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).
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Known for
Venom: The Last Dance
Strickland
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Baron Mordo
Doctor Strange
Mordo
The Lion King
Scar (voice)
2012
Adrian Helmsley
Inside Man
Bill Mitchell
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Scott Walliker
Children of Men
Luke
The Martian
Vincent Kapoor
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Conall
American Gangster
Huey Lucas
12 Years a Slave
Solomon Northup
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Trywell Kamkwamba
Murder in Mind
DS McCorkindale
Infinite
Bathurst 2020
Love Actually
Peter
Salt
Darryl Peabody
Four Brothers
Victor Sweet
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Faraday
The Old Guard
Copley
Dancing on the Edge
Louis Lester
The Shadow Line
Jonah Gabriel
Serenity
The Operative
Triple 9
Michael Atwood
Mary Magdalene
Peter
The Old Guard 2
Copley
Secret in Their Eyes
Ray
The Life of Chuck
Marty Anderson
Earth from Space
Self - Narrator
The Pod Generation
Alvy
Sherlock Gnomes
Watson (Voice)
ARES: live
Vincent Kapoor
The Elephant Queen
Self - Narrator (voice)
Tsunami: The Aftermath
Ian Carter
Dirty Pretty Things
Okwe
She Hate Me
Frank Wills
Locked Down
Paxton
Trust
Ashley Carter
Phil Spector
Mock Prosecutor
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Self - Baron Mordo
Melinda and Melinda
Ellis Moonsong
Rob Peace
Robert E. 'Skeet' Douglas
Talk to Me
Dewey Hughes
Red Nose Day Actually
Peter
Slow Burn
Ty Trippin
Kinky Boots
Lola/Simon
Z for Zachariah
John Loomis
Redbelt
Mike Terry
Come Sunday
Carlton Pearson
Savannah
Christmas Moultrie
Eleanor the Great
Canterbury Tales
Paul
Half of a Yellow Sun
Odenigbo
Amistad
Ensign Covey
Children of Blood and Bone
King Saran
Making a Scene
Man
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
Rix
Red Dust
Alex Mpondo
National Theatre Live: Everyman
Everyman
Three Blind Mice
Mark Hayward
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
It Was an Accident
Nicky Burkett
Mind Games
Tyler Arnold
Deadly Voyage
Ebow
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Self
The Making of 'Making a Scene'
Self
Day Zero
Narrator
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Self
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
Self
Tonight at Noon
Lee / Evans
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Orsino
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
Regard Noir
Self
Endgame
President Thabo Mbeki
The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy
Narrator
This Is My Africa
Self
Partition: The Day India Burned
Narrator
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Fela
Fela Kuti