Cast & creator
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Best known for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Kelly Clarkson Show, The Graham Norton Show
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Chiwetel Ejiofor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor
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1985–2027 · acting roles
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Filmography (95)
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Backrooms
Clark
2026
Screen Two
Ebow
1985
Venom: The Last Dance
Strickland
2024
The Martian
Vincent Kapoor
2015
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Baron Mordo
2022
Doctor Strange
Mordo
2016
The Lion King
Scar (voice)
2019
Rachael Ray
2006
Love Actually
Peter
2003
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Maker (voice)
2026
American Gangster
Huey Lucas
2007
2012
Adrian Helmsley
2009
12 Years a Slave
Solomon Northup
2013
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Scott Walliker
2025
Infinite
Bathurst 2020
2021
Children of Men
Luke
2006
The Old Guard 2
Copley
2025
Inside Man
Bill Mitchell
2006
Murder in Mind
DS McCorkindale
2001
The Old Guard
Copley
2020
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Conall
2019
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Faraday
2022
Four Brothers
Victor Sweet
2005
The Life of Chuck
Marty Anderson
2025
Salt
Darryl Peabody
2010
Triple 9
Michael Atwood
2016
Serenity
The Operative
2005
The Pod Generation
Alvy
2023
Dancing on the Edge
Louis Lester
2013
Tsunami: The Aftermath
Ian Carter
2006
Canterbury Tales
Paul
2003
Secret in Their Eyes
Ray
2015
The Elephant Queen
Self - Narrator (voice)
2019
Sherlock Gnomes
Dr. Watson (Voice)
2018
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Trywell Kamkwamba
2019The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Director
2019The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Screenplay
2019
Eleanor the Great
Roger
2025
Mary Magdalene
Peter
2018
Kinky Boots
Lola/Simon
2005
The Shadow Line
Jonah Gabriel
2011
Dirty Pretty Things
Okwe
2002
Trust
Ashley Carter
2003
Z for Zachariah
John Loomis
2015
Children of Blood and Bone
King Saran
2027
Melinda and Melinda
Ellis Moonsong
2004
Locked Down
Paxton
2021
ARES: live
Vincent Kapoor
2015
María Madalena
2023
The Exorcist: Martyrs
2027
Rob Peace
Robert E. 'Skeet' Douglas
2024Rob Peace
Director
2024Rob Peace
Writer
2024
She Hate Me
Frank Wills
2004
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Self - Baron Mordo
2022
Mind Games
Tyler Arnold
2001
Slow Burn
Ty Trippin
2005
Phil Spector
Mock Prosecutor
2013
Redbelt
Mike Terry
2008
Red Nose Day Actually
Peter
2017
Earth from Space
Self - Narrator
2019
Half of a Yellow Sun
Odenigbo
2013
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
Self
2016
Savannah
Christmas Moultrie
2013
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Self
2010
This Is My Africa
Self
2008
Endgame
President Thabo Mbeki
2009
Come Sunday
Carlton Pearson
2018
Regard Noir
Self
2021
Talk to Me
Dewey Hughes
2007
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
Rix
1999
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
2019
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Orsino
2003
Three Blind Mice
Mark Hayward
2003
Slapper
Director
2008Slapper
Writer
2008
The Brown Dog
Executive Producer
2024Tonight at Noon
Lee / Evans
It Was an Accident
Nicky Burkett
2000
National Theatre Live: Everyman
Everyman
2015Royal Carols: Together At Christmas 2025
Self
2025
Partition: The Day India Burned
Narrator
2007
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Self
2010
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
2013The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy
Narrator
2008
Red Dust
Alex Mpondo
2004
Deadly Voyage
Ebow
1996
Amistad
Ensign Covey
1997
Day Zero
Narrator
2020
Fela
Fela Kuti
Columbite Tantalite
Director
2013Columbite Tantalite
Writer
2013