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