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Chiwetel Ejiofor‌

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1977-07-10

Popularity

star14.0

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Forest Gate, London, UK

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Forest Gate, London, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1977-07-10

Popularity

star14.0

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).

Movie Credits

Inside Man

Inside Man‌
star7.4
calendar 2006

Love Actually

Love Actually‌
star7.1
calendar 2003

Dirty Pretty Things

Dirty Pretty Things‌
star6.9
calendar 2002

She Hate Me

She Hate Me‌
star5.1
calendar 2004

American Gangster

American Gangster‌
star7.6
calendar 2007

Talk to Me

Talk to Me‌
star6.9
calendar 2007

Amistad

Amistad‌
star7.0
calendar 1997

Tonight at Noon

Tonight at Noon‌
star0.0
calendar

Four Brothers

Four Brothers‌
star6.8
calendar 2005

The Pod Generation

The Pod Generation‌
star5.9
calendar 2023

Rob Peace

Rob Peace‌
star6.4
calendar 2024

Redbelt

Redbelt‌
star6.4
calendar 2008

Salt

Salt‌
star6.4
calendar 2010

Melinda and Melinda

Melinda and Melinda‌
star6.2
calendar 2004

Children of Men

Children of Men‌
star7.6
calendar 2006

Red Dust

Red Dust‌
star5.8
calendar 2004

2012

2012‌
star5.8
calendar 2009

Endgame

Endgame‌
star5.8
calendar 2009

Serenity

Serenity‌
star7.4
calendar 2005

Kinky Boots

Kinky Boots‌
star6.7
calendar 2005

G:MT Greenwich Mean Time

G:MT Greenwich Mean Time‌
star5.8
calendar 1999

Three Blind Mice

Three Blind Mice‌
star4.0
calendar 2003

Slow Burn

Slow Burn‌
star5.3
calendar 2005

Mind Games

Mind Games‌
star5.5
calendar 2001

12 Years a Slave

12 Years a Slave‌
star7.9
calendar 2013

Triple 9

Triple 9‌
star6.0
calendar 2016

The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy

The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy‌
star7.8
calendar 2008

Z for Zachariah

Z for Zachariah‌
star5.7
calendar 2015

Phil Spector

Phil Spector‌
star5.7
calendar 2013

Savannah

Savannah‌
star6.2
calendar 2013

Half of a Yellow Sun

Half of a Yellow Sun‌
star5.0
calendar 2013

Deadly Voyage

Deadly Voyage‌
star5.4
calendar 1996

Venom: The Last Dance

Venom: The Last Dance‌
star6.8
calendar 2024

Twelfth Night, or What You Will

Twelfth Night, or What You Will‌
star0.0
calendar 2003

The Life of Chuck

The Life of Chuck‌
star0.0
calendar 2025

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

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness‌
star7.2
calendar 2022

It Was an Accident

It Was an Accident‌
star7.0
calendar 2000

The Martian

The Martian‌
star7.7
calendar 2015

Secret in Their Eyes

Secret in Their Eyes‌
star6.4
calendar 2015

Making a Scene

Making a Scene‌
star5.4
calendar 2013

Eleanor the Great

Eleanor the Great‌
star0.0
calendar

National Theatre Live: Everyman

National Theatre Live: Everyman‌
star1.0
calendar 2015

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy‌
star0.0
calendar 2025

This Is My Africa

This Is My Africa‌
star0.0
calendar 2008

Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene‌
star6.3
calendar 2018

Fela

Fela‌
star0.0
calendar

Come Sunday

Come Sunday‌
star5.7
calendar 2018

Red Nose Day Actually

Red Nose Day Actually‌
star7.1
calendar 2017

The Lion King

The Lion King‌
star7.1
calendar 2019

Sherlock Gnomes

Sherlock Gnomes‌
star5.7
calendar 2018

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind‌
star7.9
calendar 2019

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil‌
star7.3
calendar 2019

The Elephant Queen

The Elephant Queen‌
star7.3
calendar 2019

The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'

The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'‌
star6.0
calendar 2016

The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts

The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts‌
star0.0
calendar 2019

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness‌
star7.3
calendar 2022

Infinite

Infinite‌
star6.6
calendar 2021

The Making of 'Making a Scene'

The Making of 'Making a Scene'‌
star6.5
calendar 2013

2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic

2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic‌
star7.0
calendar 2010

Doctor Strange

Doctor Strange‌
star7.4
calendar 2016

The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective

The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective‌
star7.8
calendar 2010

The Old Guard

The Old Guard‌
star7.1
calendar 2020

Locked Down

Locked Down‌
star5.2
calendar 2021

Day Zero

Day Zero‌
star8.0
calendar 2020

Regard Noir

Regard Noir‌
star4.5
calendar 2021

Partition: The Day India Burned

Partition: The Day India Burned‌
star0.0
calendar 2007

The Old Guard 2

The Old Guard 2‌
star0.0
calendar

Tv Credits

The Man Who Fell to Earth

The Man Who Fell to Earth‌
star7.4
calendar 2022

Trust

Trust‌
star5.0
calendar 2003

The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show‌
star7.2
calendar 2007

Tsunami: The Aftermath

Tsunami: The Aftermath‌
star6.2
calendar 2006

Dancing on the Edge

Dancing on the Edge‌
star6.8
calendar 2013

The Shadow Line

The Shadow Line‌
star7.7
calendar 2011

Canterbury Tales

Canterbury Tales‌
star6.9
calendar 2003

Murder in Mind

Murder in Mind‌
star8.4
calendar 2001

ARES: live

ARES: live‌
star4.3
calendar 2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert‌
star6.6
calendar 2015

Rachael Ray

Rachael Ray‌
star5.1
calendar 2006

Earth from Space

Earth from Space‌
star8.4
calendar 2019