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