Acting
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).
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Also known as | Чиветель Эджиофор |
Popular as | Acting |
Gender | MALE |
Birthday | July 10, 1977 (48 years old) |
Year | Movie & Role |
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2024 | Rob Peace as Robert E. 'Skeet' Douglas |
2023 | The Pod Generation as Alvy |
2010 | Salt as Darryl Peabody |
2009 | 2012 as Adrian Helmsley |
2009 | Endgame as President Thabo Mbeki |
2008 | Redbelt as Mike Terry |
2007 | American Gangster as Huey Lucas |
2007 | Talk to Me as Dewey Hughes |
2006 | Inside Man as Bill Mitchell |
2006 | Children of Men as Luke |
2005 | Four Brothers as Victor Sweet |
2005 | Serenity as The Operative |
2005 | Kinky Boots as Lola/Simon |
2004 | She Hate Me as Frank Wills |
2004 | Melinda and Melinda as Ellis Moonsong |
2004 | Red Dust as Alex Mpondo |
2003 | Love Actually as Peter |
2002 | Dirty Pretty Things as Okwe |
1997 | Amistad as Ensign Covey |
Tonight at Noon as Lee / Evans |