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Chiwetel Ejiofor
Born · July 10, 1977 (47 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Forest Gate, London, England, UK
Bio
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.
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Venom: The Last Dance
Strickland
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2024
Rob Peace
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6.7
2024
The Pod Generation
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5.9
2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Self - Baron Mordo
7.2
2022
Triple 9
Michael Atwood
6.0
2016
Secret in Their Eyes
Ray
6.4
2015
The Martian
Vincent Kapoor
7.7
2015
Z for Zachariah
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5.7
2015
Making a Scene
Man
5.4
2013
12 Years a Slave
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7.9
2013
Half of a Yellow Sun
Odenigbo
5.1
2013
Phil Spector
Mock Prosecutor
5.7
2013
Savannah
Christmas Moultrie
6.2
2013
Salt
Darryl Peabody
6.4
2010
2012
Adrian Helmsley
5.8
2009
Endgame
President Thabo Mbeki
5.8
2009
The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy
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7.8
2008
Redbelt
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6.5
2008
American Gangster
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7.6
2007
Talk to Me
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6.9
2007
Children of Men
Luke
7.6
2006
Inside Man
Bill Mitchell
7.4
2006
Serenity
The Operative
7.4
2005
Slow Burn
Ty Trippin
5.3
2005
Kinky Boots
Lola/Simon
6.7
2005
Four Brothers
Victor Sweet
6.8
2005
Melinda and Melinda
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6.2
2004
She Hate Me
Frank Wills
5.1
2004
Red Dust
Alex Mpondo
5.8
2004
Three Blind Mice
Mark Hayward
4.0
2003
Love Actually
Peter
7.1
2003
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
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0.0
2003
Dirty Pretty Things
Okwe
6.9
2002
Mind Games
Tyler Arnold
5.5
2001
It Was an Accident
Nicky Burkett
7.0
2000
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
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5.8
1999
Amistad
Ensign Covey
7.0
1997
Tonight at Noon
Lee / Evans
0.0
Deadly Voyage
Ebow
5.4
1996
Eleanor the Great
0.0
Children of Blood and Bone
King Saran
0.0
2027
The Old Guard 2
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0.0
2025
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
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6.7
2025
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
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7.3
2022
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Faraday · (10 episodes)
7.4
2022
Infinite
Bathurst 2020
6.6
2021
Regard Noir
Himself
4.5
2021
Locked Down
Paxton
5.2
2021
Day Zero
Narrator
8.0
2020
The Old Guard
Copley
7.1
2020
The Elephant Queen
Self - Narrator (voice)
7.2
2019
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Conall
7.3
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(1 episode)
6.3
2019
The Lion King
Scar (voice)
7.1
2019
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
0.0
2019
Earth from Space
Self - Narrator · (4 episodes)
8.4
2019
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Trywell Kamkwamba
7.9
2019
Mary Magdalene
Peter
6.3
2018
Sherlock Gnomes
Watson (Voice)
5.7
2018
Come Sunday
Carlton Pearson
5.7
2018
Red Nose Day Actually
Peter
7.1
2017
Doctor Strange
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7.4
2016
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
Self
6.0
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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6.5
2015
National Theatre Live: Everyman
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1.0
2015
ARES: live
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4.3
2015
The Making of 'Making a Scene'
Self
6.5
2013
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Louis Lester · (6 episodes)
6.6
2013
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Jonah Gabriel · (7 episodes)
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2011
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
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7.0
2010
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Self
7.8
2010
This Is My Africa
Self
0.0
2008
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0.0
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (2 episodes)
7.2
2007
Partition: The Day India Burned
Narrator
0.0
2007
Tsunami: The Aftermath
Ian Carter · (2 episodes)
6.1
2006
Rachael Ray
(1 episode)
5.1
2006
Canterbury Tales
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6.9
2003
Trust
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5.0
2003
Murder in Mind
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8.4
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