Chiwetel Ejiofor
Chiwetelu Umeadi "Chiwetel" Ejiofor (born on July 10, 1977) is an English actor. He attended London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, but had to leave after a year after receiving the roll of Ens, in Steven Spielberg's historical drama, "Amistad". For his first leading film role in Dirty Pretty Things, he won a British Independent Film Award for best actor. He has portrayed Othello in numerous stage productions including Bloomsbury Theatre, Theatre Royal in Glasgow and Donmar Warehouse. He made his directorial debut in the short film Slapper, which he also wrote. He soon became well known after moving on to bigger roles in "Inside Man" (2005), "American Gangster" (2007), "Children of Men" and Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" (2012).
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- Born:
- Jul 10, 1977 In Forest Gate, London, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 60
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Deadly Voyage 1996-06-14
- Latest Project:
- Movie Fela 2025
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Fela | Fela Kuti | 2025 |
| Movie | Venom: The Last Dance | General Rex Strickland | 2024-10-22 |
| Movie | The Pod Generation | Alvy | 2023-08-11 |
| Movie | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Self - Baron Mordo | 2022-07-07 |
| Movie | Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | Conall | 2019-10-16 |
| Movie | The Lion King | Scar (voice) | 2019-07-12 |
| Movie | Come Sunday | Carlton Pearson | 2018-01-21 |
| Movie | Mary Magdalene | Peter | 2018-03-15 |
| Movie | Sherlock Gnomes | Watson (Voice) | 2018-03-15 |
| Movie | Doctor Strange: Strange Company | Himself | 2017-02-28 |
| Movie | Red Nose Day Actually | Peter | 2017-03-24 |
| Movie | Ares III: Refocused | Vincent Kapoor | 2016-01-12 |
| Movie | Doctor Strange | Mordo | 2016-10-25 |
| Movie | Triple 9 | Michael Atwood | 2016-02-19 |
| Movie | National Theatre Live: Everyman | Everyman | 2015-07-16 |
| Movie | Z for Zachariah | John Loomis | 2015-08-13 |
| Movie | Secret in Their Eyes | Ray | 2015-10-14 |
| Series | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015-09-08 |
| Movie | The Martian | Vincent Kapoor | 2015-09-30 |
| Movie | Phil Spector | Mock Prosecutor | 2013-06-14 |
| Series | Dancing on the Edge | Louis Lester | 2013-02-04 |
| Movie | Savannah | Christmas Moultrie | 2013-04-25 |
| Movie | Making a Scene | Man | 2013-11-25 |
| Movie | 12 Years a Slave | Solomon Northup | 2013-10-18 |
| Movie | Half of a Yellow Sun | Odenigbo | 2013-09-08 |
| Series | The Shadow Line | Jonah Gabriel | 2011-05-05 |
| Movie | 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic | Self | 2010-03-02 |
| Movie | The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective | Self | 2010-03-02 |
| Movie | Salt | Darryl Peabody | 2010-07-21 |
| Movie | Endgame | President Thabo Mbeki | 2009-01-18 |
| Movie | 2012 | Adrian Helmsley | 2009-10-10 |
| Movie | The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy | Narrator | 2008-08-10 |
| Movie | Redbelt | Mike Terry | 2008-04-07 |
| Movie | Partition: The Day India Burned | Narrator | 2007-01-01 |
| Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
| Movie | Talk to Me | Dewey Hughes | 2007-07-13 |
| Movie | American Gangster | Huey Lucas | 2007-11-02 |
| Movie | Inside Man | Bill Mitchell | 2006-03-17 |
| Series | Tsunami: The Aftermath | Ian Carter | 2006-12-10 |
| Movie | Children of Men | Luke | 2006-09-22 |
| Movie | Four Brothers | Victor Sweet | 2005-08-11 |
| Movie | Kinky Boots | Lola/Simon | 2005-08-30 |
| Movie | Slow Burn | Ty Trippin | 2005-09-12 |
| Movie | Serenity | The Operative | 2005-09-25 |
| Movie | Red Dust | Alex Mpondo | 2004-01-11 |
| Movie | She Hate Me | Frank Wills | 2004-07-30 |
| Movie | Melinda and Melinda | Ellis Moonsong | 2004-12-22 |
| Series | Trust | Ashley Carter | 2003-01-09 |
| Movie | Twelfth Night, or What You Will | Orsino | 2003-05-05 |
| Movie | Love Actually | Peter | 2003-09-07 |
| Movie | Three Blind Mice | Mark Hayward | 2003-10-08 |
| Series | Canterbury Tales | Paul | 2003-09-11 |
| Movie | Dirty Pretty Things | Okwe | 2002-09-05 |
| Movie | Antwone Fisher | Derek Elliz | 2002-12-19 |
| Series | Firefly | The Operative | 2002-09-20 |
| Movie | Mind Games | Tyler Arnold | 2001-01-06 |
| Movie | It Was an Accident | Nicky Burkett | 2000-10-27 |
| Movie | G:MT Greenwich Mean Time | Rix | 1999-10-01 |
| Movie | Amistad | Ensign Covey | 1997-12-10 |
| Movie | Deadly Voyage | Ebow | 1996-06-14 |