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.
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).
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Filmography (Movies)
Children of Blood and Bone
Character:King Saran
Release Date:15/01/2027
Backrooms
Character:
Release Date:03/09/2026
Royal Carols: Together At Christmas 2025
Character:Self
Release Date:24/12/2025
Eleanor the Great
Character:Roger
Release Date:04/09/2025
The Old Guard 2
Character:Copley
Release Date:01/07/2025
The Life of Chuck
Character:Marty Anderson
Release Date:05/06/2025
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Character:Scott Walliker
Release Date:12/02/2025
Venom: The Last Dance
Character:Strickland
Release Date:22/10/2024
Rob Peace
Character:Robert E. 'Skeet' Douglas
Release Date:02/08/2024
The Pod Generation
Character:Alvy
Release Date:11/08/2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Character:Self - Baron Mordo
Release Date:07/07/2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Character:Baron Mordo
Release Date:04/05/2022
Infinite
Character:Bathurst 2020
Release Date:09/09/2021
Regard Noir
Character:Self
Release Date:21/03/2021
Locked Down
Character:Paxton
Release Date:25/02/2021
Day Zero
Character:Narrator
Release Date:14/10/2020
The Old Guard
Character:Copley
Release Date:09/07/2020
The Elephant Queen
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Release Date:18/10/2019
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Character:Conall
Release Date:16/10/2019
The Lion King
Character:Scar (voice)
Release Date:12/07/2019
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
Character:
Release Date:02/06/2019
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Character:Trywell Kamkwamba
Release Date:14/02/2019
Mary Magdalene
Character:Peter
Release Date:15/03/2018
Sherlock Gnomes
Character:Watson (Voice)
Release Date:15/03/2018
Come Sunday
Character:Carlton Pearson
Release Date:21/01/2018
Red Nose Day Actually
Character:Peter
Release Date:24/03/2017
Doctor Strange
Character:Mordo
Release Date:25/10/2016
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
Character:Self
Release Date:07/06/2016
Triple 9
Character:Michael Atwood
Release Date:19/02/2016
Secret in Their Eyes
Character:Ray
Release Date:14/10/2015
The Martian
Character:Vincent Kapoor
Release Date:30/09/2015
Z for Zachariah
Character:John Loomis
Release Date:13/08/2015
National Theatre Live: Everyman
Character:Everyman
Release Date:16/07/2015
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
Character:
Release Date:25/11/2013
12 Years a Slave
Character:Solomon Northup
Release Date:18/10/2013
Half of a Yellow Sun
Character:Odenigbo
Release Date:08/09/2013
Phil Spector
Character:Mock Prosecutor
Release Date:14/06/2013
Savannah
Character:Christmas Moultrie
Release Date:25/04/2013
Salt
Character:Darryl Peabody
Release Date:21/07/2010
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Character:Self
Release Date:02/03/2010
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Character:Self
Release Date:02/03/2010
2012
Character:Adrian Helmsley
Release Date:10/10/2009
Endgame
Character:President Thabo Mbeki
Release Date:18/01/2009
The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy
Character:Narrator
Release Date:10/08/2008
Redbelt
Character:Mike Terry
Release Date:07/04/2008
This Is My Africa
Character:Self
Release Date:01/04/2008
American Gangster
Character:Huey Lucas
Release Date:02/11/2007
Talk to Me
Character:Dewey Hughes
Release Date:13/07/2007
Partition: The Day India Burned
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/2007
Children of Men
Character:Luke
Release Date:22/09/2006
Inside Man
Character:Bill Mitchell
Release Date:17/03/2006
Serenity
Character:The Operative
Release Date:25/09/2005
Slow Burn
Character:Ty Trippin
Release Date:12/09/2005
Kinky Boots
Character:Lola/Simon
Release Date:30/08/2005
Four Brothers
Character:Victor Sweet
Release Date:11/08/2005
Melinda and Melinda
Character:Ellis Moonsong
Release Date:22/12/2004
She Hate Me
Character:Frank Wills
Release Date:30/07/2004
Red Dust
Character:Alex Mpondo
Release Date:11/01/2004
Three Blind Mice
Character:Mark Hayward
Release Date:08/10/2003
Love Actually
Character:Peter
Release Date:07/09/2003
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Character:Orsino
Release Date:05/05/2003
Dirty Pretty Things
Character:Okwe
Release Date:05/09/2002
Mind Games
Character:Tyler Arnold
Release Date:06/01/2001
It Was an Accident
Character:Nicky Burkett
Release Date:27/10/2000
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
Character:Rix
Release Date:01/10/1999
Amistad
Character:Ensign Covey
Release Date:10/12/1997
Deadly Voyage
Character:Ebow
Release Date:14/06/1996
Television Appearances
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Character:Faraday
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Character:Self
Earth from Space
Character:Self - Narrator
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:Self - Guest
ARES: live
Character:Vincent Kapoor
Dancing on the Edge
Character:Louis Lester
The Shadow Line
Character:Jonah Gabriel
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self
Tsunami: The Aftermath
Character:Ian Carter
Rachael Ray
Character:
Canterbury Tales
Character:Paul
Trust
Character:Ashley Carter
Murder in Mind
Character:DS McCorkindale
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