Chiwetel Ejiofor
ActingBorn
July 10, 1977
Place of Birth
Forest Gate, London, England, UK
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 Empir…
Known For
Filmography
Untitled The Exorcist Film
2027
Children of Blood and Bone
2027
Backrooms
2026
Royal Carols: Together At Christmas 2025
2025
Eleanor the Great
2025
The Old Guard 2
2025
The Life of Chuck
2025
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2025
Venom: The Last Dance
2024
Rob Peace
2024
The Pod Generation
2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022
Infinite
2021
Regard Noir
2021
Locked Down
2021
Day Zero
2020
The Old Guard
2020
The Elephant Queen
2019
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019
The Lion King
2019
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
2019
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
2019
Mary Magdalene
2018
Sherlock Gnomes
2018
Come Sunday
2018
Red Nose Day Actually
2017
Doctor Strange
2016
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
2016
Triple 9
2016
Secret in Their Eyes
2015
The Martian
2015
Z for Zachariah
2015
National Theatre Live: Everyman
2015
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
2013
12 Years a Slave
2013
Half of a Yellow Sun
2013
Phil Spector
2013
Savannah
2013
Salt
2010
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010
2012
2009
Endgame
2009
The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy
2008
Redbelt
2008
This Is My Africa
2008
American Gangster
2007
Talk to Me
2007
Partition: The Day India Burned
2007
Children of Men
2006
Inside Man
2006
Serenity
2005
Slow Burn
2005
Kinky Boots
2005
Four Brothers
2005
Melinda and Melinda
2004
She Hate Me
2004
Red Dust
2004
Three Blind Mice
2003
Love Actually
2003
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
2003
Dirty Pretty Things
2002
Mind Games
2001
It Was an Accident
2000
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
1999
Amistad
1997
Deadly Voyage
1996
Tonight at Noon
Fela
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
2026
María Madalena
2023
The Man Who Fell to Earth
2022
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Earth from Space
2019
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
ARES: live
2015
Dancing on the Edge
2013
The Shadow Line
2011
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Tsunami: The Aftermath
2006
Rachael Ray
2006
Canterbury Tales
2003
Trust
2003
Murder in Mind
2001