Chiwetel Ejiofor
Acting
Born 1977-07-10
Forest Gate, London, England, UK
89 credits
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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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Filmography
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Backrooms
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Graham Norton Show
The Martian
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Doctor Strange
Venom: The Last Dance
Screen Two
The Lion King
2012
Love Actually
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Children of Men
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Inside Man
American Gangster
12 Years a Slave
The Old Guard 2
The Old Guard
Infinite
Serenity
Four Brothers
Rachael Ray
The Life of Chuck
Salt
Triple 9
Murder in Mind
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Children of Blood and Bone
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Mary Magdalene
Secret in Their Eyes
Sherlock Gnomes
Canterbury Tales
The Elephant Queen
Tsunami: The Aftermath
Dancing on the Edge
Dirty Pretty Things
Locked Down
Kinky Boots
She Hate Me
Eleanor the Great
Z for Zachariah
The Shadow Line
ARES: live
Red Nose Day Actually
The Pod Generation
Trust
The Exorcist: Martyrs
Tonight at Noon
Slow Burn
Rob Peace
Melinda and Melinda
Redbelt
Mind Games
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Earth from Space
Talk to Me
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