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