Chiwetelu Umeadi "Chiwetel" Ejiofor (born on July 10, 1977) is an English actor. He attended London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, but had to leave after a year after receiving the roll of Ens, in Steven Spielberg's historical drama, "Amistad". For his first leading film role in Dirty Pretty Things, he won a British Independent Film Award for best actor. He has portrayed Othello in numerous stage productions including Bloomsbury Theatre, Theatre Royal in Glasgow and Donmar Warehouse. He made his directorial debut in the short film Slapper, which he also wrote. He soon became well known after moving on to bigger roles in "Inside Man" (2005), "American Gangster" (2007), "Children of Men" and Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" (2012).
Inside Man
(Bill Mitchell)
Love Actually
(Peter)
Dirty Pretty Things
(Okwe)
She Hate Me
(Frank Wills)
American Gangster
(Huey Lucas)
Talk to Me
(Dewey Hughes)
Amistad
(Ensign Covey)
Four Brothers
(Victor Sweet)
Tonight at Noon
(Lee / Evans)
The Pod Generation
(Alvy)
Rob Peace
(Robert E. 'Skeet' Douglas)
Redbelt
(Mike Terry)
Salt
(Darryl Peabody)
Melinda and Melinda
(Ellis Moonsong)
Children of Men
(Luke)
Red Dust
(Alex Mpondo)
2012
(Adrian Helmsley)
Endgame
(President Thabo Mbeki)
Serenity
(The Operative)
Kinky Boots
(Lola/Simon)
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
(Rix)
Three Blind Mice
(Mark Hayward)
Slow Burn
(Ty Trippin)
Mind Games
(Tyler Arnold)
12 Years a Slave
(Solomon Northup)
Triple 9
(Michael Atwood)
The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy
(Narrator)
Z for Zachariah
(John Loomis)
Phil Spector
(Mock Prosecutor)
Savannah
(Christmas Moultrie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
(Odenigbo)
Deadly Voyage
(Ebow)
Venom: The Last Dance
(General Rex Strickland)
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
(Orsino)
The Life of Chuck
(Marty Anderson)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
(Self - Baron Mordo)
It Was an Accident
(Nicky Burkett)
The Martian
(Vincent Kapoor)
Secret in Their Eyes
(Ray)
Making a Scene
(Man)
Eleanor the Great
National Theatre Live: Everyman
(Everyman)
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
(Scott Wallaker)
This Is My Africa
(Self)
Mary Magdalene
(Peter)
Fela
(Fela Kuti)
Come Sunday
(Carlton Pearson)
Red Nose Day Actually
(Peter)
The Lion King
(Scar (voice))
Sherlock Gnomes
(Watson (Voice))
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
(Trywell Kamkwamba)
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
(Conall)
The Elephant Queen
(Self - Narrator (voice))
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
(Self)
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
(Baron Mordo)
Infinite
(Bathurst 2020)
The Making of 'Making a Scene'
(Self)
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
(Self)
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
(Self)
Doctor Strange
(Mordo)
The Old Guard
(Copley)
Locked Down
(Paxton)
Day Zero
(Narrator)
Regard Noir
(Himself)
Partition: The Day India Burned
(Narrator)
The Old Guard 2
(Copley)
The Man Who Fell to Earth
(Faraday)
Trust
(Ashley Carter)
The Graham Norton Show
(Self)
Tsunami: The Aftermath
(Ian Carter)
Dancing on the Edge
(Louis Lester)
The Shadow Line
(Jonah Gabriel)
Canterbury Tales
(Paul)
Murder in Mind
(DS McCorkindale)
ARES: live
(Vincent Kapoor)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(Self)
Rachael Ray
Earth from Space
(Self - Narrator)
Slapper
(Director)
Columbite Tantalite
(Director)
Columbite Tantalite
(Writer)
Slapper
(Writer)
Rob Peace
(Director)
Rob Peace
(Writer)
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
(Director)
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
(Screenplay)
The Brown Dog
(Executive Producer)
The Man Who Fell to Earth
(Executive Producer)