Chiwetel Ejiofor
- Teen actor
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.[6] 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).
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Acted in
Children of Blood and Bone
2027
as King Saran
The Old Guard 2
2025
as Copley
The Life of Chuck
2025
as Marty Anderson
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2025
as Scott Walliker
Venom: The Last Dance
2024
as Strickland
Rob Peace
2024
as Robert E. 'Skeet' Douglas
The Pod Generation
2023
as Alvy
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022
as Self - Baron Mordo
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022
as Baron Mordo
The Man Who Fell to Earth
2022
as Faraday
Infinite
2021
as Bathurst 2020
Regard Noir
2021
as Himself
Locked Down
2021
as Paxton
Day Zero
2020
as Narrator
The Old Guard
2020
as Copley
The Elephant Queen
2019
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019
as Conall
The Lion King
2019
as Scar (voice)
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
2019
Earth from Space
2019
as Self - Narrator
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
2019
as Trywell Kamkwamba
Mary Magdalene
2018
as Peter
Sherlock Gnomes
2018
as Watson (Voice)
Come Sunday
2018
as Carlton Pearson
Red Nose Day Actually
2017
as Peter
Doctor Strange
2016
as Mordo
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
2016
as Self
Triple 9
2016
as Michael Atwood
Secret in Their Eyes
2015
as Ray
The Martian
2015
as Vincent Kapoor
Z for Zachariah
2015
as John Loomis
National Theatre Live: Everyman
2015
as Everyman
ARES: live
2015
as Vincent Kapoor
Making a Scene
2013
as Man
The Making of 'Making a Scene'
2013
as Self
12 Years a Slave
2013
as Solomon Northup
Half of a Yellow Sun
2013
as Odenigbo
Phil Spector
2013
as Mock Prosecutor
Savannah
2013
as Christmas Moultrie
Dancing on the Edge
2013
as Louis Lester
The Shadow Line
2011
as Jonah Gabriel
Salt
2010
as Darryl Peabody
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010
as Self
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010
as Self
2012
2009
as Adrian Helmsley
Endgame
2009
as President Thabo Mbeki
The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy
2008
as Narrator
Redbelt
2008
as Mike Terry
This Is My Africa
2008
as Self
American Gangster
2007
as Huey Lucas
Talk to Me
2007
as Dewey Hughes
Partition: The Day India Burned
2007
as Narrator
Tsunami: The Aftermath
2006
as Ian Carter
Children of Men
2006
as Luke
Inside Man
2006
as Bill Mitchell
Serenity
2005
as The Operative
Slow Burn
2005
as Ty Trippin
Kinky Boots
2005
as Lola/Simon
Four Brothers
2005
as Victor Sweet
Melinda and Melinda
2004
as Ellis Moonsong
She Hate Me
2004
as Frank Wills
Red Dust
2004
as Alex Mpondo
Three Blind Mice
2003
as Mark Hayward
Canterbury Tales
2003
as Paul
Love Actually
2003
as Peter
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
2003
as Orsino
Trust
2003
as Ashley Carter
Dirty Pretty Things
2002
as Okwe
Murder in Mind
2001
as DS McCorkindale
Mind Games
2001
as Tyler Arnold
It Was an Accident
2000
as Nicky Burkett
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
1999
as Rix
Amistad
1997
as Ensign Covey
Deadly Voyage
1996
as Ebow
Tonight at Noon
as Lee / Evans
Eleanor the Great
Fela
as Fela Kuti