
Chiwetel Ejiofor
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Biography
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).
Known For

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Graham Norton Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Canterbury Tales

Love Actually

The Martian

Serenity

Four Brothers

Children of Blood and Bone

The Old Guard

The Old Guard 2

Inside Man

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Trust

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Deadly Voyage

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

American Gangster

Sherlock Gnomes

Children of Men

Salt

Tsunami: The Aftermath

2012

Mary Magdalene

Doctor Strange

Venom: The Last Dance

The Pod Generation

Locked Down

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Triple 9

Infinite

Red Dust

Come Sunday

12 Years a Slave

The Man Who Fell to Earth

The Lion King

Partition: The Day India Burned

The Elephant Queen

Earth from Space
Production Credits
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