Chiwetelu Umeadi "Chiwetel" Ejiofor was born on 10 July 1977 in Forest Gate, London. 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).
Movie | Tonight at Noon | Lee / Evans | 2025 |
Movie | Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy | Scott Wallaker | 2025-02-13 |
Movie | Rob Peace | Robert E. "Skeet" Douglas | 2024-08-02 |
Movie | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Self - Baron Mordo | 2022-07-08 |
Movie | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Baron Mordo | 2022-05-04 |
Movie | Infinite | Bathurst 2020 | 2021-09-09 |
Movie | Locked Down | Paxton | 2021-02-25 |
Movie | The Old Guard | Copley | 2020-07-10 |
Movie | The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind | Trywell Kamkwamba | 2019-02-14 |
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 | |
Movie | The Lion King | Scar (voice) | 2019-07-12 |
Movie | Come Sunday | Carlton Pearson | 2018-01-21 |
Movie | Sherlock Gnomes | Watson (Voice) | 2018-03-15 |
Movie | Mary Magdalene | Peter | 2018-03-15 |
Movie | Red Nose Day Actually | Peter | 2017-03-24 |
Movie | Doctor Strange | Mordo | 2016-10-25 |
Movie | Triple 9 | Michael Atwood | 2016-02-19 |
Movie | Secret in Their Eyes | Ray | 2015-10-14 |
Movie | National Theatre Live: Everyman | Everyman | 2015-07-16 |
Series | ARES: live | Vincent Kapoor | 2015-06-07 |
Movie | The Martian | Vincent Kapoor | 2015-09-30 |
Movie | Z for Zachariah | John Loomis | 2015-08-13 |
Movie | Phil Spector | Mock Prosecutor | 2013-03-24 |
Series | Dancing on the Edge | Louis Lester | 2013-02-04 |
Movie | Savannah | Christmas Moultrie | 2013-04-25 |
Movie | 12 Years a Slave | Solomon Northup | 2013-10-18 |
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 |
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 | This Is My Africa | Self | 2008-04-01 |
Movie | Redbelt | Mike Terry | 2008-04-07 |
Movie | Talk to Me | Dewey Hughes | 2007-07-13 |
Movie | American Gangster | Huey Lucas | 2007-11-02 |
Movie | Inside Man | Bill Mitchell | 2006-03-17 |
Movie | Children of Men | Luke | 2006-09-22 |
Series | Tsunami: The Aftermath | Ian Carter | 2006-12-10 |
Movie | Four Brothers | Victor Sweet | 2005-08-11 |
Movie | Kinky Boots | Lola/Simon | 2005-08-30 |
Movie | Serenity | The Operative | 2005-09-25 |
Movie | Slow Burn | Ty Trippin | 2005-09-12 |
Movie | Red Dust | Alex Mpondo | 2004-01-11 |
Movie | Melinda and Melinda | Ellis Moonsong | 2004-10-29 |
Movie | She Hate Me | Frank Wills | 2004-07-30 |
Series | Trust | Ashley Carter | 2003-01-09 |
Movie | Twelfth Night, or What You Will | Orsino | 2003-05-05 |
Movie | Love Actually | Peter | 2003-09-07 |
Movie | Three Blind Mice | Mark Hayward | 2003-10-08 |
Movie | Dirty Pretty Things | Okwe | 2002-09-05 |
Movie | Antwone Fisher | Derek Elliz | 2002-12-19 |
Movie | Mind Games | Tyler Arnold | 2001-01-06 |
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 |