Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Birthday: 1977-07-10

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, چیوِتِل اجیوفور, چیوِتِل اِجیوفور

imdb_id: nm0252230

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. 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.

Played in movies:

Day Zero

Score: 8.0

12 Years a Slave

Score: 7.9

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Score: 7.9

The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective

Score: 7.8

The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy

Score: 7.8

The Martian

Score: 7.7

Children of Men

Score: 7.6

American Gangster

Score: 7.6

Doctor Strange

Score: 7.4

Inside Man

Score: 7.4

Serenity

Score: 7.4

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Score: 7.3

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Score: 7.3

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Score: 7.3

The Elephant Queen

Score: 7.2

The Old Guard

Score: 7.1

Love Actually

Score: 7.1

The Lion King

Score: 7.1

Red Nose Day Actually

Score: 7.1

2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic

Score: 7.0

It Was an Accident

Score: 7.0

Amistad

Score: 7.0

Talk to Me

Score: 6.9

Dirty Pretty Things

Score: 6.9

Four Brothers

Score: 6.8

Venom: The Last Dance

Score: 6.8

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Score: 6.7

Kinky Boots

Score: 6.7

Rob Peace

Score: 6.7

Infinite

Score: 6.6

The Making of 'Making a Scene'

Score: 6.5

Redbelt

Score: 6.5

Salt

Score: 6.4

Secret in Their Eyes

Score: 6.4

Mary Magdalene

Score: 6.3

Savannah

Score: 6.2

Melinda and Melinda

Score: 6.2

The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'

Score: 6.0

Triple 9

Score: 6.0

The Pod Generation

Score: 5.9

Red Dust

Score: 5.9

2012

Score: 5.9

G:MT Greenwich Mean Time

Score: 5.8

Endgame

Score: 5.8

Come Sunday

Score: 5.8

Phil Spector

Score: 5.7

Z for Zachariah

Score: 5.7

Sherlock Gnomes

Score: 5.7

Mind Games

Score: 5.5

Making a Scene

Score: 5.4

Deadly Voyage

Score: 5.4

Slow Burn

Score: 5.3

Locked Down

Score: 5.2

She Hate Me

Score: 5.2

Half of a Yellow Sun

Score: 5.1

Regard Noir

Score: 4.5

Three Blind Mice

Score: 4.0

National Theatre Live: Everyman

Score: 1.0

Children of Blood and Bone

Score: 0.0

The Old Guard 2

Score: 0.0

Partition: The Day India Burned

Score: 0.0

The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts

Score: 0.0

Fela

Score: 0.0

This Is My Africa

Score: 0.0

Eleanor the Great

Score: 0.0

The Life of Chuck

Score: 0.0

Twelfth Night, or What You Will

Score: 0.0

Tonight at Noon

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Earth from Space

Score: 8.4

Murder in Mind

Score: 8.4

The Shadow Line

Score: 7.7

The Man Who Fell to Earth

Score: 7.4

The Graham Norton Show

Score: 7.2

Canterbury Tales

Score: 6.9

Dancing on the Edge

Score: 6.6

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Score: 6.4

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Score: 6.4

Tsunami: The Aftermath

Score: 6.1

Rachael Ray

Score: 5.1

Trust

Score: 5.0

ARES: live

Score: 4.3