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Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetelu Umeadi "Chiwetel" Ejiofor (born on July 10, 1977) is an English actor. He attended London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, but had to leave after a year after receiving the roll of Ens, in Steven Spielberg's historical drama, "Amistad". For his first leading film role in Dirty Pretty Things, he won a British Independent Film Award for best actor. He has portrayed Othello in numerous stage productions including Bloomsbury Theatre, Theatre Royal in Glasgow and Donmar Warehouse. He made his directorial debut in the short film Slapper, which he also wrote. He soon became well known after moving on to bigger roles in "Inside Man" (2005), "American Gangster" (2007), "Children of Men" and Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" (2012).


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Born:
Jul 10, 1977 In Forest Gate, London, UK
Movie/TV Credits:
79
First Appeared:
In the movie The Life of Chuck
Latest Project:
Movie Venom: The Last Dance 2024-10-23
Known For
Filmography
Movie Fela Fela Kuti 2025
Movie The Old Guard 2 Copley 2025
Movie Tonight at Noon Lee / Evans 2025
Movie The Life of Chuck Marty 2025
Movie Venom: The Last Dance 2024-10-23
Movie Rob Peace Robert E. "Skeet" Douglas 2024-01-22
Movie The Pod Generation Alvy 2023-08-11
Movie Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Baron Karl Mordo 2022-05-04
Movie Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Self - Baron Mordo 2022-07-08
Series The Man Who Fell to Earth Faraday 2022-04-24
Movie Regard Noir Himself 2021-03-21
Movie Infinite Bathurst 2020 2021-09-09
Movie Locked Down Paxton 2021-02-25
Movie The Old Guard Copley 2020-07-10
Movie Day Zero Narrator 2020-10-14
Movie The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Trywell Kamkwamba 2019-02-14
Movie The Elephant Queen Self - Narrator (voice) 2019-10-18
Movie The Lion King Scar (voice) 2019-07-12
Movie Maleficent: Mistress of Evil Conall 2019-10-16
Movie The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts 2019-06-02
Series Earth from Space Self - Narrator 2019-04-17
Movie Mary Magdalene Peter 2018-03-15
Movie Come Sunday Carlton Pearson 2018-01-21
Movie Sherlock Gnomes Watson (Voice) 2018-03-15
Movie Red Nose Day Actually Peter 2017-03-24
Movie Doctor Strange Karl Mordo 2016-10-25
Movie The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian' Self 2016-06-07
Movie Triple 9 Michael Atwood 2016-02-19
Movie The Martian Vincent Kapoor 2015-09-30
Movie Secret in Their Eyes Ray 2015-10-14
Series ARES: live Vincent Kapoor 2015-06-07
Series The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self 2015-09-08
Movie Z for Zachariah John Loomis 2015-08-13
Movie National Theatre Live: Everyman Everyman 2015-07-16
Series Dancing on the Edge Louis Lester 2013-02-04
Movie Half of a Yellow Sun Odenigbo 2013-09-08
Movie The Making of 'Making a Scene' Self 2013-11-25
Movie Making a Scene Man 2013-11-25
Movie 12 Years a Slave Solomon Northup 2013-10-18
Movie Savannah Christmas Moultrie 2013-04-25
Movie Phil Spector Mock Prosecutor 2013-03-24
Series The Shadow Line Jonah Gabriel 2011-05-05
Movie The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective Self 2010-03-02
Movie Salt Darryl Peabody 2010-07-21
Movie 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic Self 2010-03-02
Movie 2012 Adrian Helmsley 2009-10-10
Movie Endgame President Thabo Mbeki 2009-01-18
Movie The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy Narrator 2008-08-10
Movie Redbelt Mike Terry 2008-04-07
Movie This Is My Africa Self 2008-04-01
Series The Graham Norton Show Self 2007-02-22
Movie American Gangster Huey Lucas 2007-11-02
Movie Talk to Me Dewey Hughes 2007-07-13
Movie Partition: The Day India Burned narrator 2007-01-01
Series Rachael Ray Unknown 2006-09-18
Movie Children of Men Luke 2006-09-22
Series Tsunami: The Aftermath Ian Carter 2006-12-10
Movie Inside Man Bill Mitchell 2006-03-17
Movie Serenity The Operative 2005-09-25
Movie Kinky Boots Lola/Simon 2005-08-30
Movie Four Brothers Victor Sweet 2005-08-11
Movie Slow Burn Ty Trippin 2005-09-12
Movie Red Dust Alex Mpondo 2004-01-11
Movie She Hate Me Frank Wills 2004-07-30
Movie Melinda and Melinda Ellis Moonsong 2004-10-29
Series Canterbury Tales Paul 2003-09-11
Movie Three Blind Mice Mark Hayward 2003-10-08
Movie Twelfth Night, or What You Will Orsino 2003-05-05
Series Trust Ashley Carter 2003-01-09
Movie Love Actually Peter 2003-09-07
Series Firefly The Operative 2002-09-20
Movie Antwone Fisher Derek Elliz 2002-12-19
Movie Dirty Pretty Things Okwe 2002-09-05
Movie Mind Games Tyler Arnold 2001-01-06
Series Murder in Mind DS McCorkindale 2001-04-22
Movie It Was an Accident Nicky Burkett 2000-10-27
Movie G:MT Greenwich Mean Time Rix 1999-10-01
Movie Amistad Ensign Covey 1997-12-10
Movie Deadly Voyage Ebow 1996-06-14