
2012
as Adrian Helmsley
2009
5.9
Endgame
as President Thabo Mbeki
2009
5.8
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The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy
as Narrator
2008
7.8
Redbelt
as Mike Terry
2008
6.5
This Is My Africa
as Self
2008
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American Gangster
as Huey Lucas
2007
7.6
Talk to Me
as Dewey Hughes
2007
6.8
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
Partition: The Day India Burned
as Narrator
2007
0.0
Tsunami: The Aftermath
as Ian Carter
2006
6.1
Children of Men
as Luke
2006
7.6
Rachael Ray
2006
5.1
Inside Man
as Bill Mitchell
2006
7.4
Serenity
as The Operative
2005
7.4
Slow Burn
as Ty Trippin
2005
5.3
Kinky Boots
as Lola/Simon
2005
6.7
Four Brothers
as Victor Sweet
2005
6.8
Melinda and Melinda
as Ellis Moonsong
2004
6.2
She Hate Me
as Frank Wills
2004
5.1
Red Dust
as Alex Mpondo
2004
5.8
Three Blind Mice
as Mark Hayward
2003
3.8
Canterbury Tales
as Paul
2003
6.9
Love Actually
as Peter
2003
7.1
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
as Orsino
2003
1.0
Trust
as Ashley Carter
2003
5.0
Dirty Pretty Things
as Okwe
2002
6.9
Murder in Mind
as DS McCorkindale
2001
8.4
Mind Games
as Tyler Arnold
2001
5.3
It Was an Accident
as Nicky Burkett
2000
6.6
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
as Rix
1999
5.3
Amistad
as Ensign Covey
1997
7.0
Deadly Voyage
as Ebow
1996
5.4
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Tonight at Noon
as Lee / Evans
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0.0
Fela
as Fela Kuti
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