Chiwetel Ejiofor
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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 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.
Known for
Credits
Backrooms (2026)
as Clark
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Inside Man (2006)
as Bill Mitchell
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
as Baron Mordo
Doctor Strange (2016)
as Mordo
Venom: The Last Dance (2024)
as Strickland
The Martian (2015)
as Vincent Kapoor
The Lion King (2019)
as Scar (voice)
American Gangster (2007)
as Huey Lucas
2012 (2009)
as Adrian Helmsley
Love Actually (2003)
as Peter
Children of Men (2006)
as Luke
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)
as Conall
12 Years a Slave (2013)
as Solomon Northup
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025)
as Scott Walliker
The Old Guard 2 (2025)
as Copley
The Old Guard (2020)
as Copley
Serenity (2005)
as The Operative
Infinite (2021)
as Bathurst 2020
The Life of Chuck (2025)
as Marty Anderson
Four Brothers (2005)
as Victor Sweet
Salt (2010)
as Darryl Peabody
Triple 9 (2016)
as Michael Atwood
Sherlock Gnomes (2018)
as Watson (Voice)
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)
as Trywell Kamkwamba
Mary Magdalene (2018)
as Peter
Children of Blood and Bone (2027)
as King Saran
The Elephant Queen (2019)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Secret in Their Eyes (2015)
as Ray
Locked Down (2021)
as Paxton
Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
as Okwe
Melinda and Melinda (2004)
as Ellis Moonsong
Kinky Boots (2005)
as Lola/Simon
Z for Zachariah (2015)
as John Loomis
Red Nose Day Actually (2017)
as Peter
Eleanor the Great (2025)
as Roger
She Hate Me (2004)
as Frank Wills
The Pod Generation (2023)
as Alvy
Redbelt (2008)
as Mike Terry
The Exorcist: Martyrs (2027)
Actor
Rob Peace (2024)
as Robert E. 'Skeet' Douglas
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
as Self - Baron Mordo
Slow Burn (2005)
as Ty Trippin
Red Dust (2004)
as Alex Mpondo
Phil Spector (2013)
as Mock Prosecutor
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic (2010)
as Self
Mind Games (2001)
as Tyler Arnold
Endgame (2009)
as President Thabo Mbeki
Come Sunday (2018)
as Carlton Pearson
Talk to Me (2007)
as Dewey Hughes
Half of a Yellow Sun (2013)
as Odenigbo
Regard Noir (2021)
as Self
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian' (2016)
as Self
Savannah (2013)
as Christmas Moultrie
Tonight at Noon (—)
as Lee / Evans
Amistad (1997)
as Ensign Covey
Three Blind Mice (2003)
as Mark Hayward
Deadly Voyage (1996)
as Ebow
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective (2010)
as Self
Twelfth Night, or What You Will (2003)
as Orsino
Making a Scene | 11 Performances (2013)
Actor
This Is My Africa (2008)
as Self
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time (1999)
as Rix
It Was an Accident (2000)
as Nicky Burkett
National Theatre Live: Everyman (2015)
as Everyman
Day Zero (2020)
as Narrator
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts (2019)
Actor
Royal Carols: Together At Christmas 2025 (2025)
as Self
Partition: The Day India Burned (2007)
as Narrator
Fela (—)
as Fela Kuti
The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy (2008)
as Narrator