Chiwetel Ejiofor
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Chiwetelu Umeadi "Chiwetel" Ejiofor was born on 10 July 1977 in Forest Gate, London. 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).
Place of birth
Forest Gate, London, UK 
Date of birth
10th July 1977
Movies that starred Chiwetel Ejiofor (26 in total)
Venom: The Last Dance [2024]
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness [2022]
Baron Karl Mordo
The Old Guard 2 [2022]
Copley
Infinite [2021]
Bathurst 2020
The Old Guard [2020]
Copley
The Lion King [2019]
Scar (voice)
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil [2019]
Conall
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind [2019]
Trywell Kamkwamba
The Elephant Queen [2019]
Self - Narrator (voice)
Tonight at Noon [2019]
Lee / Evans
Mary Magdalene [2018]
Peter
Sherlock Gnomes [2018]
Watson (Voice)
Doctor Strange [2016]
Karl Mordo
The Martian [2015]
Vincent Kapoor
12 Years a Slave [2013]
Solomon Northup
Salt [2010]
Darryl Peabody
2012 [2009]
Adrian Helmsley
Endgame [2009]
President Thabo Mbeki
American Gangster [2007]
Huey Lucas
Children of Men [2006]
Luke
Inside Man [2006]
Detective Bill Mitchell
Four Brothers [2005]
Victor Sweet
Serenity [2005]
The Operative
Red Dust [2004]
Alex Mpondo
Melinda and Melinda [2004]
Ellis Moonsong
Dirty Pretty Things [2002]
Okwe
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