Chiwetel Ejiofor
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 10, 1977 (age 49)
- Place of birth
- Forest Gate, London, England, UK
- Credits
- 86
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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Known for
Doctor Strange
2016Movie
Mordo
The Martian
2015Movie
Vincent Kapoor
2012
2009Movie
Adrian Helmsley
12 Years a Slave
2013Movie
Solomon Northup
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022Movie
Baron Mordo
The Lion King
2019Movie
Scar (voice)
Filmography
The Exorcist: Martyrs
2027Movie
Father William
Children of Blood and Bone
2027Movie
King Saran
Backrooms
2026Movie
Clark
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
2026TV
Maker (voice)
Royal Carols: Together At Christmas 2025
2025Movie
Self
Eleanor the Great
2025Movie
Roger
The Old Guard 2
2025Movie
Copley
The Life of Chuck
2025Movie
Marty Anderson
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2025Movie
Scott Walliker
Venom: The Last Dance
2024Movie
Strickland
Rob Peace
2024Movie
Robert E. 'Skeet' Douglas
María Madalena
2023TV
The Pod Generation
2023Movie
Alvy
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022Movie
Self - Baron Mordo
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022Movie
Baron Mordo
The Man Who Fell to Earth
2022TV
Faraday
Infinite
2021Movie
Bathurst 2020
Regard Noir
2021Movie
Self
Locked Down
2021Movie
Paxton
Day Zero
2020Movie
Narrator
The Old Guard
2020Movie
Copley
The Elephant Queen
2019Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019Movie
Conall
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019TV
Self
The Lion King
2019Movie
Scar (voice)
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
2019Movie
Earth from Space
2019TV
Self - Narrator
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
2019Movie
Trywell Kamkwamba
Mary Magdalene
2018Movie
Peter
Sherlock Gnomes
2018Movie
Dr. Watson (Voice)
Come Sunday
2018Movie
Carlton Pearson
Red Nose Day Actually
2017Movie
Peter
Doctor Strange
2016Movie
Mordo
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
2016Movie
Self
Triple 9
2016Movie
Michael Atwood
Secret in Their Eyes
2015Movie
Ray
The Martian
2015Movie
Vincent Kapoor
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015TV
Self - Guest
Z for Zachariah
2015Movie
John Loomis
National Theatre Live: Everyman
2015Movie
Everyman
ARES: live
2015TV
Vincent Kapoor
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
2013Movie
12 Years a Slave
2013Movie
Solomon Northup
Half of a Yellow Sun
2013Movie
Odenigbo
Phil Spector
2013Movie
Mock Prosecutor
Savannah
2013Movie
Christmas Moultrie
Dancing on the Edge
2013TV
Louis Lester
The Shadow Line
2011TV
Jonah Gabriel
Salt
2010Movie
Darryl Peabody
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010Movie
Self
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010Movie
Self
2012
2009Movie
Adrian Helmsley
Endgame
2009Movie
President Thabo Mbeki
The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy
2008Movie
Narrator
Redbelt
2008Movie
Mike Terry
This Is My Africa
2008Movie
Self
American Gangster
2007Movie
Huey Lucas
Talk to Me
2007Movie
Dewey Hughes
The Graham Norton Show
2007TV
Self
Partition: The Day India Burned
2007Movie
Narrator
Tsunami: The Aftermath
2006TV
Ian Carter
Children of Men
2006Movie
Luke
Rachael Ray
2006TV
Inside Man
2006Movie
Bill Mitchell
Serenity
2005Movie
The Operative
Slow Burn
2005Movie
Ty Trippin
Kinky Boots
2005Movie
Lola/Simon
Four Brothers
2005Movie
Victor Sweet
Melinda and Melinda
2004Movie
Ellis Moonsong
She Hate Me
2004Movie
Frank Wills
Red Dust
2004Movie
Alex Mpondo
Three Blind Mice
2003Movie
Mark Hayward
Canterbury Tales
2003TV
Paul
Love Actually
2003Movie
Peter
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
2003Movie
Orsino
Trust
2003TV
Ashley Carter
Dirty Pretty Things
2002Movie
Okwe
Murder in Mind
2001TV
DS McCorkindale
Mind Games
2001Movie
Tyler Arnold
It Was an Accident
2000Movie
Nicky Burkett
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
1999Movie
Rix
Amistad
1997Movie
Ensign Covey
Deadly Voyage
1996Movie
Ebow
Screen Two
1985TV
Ebow
Tonight at Noon
Movie
Lee / Evans
Fela
Movie
Fela Kuti