Cast
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Acting
Cast
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Known for
Acting
Born
1977-07-10
From
Forest Gate, London, England, UK
Also known as Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor
Biography
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.
★7.0
MOVIE2026
Backrooms
as Clark
★7.7
MOVIE2015
The Martian
as Vincent Kapoor
★6.7
MOVIE2024
Venom: The Last Dance
as Strickland
★7.2
MOVIE2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
as Baron Mordo
★7.1
MOVIE2019
The Lion King
as Scar (voice)
★7.4
MOVIE2016
Doctor Strange
as Mordo
★5.9
MOVIE2009
2012
as Adrian Helmsley
★7.3
MOVIE2019
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
as Conall
★7.6
MOVIE2007
American Gangster
as Huey Lucas
★7.6
MOVIE2006
Children of Men
as Luke
★7.9
MOVIE2013
12 Years a Slave
as Solomon Northup
★7.1
MOVIE2003
Love Actually
as Peter
★6.6
MOVIE2021
Infinite
as Bathurst 2020
★5.9
MOVIE2025
The Old Guard 2
as Copley
★7.4
MOVIE2006
Inside Man
as Bill Mitchell
★7.1
MOVIE2020
The Old Guard
as Copley
★7.4
MOVIE2005
Serenity
as The Operative
★7.3
MOVIE2025
The Life of Chuck
as Marty Anderson
★6.4
MOVIE2025
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
as Scott Walliker
★6.4
MOVIE2010
Salt
as Darryl Peabody
★6.8
MOVIE2005
Four Brothers
as Victor Sweet
★7.9
MOVIE2019
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
as Trywell Kamkwamba
MOVIE2027
The Exorcist: Martyrs
★6.9
MOVIE2002
Dirty Pretty Things
as Okwe
★6.7
MOVIE2005
Kinky Boots
as Lola/Simon
★6.0
MOVIE2016
Triple 9
as Michael Atwood
★5.7
MOVIE2018
Sherlock Gnomes
as Watson (Voice)
MOVIETBA
Tonight at Noon
as Lee / Evans
★6.3
MOVIE2018
Mary Magdalene
as Peter
★5.2
MOVIE2004
She Hate Me
as Frank Wills
★6.4
MOVIE2015
Secret in Their Eyes
as Ray
★7.0
MOVIE2017
Red Nose Day Actually
as Peter
★6.2
MOVIE2004
Melinda and Melinda
as Ellis Moonsong
★6.9
MOVIE2025
Eleanor the Great
as Roger
MOVIE2027
Children of Blood and Bone
as King Saran
★6.3
MOVIE2001
Mind Games
as Tyler Arnold
★6.0
MOVIE2023
The Pod Generation
as Alvy
★5.7
MOVIE2015
Z for Zachariah
as John Loomis
★6.4
MOVIE2008
Redbelt
as Mike Terry
★7.3
MOVIE2019
The Elephant Queen
as Self - Narrator (voice)
★5.0
MOVIE2013
Half of a Yellow Sun
as Odenigbo
★5.2
MOVIE2021
Locked Down
as Paxton
★5.8
MOVIE2018
Come Sunday
as Carlton Pearson
★4.5
MOVIE2021
Regard Noir
as Self
★6.8
MOVIE2024
Rob Peace
as Robert E. 'Skeet' Douglas
★5.7
MOVIE2013
Phil Spector
as Mock Prosecutor
★5.3
MOVIE2005
Slow Burn
as Ty Trippin
★5.6
MOVIE1999
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
as Rix
★6.8
MOVIE2007
Talk to Me
as Dewey Hughes
MOVIE2013
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
★7.1
MOVIE2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
as Self - Baron Mordo
★5.8
MOVIE2004
Red Dust
as Alex Mpondo
MOVIE2025
Royal Carols: Together At Christmas 2025
as Self
★5.9
MOVIE2009
Endgame
as President Thabo Mbeki
★6.7
MOVIE2000
It Was an Accident
as Nicky Burkett
★4.5
MOVIE2003
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
as Orsino
★5.6
MOVIE1996
Deadly Voyage
as Ebow
★6.2
MOVIE2013
Savannah
as Christmas Moultrie
★7.6
MOVIE2016
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
as Self
MOVIE2008
This Is My Africa
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE1997
Amistad
as Ensign Covey
★4.1
MOVIE2003
Three Blind Mice
as Mark Hayward
★7.8
MOVIE2010
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2010
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
as Self
MOVIE2007
Partition: The Day India Burned
as Narrator
★1.0
MOVIE2015
National Theatre Live: Everyman
as Everyman
MOVIETBA
Fela
as Fela Kuti
★7.8
MOVIE2008
The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy
as Narrator
MOVIE2019
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
★8.0
MOVIE2020
Day Zero
as Narrator