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Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Birthday: 1977-07-10 | Place of Birth: Forest Gate, London, UK

Chiwetelu Umeadi "Chiwetel" Ejiofor was born on 10 July 1977 in Forest Gate, London. 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
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

2020
Day Zero

as    Narrator

2019
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

as    Conall

2019
Mary Magdalene

as    Peter

2019
The Lion King

as    Scar (voice)

2019
Earth from Space

as    Self - Narrator

2019
The Elephant Queen

as    Self - Narrator (voice)

2019
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

as    Trywell Kamkwamba

2018
Come Sunday

as    Carlton Pearson

2018
Sherlock Gnomes

as    Watson (Voice)

2017
Red Nose Day Actually

as    Peter

2016
Triple 9

as    Michael Atwood

2016
Doctor Strange

as    Mordo

2015
Z for Zachariah

as    John Loomis

2015
Secret in Their Eyes

as    Ray

2015
The Martian

as    Vincent Kapoor

2014
Half of a Yellow Sun

as    Odenigbo

2013
Savannah

as    Christmas Moultrie

2013
Dancing on the Edge

as    Louis Lester

2013
Dancing on the Edge

as    Louis Lester

2013
Making a Scene

as    Man

2013
Phil Spector

as    Mock Prosecutor

2013
12 Years a Slave

as    Solomon Northup

2011
The Shadow Line

as    Jonah Gabriel

2010
Salt

as    Darryl Peabody

2009
2012

as    Adrian Helmsley