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.[6] 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.
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)
Tonight at Noon
(Lee / Evans)
Four Brothers
(Victor Sweet)
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
(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)
Doctor Strange
(Mordo)
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
(Self)
The Old Guard
(Copley)
Locked Down
(Paxton)
Day Zero
(Narrator)
Regard Noir
(Himself)
Partition: The Day India Burned
(Narrator)
The Old Guard 2
(Copley)
Children of Blood and Bone
(King Saran)
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
(Writer)
Slapper
(Writer)
Columbite Tantalite
(Director)
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)