Acting · Forest Gate, London, England, UK · Born July 10, 1977
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.
The Exorcist: Martyrs
2027
MovieChildren of Blood and Bone
2027
as King Saran
MovieBackrooms
2026
as Clark
TVStar Trek: Starfleet Academy
2026
as Maker (voice)
Royal Carols: Together At Christmas 2025
2025
as Self
MovieEleanor the Great
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as Roger
MovieThe Old Guard 2
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as Copley
MovieThe Life of Chuck
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as Marty Anderson
MovieBridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
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as Scott Walliker
MovieVenom: The Last Dance
2024
as Strickland
MovieRob Peace
2024
as Robert E. 'Skeet' Douglas
TVMaría Madalena
2023
MovieThe Pod Generation
2023
as Alvy
MovieMarvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022
as Self - Baron Mordo
MovieDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022
as Baron Mordo
TVThe Man Who Fell to Earth
2022
as Faraday
MovieInfinite
2021
as Bathurst 2020
MovieRegard Noir
2021
as Self
MovieLocked Down
2021
as Paxton
MovieDay Zero
2020
as Narrator
MovieThe Old Guard
2020
as Copley
MovieThe Elephant Queen
2019
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieMaleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019
as Conall
TVThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
MovieThe Lion King
2019
as Scar (voice)
MovieThe Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
2019
TVEarth from Space
2019
as Self - Narrator
MovieThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
2019
as Trywell Kamkwamba
MovieMary Magdalene
2018
as Peter
MovieSherlock Gnomes
2018
as Watson (Voice)
MovieCome Sunday
2018
as Carlton Pearson
MovieRed Nose Day Actually
2017
as Peter
MovieDoctor Strange
2016
as Mordo
MovieThe Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
2016
as Self
MovieTriple 9
2016
as Michael Atwood
MovieSecret in Their Eyes
2015
as Ray
MovieThe Martian
2015
as Vincent Kapoor
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
MovieZ for Zachariah
2015
as John Loomis
MovieNational Theatre Live: Everyman
2015
as Everyman
TVARES: live
2015
as Vincent Kapoor
MovieMaking a Scene | 11 Performances
2013
Movie12 Years a Slave
2013
as Solomon Northup
MovieHalf of a Yellow Sun
2013
as Odenigbo
MoviePhil Spector
2013
as Mock Prosecutor
MovieSavannah
2013
as Christmas Moultrie
TVDancing on the Edge
2013
as Louis Lester
TVThe Shadow Line
2011
as Jonah Gabriel
MovieSalt
2010
as Darryl Peabody
Movie2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010
as Self
MovieThe End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010
as Self
Movie2012
2009
as Adrian Helmsley
MovieEndgame
2009
as President Thabo Mbeki
The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy
2008
as Narrator
MovieRedbelt
2008
as Mike Terry
MovieThis Is My Africa
2008
as Self
MovieAmerican Gangster
2007
as Huey Lucas
MovieTalk to Me
2007
as Dewey Hughes
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
MoviePartition: The Day India Burned
2007
as Narrator
TVTsunami: The Aftermath
2006
as Ian Carter
MovieChildren of Men
2006
as Luke
TVRachael Ray
2006
MovieInside Man
2006
as Bill Mitchell
MovieSerenity
2005
as The Operative
MovieSlow Burn
2005
as Ty Trippin
MovieKinky Boots
2005
as Lola/Simon
MovieFour Brothers
2005
as Victor Sweet
MovieMelinda and Melinda
2004
as Ellis Moonsong
MovieShe Hate Me
2004
as Frank Wills
MovieRed Dust
2004
as Alex Mpondo
MovieThree Blind Mice
2003
as Mark Hayward
TVCanterbury Tales
2003
as Paul
MovieLove Actually
2003
as Peter
MovieTwelfth Night, or What You Will
2003
as Orsino
TVTrust
2003
as Ashley Carter
MovieDirty Pretty Things
2002
as Okwe
TVMurder in Mind
2001
as DS McCorkindale
MovieMind Games
2001
as Tyler Arnold
MovieIt Was an Accident
2000
as Nicky Burkett
MovieG:MT Greenwich Mean Time
1999
as Rix
MovieAmistad
1997
as Ensign Covey
MovieDeadly Voyage
1996
as Ebow
TVScreen Two
1985
as Ebow
Tonight at Noon
as Lee / Evans
MovieFela
as Fela Kuti
