Chiwetel Ejiofor
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.
85 acting credits · 4 directing credits
Acting · 85
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Backrooms
2026
Venom: The Last Dance
2024
The Martian
2015
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022
The Lion King
2019
2012
2009
Doctor Strange
2016
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
2026
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019
Murder in Mind
2001
American Gangster
2007
The Old Guard 2
2025
Rachael Ray
2006
Children of Men
2006
Infinite
2021
Love Actually
2003
Serenity
2005
12 Years a Slave
2013
Inside Man
2006
The Man Who Fell to Earth
2022
Salt
2010
The Old Guard
2020
The Life of Chuck
2025
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2025
Dancing on the Edge
2013
Four Brothers
2005
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
2019
Secret in Their Eyes
2015
Triple 9
2016
Canterbury Tales
2003
Tsunami: The Aftermath
2006
Mary Magdalene
2018
The Shadow Line
2011
ARES: live
2015
The Pod Generation
2023
Sherlock Gnomes
2018
Locked Down
2021
Eleanor the Great
2025
Dirty Pretty Things
2002
María Madalena
2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022
Slow Burn
2005
Z for Zachariah
2015
Children of Blood and Bone
2027
Trust
2003
Rob Peace
2024
Redbelt
2008
She Hate Me
2004
Kinky Boots
2005
Red Nose Day Actually
2017
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010
Earth from Space
2019
Talk to Me
2007
Endgame
2009
Phil Spector
2013
Untitled The Exorcist Film
2027
The Elephant Queen
2019
Melinda and Melinda
2004
Savannah
2013
Half of a Yellow Sun
2013
Tonight at Noon
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Come Sunday
2018
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
2016
Amistad
1997
Red Dust
2004
Deadly Voyage
1996
Three Blind Mice
2003
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
2019
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
2003
This Is My Africa
2008
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
1999
It Was an Accident
2000
The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy
2008
Mind Games
2001
Regard Noir
2021
National Theatre Live: Everyman
2015
Day Zero
2020
Partition: The Day India Burned
2007
Fela
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Making a Scene | 11 Performances
2013
Royal Carols: Together At Christmas 2025
2025
