Chiwetel Ejiofor
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).
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- Born:
- Jul 10, 1977 In Forest Gate, London, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 66
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Tonight at Noon
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Life of Chuck 2025-05-30
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Life of Chuck | Marty Anderson | 2025-05-30 |
| Movie | Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy | Scott Wallaker | 2025-02-12 |
| Movie | Tonight at Noon | Lee / Evans | 2025 |
| Movie | Rob Peace | Robert E. 'Skeet' Douglas | 2024-08-02 |
| Movie | The Pod Generation | Alvy | 2023-08-11 |
| Series | The Man Who Fell to Earth | Faraday | 2022-04-24 |
| Movie | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Self - Baron Mordo | 2022-07-07 |
| Movie | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Baron Mordo | 2022-05-04 |
| Movie | Locked Down | Paxton | 2021-02-25 |
| Movie | Infinite | Bathurst 2020 | 2021-09-09 |
| Movie | Regard Noir | Himself | 2021-03-21 |
| Movie | The Old Guard | Copley | 2020-07-10 |
| Movie | The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts | 2019-06-02 | |
| 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 | 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 | Triple 9 | Michael Atwood | 2016-02-19 |
| Movie | Doctor Strange | Mordo | 2016-10-25 |
| Series | ARES: live | Vincent Kapoor | 2015-06-07 |
| Movie | National Theatre Live: Everyman | Everyman | 2015-07-16 |
| Movie | Secret in Their Eyes | Ray | 2015-10-14 |
| Movie | Z for Zachariah | John Loomis | 2015-08-13 |
| Movie | The Martian | Vincent Kapoor | 2015-09-30 |
| Movie | Savannah | Christmas Moultrie | 2013-04-25 |
| Movie | Phil Spector | Mock Prosecutor | 2013-06-14 |
| Series | Dancing on the Edge | Louis Lester | 2013-02-04 |
| Movie | Making a Scene | Man | 2013-11-25 |
| Movie | Half of a Yellow Sun | Odenigbo | 2013-09-08 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Making a Scene' | Self | 2013-11-25 |
| Movie | 12 Years a Slave | Solomon Northup | 2013-10-18 |
| 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 | Endgame | President Thabo Mbeki | 2009-01-18 |
| Movie | 2012 | Adrian Helmsley | 2009-10-10 |
| Movie | Redbelt | Mike Terry | 2008-04-07 |
| Movie | This Is My Africa | Self | 2008-04-01 |
| Movie | American Gangster | Huey Lucas | 2007-11-02 |
| Movie | Partition: The Day India Burned | Narrator | 2007-01-01 |
| Movie | Talk to Me | Dewey Hughes | 2007-07-13 |
| Movie | Inside Man | Bill Mitchell | 2006-03-17 |
| Series | Tsunami: The Aftermath | Ian Carter | 2006-12-10 |
| Movie | Children of Men | Luke | 2006-09-22 |
| Movie | Four Brothers | Victor Sweet | 2005-08-11 |
| Movie | Serenity | The Operative | 2005-09-25 |
| Movie | Slow Burn | Ty Trippin | 2005-09-12 |
| Movie | Kinky Boots | Lola/Simon | 2005-08-30 |
| Movie | Red Dust | Alex Mpondo | 2004-01-11 |
| Movie | She Hate Me | Frank Wills | 2004-07-30 |
| Movie | Melinda and Melinda | Ellis Moonsong | 2004-12-22 |
| 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 |
| 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 |