Chiwetel Ejiofor
Acting
Born: July 10, 1977 (age 49) · Forest Gate, London, England, UK
Highest Rated
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
Doctor Strange
2016
The Martian
2015
2012
2009
12 Years a Slave
2013
The Lion King
2019
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022
Children of Men
2006
Love Actually
2003
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019
Inside Man
2006
American Gangster
2007
Salt
2010
Photos (6)
Movies (57)
Backrooms
Clark
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Baron Mordo
Venom: The Last Dance
Strickland
2012
Adrian Helmsley
Doctor Strange
Mordo
The Martian
Vincent Kapoor
The Lion King
Scar (voice)
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Conall
American Gangster
Huey Lucas
Children of Men
Luke
Love Actually
Peter
12 Years a Slave
Solomon Northup
Inside Man
Bill Mitchell
The Life of Chuck
Marty Anderson
Infinite
Bathurst 2020
The Old Guard
Copley
The Old Guard 2
Copley
Salt
Darryl Peabody
Serenity
The Operative
Four Brothers
Victor Sweet
Triple 9
Michael Atwood
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Scott Walliker
Secret in Their Eyes
Ray
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Trywell Kamkwamba
Mary Magdalene
Peter
Sherlock Gnomes
Watson (Voice)
Locked Down
Paxton
Eleanor the Great
Roger
Kinky Boots
Lola/Simon
Redbelt
Mike Terry
She Hate Me
Frank Wills
Z for Zachariah
John Loomis
The Pod Generation
Alvy
Red Nose Day Actually
Peter
Dirty Pretty Things
Okwe
Slow Burn
Ty Trippin
Melinda and Melinda
Ellis Moonsong
Rob Peace
Robert E. 'Skeet' Douglas
Phil Spector
Mock Prosecutor
Mind Games
Tyler Arnold
Come Sunday
Carlton Pearson
Endgame
President Thabo Mbeki
Half of a Yellow Sun
Odenigbo
Red Dust
Alex Mpondo
Talk to Me
Dewey Hughes
Deadly Voyage
Ebow
Savannah
Christmas Moultrie
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
Rix
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
2013
Amistad
Ensign Covey
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Orsino
Day Zero
Narrator
It Was an Accident
Nicky Burkett
Three Blind Mice
Mark Hayward
National Theatre Live: Everyman
Everyman
Partition: The Day India Burned
Narrator
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
2019
TV Shows (12)
Screen Two
Ebow · 1 eps
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Maker (voice) · 2 eps
Rachael Ray
1 eps
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Faraday · 10 eps
Murder in Mind
DS McCorkindale · 1 eps
Canterbury Tales
Paul · 1 eps
Dancing on the Edge
Louis Lester · 5 eps
Tsunami: The Aftermath
Ian Carter · 2 eps
The Shadow Line
Jonah Gabriel · 7 eps
María Madalena
60 eps
Trust
Ashley Carter · 6 eps
ARES: live
Vincent Kapoor · 6 eps
Self / Appearances (11)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 2 eps
The Elephant Queen
Self - Narrator (voice)
Earth from Space
Self - Narrator · 4 eps
Regard Noir
Self
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Self - Baron Mordo
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Self
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
Self
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Self
This Is My Africa
Self
