Acting
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.
Backrooms
2026 · Movie
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · TV
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · TV
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · TV
Venom: The Last Dance
2024 · Movie
Screen Two
1985 · TV
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022 · Movie
The Martian
2015 · Movie
2012
2009 · Movie
Doctor Strange
2016 · Movie
The Lion King
2019 · Movie
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019 · Movie
Four Brothers
2005 · Movie
The Old Guard
2020 · Movie
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
2026 · TV
Children of Men
2006 · Movie
The Man Who Fell to Earth
2022 · TV
American Gangster
2007 · Movie
Love Actually
2003 · Movie
Serenity
2005 · Movie
The Old Guard 2
2025 · Movie
Infinite
2021 · Movie
The Life of Chuck
2025 · Movie
Rachael Ray
2006 · TV
Murder in Mind
2001 · TV
Inside Man
2006 · Movie
12 Years a Slave
2013 · Movie
Salt
2010 · Movie
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2025 · Movie
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
2019 · Movie
Triple 9
2016 · Movie
Dancing on the Edge
2013 · TV
Canterbury Tales
2003 · TV
Tsunami: The Aftermath
2006 · TV
Secret in Their Eyes
2015 · Movie
Sherlock Gnomes
2018 · Movie
María Madalena
2023 · TV
Eleanor the Great
2025 · Movie
Mary Magdalene
2018 · Movie
The Pod Generation
2023 · Movie
She Hate Me
2004 · Movie
Kinky Boots
2005 · Movie
The Shadow Line
2011 · TV
Trust
2003 · TV
Redbelt
2008 · Movie
Locked Down
2021 · Movie
ARES: live
2015 · TV
The Elephant Queen
2019 · Movie
Rob Peace
2024 · Movie
Endgame
2009 · Movie
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022 · Movie
Dirty Pretty Things
2002 · Movie
Talk to Me
2007 · Movie
Phil Spector
2013 · Movie
Deadly Voyage
1996 · Movie
Children of Blood and Bone
2027 · Movie
Mind Games
2001 · Movie
Melinda and Melinda
2004 · Movie
Come Sunday
2018 · Movie
Z for Zachariah
2015 · Movie
Amistad
1997 · Movie
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
2016 · Movie
Slow Burn
2005 · Movie
Untitled The Exorcist Film
2027 · Movie
Red Nose Day Actually
2017 · Movie
Earth from Space
2019 · TV
Red Dust
2004 · Movie
Half of a Yellow Sun
2013 · Movie
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
1999 · Movie
Savannah
2013 · Movie
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010 · Movie
It Was an Accident
2000 · Movie
Three Blind Mice
2003 · Movie
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010 · Movie
National Theatre Live: Everyman
2015 · Movie
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
2003 · Movie
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
2013 · Movie
Day Zero
2020 · Movie
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
2019 · Movie
Partition: The Day India Burned
2007 · Movie
Regard Noir
2021 · Movie
This Is My Africa
2008 · Movie
