Chiwetel Ejiofor
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1977-07-10 (47 years old)
Place of Birth Forest Gate, London, England, UK
Also Known As Чиветель Эджиофор, צ'ואיטל אג'יופור, 切瓦特·艾乔福, 奇維托·艾吉佛, צ'ואיטלו אומדי "צ'ואיטל" אג'יופור
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Biography
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.[6] 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
Actor
as Lee / Evans
as Fela Kuti
as King Saran
as Copley
as Marty Anderson
as Scott Wallaker
as Strickland
as Robert E. 'Skeet' Douglas
as Alvy
as Self - Baron Mordo
as Baron Mordo
as Faraday
as Bathurst 2020
as Himself
as Paxton
as Narrator
as Copley
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Conall
as Scar (voice)
as Trywell Kamkwamba
as Self - Narrator
as Peter
as Watson (Voice)
as Carlton Pearson
as Peter
as Mordo
as Michael Atwood
as Ray
as Vincent Kapoor
as John Loomis
as Everyman
as Vincent Kapoor
as Man
as Self
as Solomon Northup
as Odenigbo
as Mock Prosecutor
as Christmas Moultrie
as Louis Lester
as Jonah Gabriel
as Darryl Peabody
as Adrian Helmsley
as President Thabo Mbeki
as Narrator
as Mike Terry
as Self
as Huey Lucas
as Dewey Hughes
as Narrator
as Self
as Luke
as Bill Mitchell
as Ian Carter
as The Operative
as Ty Trippin
as Lola/Simon
as Victor Sweet
as Ellis Moonsong
as Frank Wills
as Alex Mpondo
as Mark Hayward
as Peter
as Orsino
as Paul
as Ashley Carter
as Okwe
as Tyler Arnold
as DS McCorkindale
as Nicky Burkett
as Rix
as Ensign Covey
as Ebow
Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
Writer
as Writer
as Screenplay
as Writer
as Writer
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer