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