
Chiwetel Ejiofor
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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 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).
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Known For

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Graham Norton Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Canterbury Tales

Love Actually

Serenity

The Martian

Children of Blood and Bone

Four Brothers

The Old Guard 2

The Old Guard

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Trust

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

Inside Man

Deadly Voyage

The Life of Chuck

American Gangster

Sherlock Gnomes

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Venom: The Last Dance

Salt

Mary Magdalene

Tsunami: The Aftermath

2012

Children of Men

The Pod Generation

Doctor Strange

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Locked Down

Infinite

Triple 9

The Man Who Fell to Earth

Earth from Space

Red Dust

12 Years a Slave

The Elephant Queen

The Lion King

The Backrooms

Come Sunday

Partition: The Day India Burned
Production Credits
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