Chiwetel Ejiofor
Born
July 10, 1977 (47 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Forest Gate, London, England, UK
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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Children of Blood and Bone
King Saran
2027
The Old Guard 2
Copley
2025
The Life of Chuck
Marty Anderson
2025
Eleanor the Great
Roger
2025
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Scott Walliker
2025
Venom: The Last Dance
Strickland
2024
Rob Peace
Robert E. 'Skeet' Douglas
2024
The Pod Generation
Alvy
2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Self - Baron Mordo
2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Baron Mordo
2022
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Faraday · (10 episodes)
2022
Infinite
Bathurst 2020
2021
Regard Noir
Self
2021
Locked Down
Paxton
2021
Day Zero
Narrator
2020
The Old Guard
Copley
2020
The Elephant Queen
Self - Narrator (voice)
2019
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Conall
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(1 episode)
2019
The Lion King
Scar (voice)
2019
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
2019
Earth from Space
Self - Narrator · (4 episodes)
2019
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Trywell Kamkwamba
2019
Mary Magdalene
Peter
2018
Sherlock Gnomes
Watson (Voice)
2018
Come Sunday
Carlton Pearson
2018
Red Nose Day Actually
Peter
2017
Doctor Strange
Mordo
2016
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
Self
2016
Triple 9
Michael Atwood
2016
Secret in Their Eyes
Ray
2015
The Martian
Vincent Kapoor
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Z for Zachariah
John Loomis
2015
National Theatre Live: Everyman
Everyman
2015
ARES: live
Vincent Kapoor · (6 episodes)
2015
Making a Scene
Man
2013
The Making of 'Making a Scene'
Self
2013
12 Years a Slave
Solomon Northup
2013
Half of a Yellow Sun
Odenigbo
2013
Phil Spector
Mock Prosecutor
2013
Savannah
Christmas Moultrie
2013
Dancing on the Edge
Louis Lester · (5 episodes)
2013
The Shadow Line
Jonah Gabriel · (7 episodes)
2011
Salt
Darryl Peabody
2010
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Self
2010
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Self
2010
2012
Adrian Helmsley
2009
Endgame
President Thabo Mbeki
2009
The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy
Narrator
2008
Redbelt
Mike Terry
2008
This Is My Africa
Self
2008
American Gangster
Huey Lucas
2007
Talk to Me
Dewey Hughes
2007
Children of Men
Luke
2006
Inside Man
Bill Mitchell
2006
Serenity
The Operative
2005
Slow Burn
Ty Trippin
2005
Kinky Boots
Lola/Simon
2005
Four Brothers
Victor Sweet
2005
Melinda and Melinda
Ellis Moonsong
2004
She Hate Me
Frank Wills
2004
Red Dust
Alex Mpondo
2004
Three Blind Mice
Mark Hayward
2003
Love Actually
Peter
2003
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Orsino
2003
Dirty Pretty Things
Okwe
2002
Mind Games
Tyler Arnold
2001
It Was an Accident
Nicky Burkett
2000
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
Rix
1999
Amistad
Ensign Covey
1997
Tonight at Noon
Lee / Evans
Deadly Voyage
Ebow
1996
Fela
Fela Kuti
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (2 episodes)
2007
Partition: The Day India Burned
Narrator
2007
The Backrooms
Tsunami: The Aftermath
Ian Carter · (2 episodes)
2006
Rachael Ray
(1 episode)
2006
Canterbury Tales
Paul · (1 episode)
2003
Trust
Ashley Carter · (6 episodes)
2003
Murder in Mind
DS McCorkindale · (1 episode)
2001