07/10/1977
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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Untitled The Exorcist Film (2027) as |
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Children of Blood and Bone (2027) as King Saran |
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Backrooms (2026) as Clark |
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Royal Carols: Together At Christmas 2025 (2025) as Self |
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Eleanor the Great (2025) as Roger |
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The Old Guard 2 (2025) as Copley |
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The Life of Chuck (2025) as Marty Anderson |
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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025) as Scott Walliker |
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Venom: The Last Dance (2024) as Strickland |
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Rob Peace (2024) as Robert E. 'Skeet' Douglas |
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The Pod Generation (2023) as Alvy |
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) as Self - Baron Mordo |
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) as Baron Mordo |
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Infinite (2021) as Bathurst 2020 |
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Regard Noir (2021) as Self |
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Locked Down (2021) as Paxton |
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Day Zero (2020) as Narrator |
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The Old Guard (2020) as Copley |
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The Elephant Queen (2019) as Self - Narrator (voice) |
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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019) as Conall |
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The Lion King (2019) as Scar (voice) |
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The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts (2019) as |
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019) as Trywell Kamkwamba |
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Mary Magdalene (2018) as Peter |
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Sherlock Gnomes (2018) as Watson (Voice) |
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Come Sunday (2018) as Carlton Pearson |
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Red Nose Day Actually (2017) as Peter |
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Doctor Strange (2016) as Mordo |
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The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian' (2016) as Self |
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Triple 9 (2016) as Michael Atwood |
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Secret in Their Eyes (2015) as Ray |
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The Martian (2015) as Vincent Kapoor |
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Z for Zachariah (2015) as John Loomis |
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National Theatre Live: Everyman (2015) as Everyman |
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Making a Scene (2013) as |
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12 Years a Slave (2013) as Solomon Northup |
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Half of a Yellow Sun (2013) as Odenigbo |
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Phil Spector (2013) as Mock Prosecutor |
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Savannah (2013) as Christmas Moultrie |
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Salt (2010) as Darryl Peabody |
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The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective (2010) as Self |
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2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic (2010) as Self |
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2012 (2009) as Adrian Helmsley |
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Endgame (2009) as President Thabo Mbeki |
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The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy (2008) as Narrator |
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Redbelt (2008) as Mike Terry |
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This Is My Africa (2008) as Self |
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American Gangster (2007) as Huey Lucas |
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Talk to Me (2007) as Dewey Hughes |
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Partition: The Day India Burned (2007) as Narrator |
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Children of Men (2006) as Luke |
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Inside Man (2006) as Bill Mitchell |
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Serenity (2005) as The Operative |
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Slow Burn (2005) as Ty Trippin |
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Kinky Boots (2005) as Lola/Simon |
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Four Brothers (2005) as Victor Sweet |
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Melinda and Melinda (2004) as Ellis Moonsong |
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She Hate Me (2004) as Frank Wills |
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Red Dust (2004) as Alex Mpondo |
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Three Blind Mice (2003) as Mark Hayward |
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Love Actually (2003) as Peter |
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Twelfth Night, or What You Will (2003) as Orsino |
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Dirty Pretty Things (2002) as Okwe |
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Mind Games (2001) as Tyler Arnold |
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It Was an Accident (2000) as Nicky Burkett |
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G:MT Greenwich Mean Time (1999) as Rix |
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Amistad (1997) as Ensign Covey |
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Deadly Voyage (1996) as Ebow |
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Fela () as Fela Kuti |
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Tonight at Noon () as Lee / Evans |
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Rob Peace (2024) Director |
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Rob Peace (2024) Writer |
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The Brown Dog (2024) Executive Producer |
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019) Director |
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019) Screenplay |
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Columbite Tantalite (2013) Director |
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Columbite Tantalite (2013) Writer |
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Slapper (2008) Director |
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Slapper (2008) Writer |