Acting
Chiwetel Ejiofor
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.
Filmography
Children of Blood and Bone
Film · 2027
The Exorcist: Martyrs
Film · 2027
Backrooms
Film · 2026
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Series · 2026
The Life of Chuck
Film · 2025
Eleanor the Great
Film · 2025
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Film · 2025
The Old Guard 2
Film · 2025
Royal Carols: Together At Christmas 2025
Film · 2025
Rob Peace
Film · 2024
Venom: The Last Dance
Film · 2024
The Pod Generation
Film · 2023
María Madalena
Series · 2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Film · 2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Film · 2022
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Series · 2022
Infinite
Film · 2021
Locked Down
Film · 2021
Regard Noir
Film · 2021
The Old Guard
Film · 2020
Day Zero
Film · 2020
The Lion King
Film · 2019
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Film · 2019
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Film · 2019
The Elephant Queen
Film · 2019
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
Film · 2019
Earth from Space
Series · 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Series · 2019
Mary Magdalene
Film · 2018
Come Sunday
Film · 2018
Sherlock Gnomes
Film · 2018
Red Nose Day Actually
Film · 2017
Triple 9
Film · 2016
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
Film · 2016
Doctor Strange
Film · 2016
Z for Zachariah
Film · 2015
The Martian
Film · 2015
Secret in Their Eyes
Film · 2015
National Theatre Live: Everyman
Film · 2015
ARES: live
Series · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
12 Years a Slave
Film · 2013
Phil Spector
Film · 2013
Savannah
Film · 2013
Half of a Yellow Sun
Film · 2013
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
Film · 2013
Dancing on the Edge
Series · 2013
The Shadow Line
Series · 2011
Salt
Film · 2010
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Film · 2010
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Film · 2010
2012
Film · 2009
Endgame
Film · 2009
Redbelt
Film · 2008
The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy
Film · 2008
This Is My Africa
Film · 2008
American Gangster
Film · 2007
Talk to Me
Film · 2007
Partition: The Day India Burned
Film · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
Inside Man
Film · 2006
Children of Men
Film · 2006
Tsunami: The Aftermath
Series · 2006
Rachael Ray
Series · 2006
Four Brothers
Film · 2005
Serenity
Film · 2005
Kinky Boots
Film · 2005
Slow Burn
Film · 2005
She Hate Me
Film · 2004
Melinda and Melinda
Film · 2004
Red Dust
Film · 2004
Love Actually
Film · 2003
Three Blind Mice
Film · 2003
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Film · 2003
Trust
Series · 2003
Canterbury Tales
Series · 2003
Dirty Pretty Things
Film · 2002
Mind Games
Film · 2001
Murder in Mind
Series · 2001
It Was an Accident
Film · 2000
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
Film · 1999
Amistad
Film · 1997
Deadly Voyage
Film · 1996
Screen Two
Series · 1985
Tonight at Noon
Film
Fela
Film