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