Chiwetel Ejiofor
Chiwetelu Umeadi "Chiwetel" Ejiofor (born on July 10, 1977) is an English actor. 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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- 2025 · Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy as Scott Wallaker
- 2024 · Venom: The Last Dance as General Rex Strickland
- 2024 · Rob Peace as Robert E. 'Skeet' Douglas
- 2023 · The Pod Generation as Alvy
- 2022 · Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness as Baron Mordo
- 2022 · The Man Who Fell to Earth as Faraday
- 2021 · Infinite as Bathurst 2020
- 2021 · Locked Down as Paxton
- 2020 · The Old Guard as Copley
- 2019 · Maleficent: Mistress of Evil as Conall
- 2019 · The Lion King as Scar (voice)
- 2019 · The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind as Trywell Kamkwamba
- 2018 · Mary Magdalene as Peter
- 2018 · Sherlock Gnomes as Watson (Voice)
- 2016 · Doctor Strange as Mordo
- 2016 · Triple 9 as Michael Atwood
- 2015 · Secret in Their Eyes as Ray
- 2015 · The Martian as Vincent Kapoor
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2013 · 12 Years a Slave as Solomon Northup
- 2013 · Dancing on the Edge as Louis Lester
- 2010 · Salt as Darryl Peabody
- 2009 · 2012 as Adrian Helmsley
- 2008 · Redbelt as Mike Terry
- 2007 · American Gangster as Huey Lucas
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · Children of Men as Luke
- 2006 · Rachael Ray as
- 2006 · Inside Man as Bill Mitchell
- 2005 · Serenity as The Operative
- 2005 · Slow Burn as Ty Trippin
- 2005 · Kinky Boots as Lola/Simon
- 2005 · Four Brothers as Victor Sweet
- 2004 · Melinda and Melinda as Ellis Moonsong
- 2004 · She Hate Me as Frank Wills
- 2003 · Love Actually as Peter
- 2003 · Trust as Ashley Carter
- 2002 · Dirty Pretty Things as Okwe
- 2001 · Murder in Mind as DS McCorkindale
- Future · The Old Guard 2 as Copley
- 2025 · The Life of Chuck as Marty Anderson
- 2022 · Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness as Self - Baron Mordo
- 2021 · Regard Noir as Himself
- 2020 · Day Zero as Narrator
- 2019 · The Elephant Queen as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts as
- 2019 · Earth from Space as Self - Narrator
- 2018 · Come Sunday as Carlton Pearson
- 2017 · Red Nose Day Actually as Peter
- 2016 · The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian' as Self
- 2015 · Z for Zachariah as John Loomis
- 2015 · National Theatre Live: Everyman as Everyman
- 2015 · ARES: live as Vincent Kapoor
- 2013 · Making a Scene as Man
- 2013 · The Making of 'Making a Scene' as Self
- 2013 · Half of a Yellow Sun as Odenigbo
- 2013 · Phil Spector as Mock Prosecutor
- 2013 · Savannah as Christmas Moultrie
- 2011 · The Shadow Line as Jonah Gabriel
- 2010 · The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective as Self
- 2010 · 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic as Self
- 2009 · Endgame as President Thabo Mbeki
- 2008 · The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy as Narrator
- 2008 · This Is My Africa as Self
- 2007 · Talk to Me as Dewey Hughes
- 2007 · Partition: The Day India Burned as Narrator
- 2006 · Tsunami: The Aftermath as Ian Carter
- 2004 · Red Dust as Alex Mpondo
- 2003 · Three Blind Mice as Mark Hayward
- 2003 · Canterbury Tales as Paul
- 2003 · Twelfth Night, or What You Will as Orsino
- 2001 · Mind Games as Tyler Arnold
- 2000 · It Was an Accident as Nicky Burkett
- 1999 · G:MT Greenwich Mean Time as Rix
- 1997 · Amistad as Ensign Covey
- 1996 · Deadly Voyage as Ebow
- Future · Fela as Fela Kuti
- Future · Tonight at Noon as Lee / Evans
- Future · Eleanor the Great as