Chiwetel Ejiofor
Acting • Born 1977-07-10
Biography
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.
Filmography
85 credits
Inside Man
Movie • 2006
Bill Mitchell
Love Actually
Movie • 2003
Peter
Dirty Pretty Things
Movie • 2002
Okwe
She Hate Me
Movie • 2004
Frank Wills
American Gangster
Movie • 2007
Huey Lucas
Talk to Me
Movie • 2007
Dewey Hughes
Amistad
Movie • 1997
Ensign Covey
Tonight at Noon
Movie
Lee / Evans
Four Brothers
Movie • 2005
Victor Sweet
The Pod Generation
Movie • 2023
Alvy
Rob Peace
Movie • 2024
Robert E. 'Skeet' Douglas
Redbelt
Movie • 2008
Mike Terry
Salt
Movie • 2010
Darryl Peabody
Melinda and Melinda
Movie • 2004
Ellis Moonsong
Children of Men
Movie • 2006
Luke
Red Dust
Movie • 2004
Alex Mpondo
2012
Movie • 2009
Adrian Helmsley
Endgame
Movie • 2009
President Thabo Mbeki
Serenity
Movie • 2005
The Operative
Kinky Boots
Movie • 2005
Lola/Simon
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
Movie • 1999
Rix
Three Blind Mice
Movie • 2003
Mark Hayward
Slow Burn
Movie • 2005
Ty Trippin
Mind Games
Movie • 2001
Tyler Arnold
12 Years a Slave
Movie • 2013
Solomon Northup
Triple 9
Movie • 2016
Michael Atwood
The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy
Movie • 2008
Narrator
Z for Zachariah
Movie • 2015
John Loomis
Phil Spector
Movie • 2013
Mock Prosecutor
Savannah
Movie • 2013
Christmas Moultrie
Half of a Yellow Sun
Movie • 2013
Odenigbo
Deadly Voyage
Movie • 1996
Ebow
Venom: The Last Dance
Movie • 2024
Strickland
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Movie • 2003
Orsino
The Life of Chuck
Movie • 2025
Marty Anderson
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Movie • 2022
Self - Baron Mordo
It Was an Accident
Movie • 2000
Nicky Burkett
The Martian
Movie • 2015
Vincent Kapoor
Secret in Their Eyes
Movie • 2015
Ray
Eleanor the Great
Movie • 2025
Roger
National Theatre Live: Everyman
Movie • 2015
Everyman
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Movie • 2025
Scott Walliker
This Is My Africa
Movie • 2008
Self
Mary Magdalene
Movie • 2018
Peter
Fela
Movie
Fela Kuti
Come Sunday
Movie • 2018
Carlton Pearson
Red Nose Day Actually
Movie • 2017
Peter
The Lion King
Movie • 2019
Scar (voice)
Sherlock Gnomes
Movie • 2018
Watson (Voice)
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Movie • 2019
Trywell Kamkwamba
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Movie • 2019
Conall
The Elephant Queen
Movie • 2019
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
Movie • 2016
Self
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
Movie • 2019
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Movie • 2022
Baron Mordo
Infinite
Movie • 2021
Bathurst 2020
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Movie • 2010
Self
Doctor Strange
Movie • 2016
Mordo
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Movie • 2010
Self
The Old Guard
Movie • 2020
Copley
Locked Down
Movie • 2021
Paxton
Day Zero
Movie • 2020
Narrator
Regard Noir
Movie • 2021
Self
Partition: The Day India Burned
Movie • 2007
Narrator
The Old Guard 2
Movie • 2025
Copley
Children of Blood and Bone
Movie • 2027
King Saran
Backrooms
Movie • 2026
Clark
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
Movie • 2013
Royal Carols: Together At Christmas 2025
Movie • 2025
Self
The Exorcist
Movie • 2027
The Man Who Fell to Earth
TV • 2022
Faraday
Trust
TV • 2003
Ashley Carter
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Tsunami: The Aftermath
TV • 2006
Ian Carter
Dancing on the Edge
TV • 2013
Louis Lester
The Shadow Line
TV • 2011
Jonah Gabriel
Canterbury Tales
TV • 2003
Paul
Murder in Mind
TV • 2001
DS McCorkindale
ARES: live
TV • 2015
Vincent Kapoor
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Rachael Ray
TV • 2006
Earth from Space
TV • 2019
Self - Narrator
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
TV • 2026
Maker (voice)
María Madalena
TV • 2023