Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetel Ejiofor

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, چیوِتِل اجیوفور, چیوِتِل اِجیوفور

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.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Forest Gate, London, England, UK

Birthday: July 10, 1977

Adult: No

Gender: Male

TMDb-Id: 5294

IMDb-Id: nm0252230

Popularity:

16.70%

Known For

Inside Man
Love Actually
Dirty Pretty Things
She Hate Me
American Gangster
Talk to Me
Amistad
Tonight at Noon
Four Brothers
The Pod Generation
Rob Peace
Redbelt
Salt
Melinda and Melinda
Children of Men
Red Dust
2012
Endgame
Serenity
Kinky Boots
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
Three Blind Mice
Slow Burn
Mind Games
12 Years a Slave
Triple 9
The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy
Z for Zachariah
Phil Spector
Savannah
Half of a Yellow Sun
Deadly Voyage
Venom: The Last Dance
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
The Life of Chuck
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
It Was an Accident
The Martian
Secret in Their Eyes
Making a Scene
Eleanor the Great
National Theatre Live: Everyman
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
This Is My Africa
Mary Magdalene
Fela
Come Sunday
Red Nose Day Actually
The Lion King
Sherlock Gnomes
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
The Elephant Queen
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Infinite
The Making of 'Making a Scene'
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Doctor Strange
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
The Old Guard
Locked Down
Day Zero
Regard Noir
Partition: The Day India Burned
The Old Guard 2
Children of Blood and Bone