Chiwetel Ejiofor

Known for ActingBorn 1977-07-10 (age 48)Forest Gate, London, England, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

María Madalena

Backrooms

Earth from Space

Murder in Mind

Day Zero

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

12 Years a Slave

The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective

The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy

The Martian

The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'

The Shadow Line

Children of Men

American Gangster

The Man Who Fell to Earth

Doctor Strange

The Life of Chuck

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Inside Man

Serenity

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

The Elephant Queen

The Old Guard

The Lion King

The Graham Norton Show

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Red Nose Day Actually

Eleanor the Great

Love Actually

2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic

Rob Peace

Amistad

Talk to Me

Canterbury Tales

Dirty Pretty Things

Venom: The Last Dance

Four Brothers

Dancing on the Edge

Infinite

Kinky Boots

It Was an Accident

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Secret in Their Eyes

Trust

Redbelt

Salt

Mary Magdalene