🎬Chiwetel Ejiofor

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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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	Backrooms (2026)	Clark		8
2	Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025)	Scott Walliker		6
3	The Life of Chuck (2025)	Marty Anderson		8
4	The Old Guard 2 (2025)	Copley		6.1
5	Rob Peace (2024)	Director / Writer	-	-
6	Venom: The Last Dance (2024)	Strickland		5.9
7	The Pod Generation (2023)	Alvy	-	-
8	Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)	Self - Baron Mordo		7
9	Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) Most waited movies 2022	Baron Mordo		7.6
10	Locked Down (2021)	Paxton		5.5
11	Infinite (2021)	Bathurst 2020		5.9
12	The Old Guard (2020) Top movies in 2020	Copley		6.8
13	The Elephant Queen (2019)	Self - Narrator (voice)		8
14	The Lion King (2019)	Scar (voice)		7.1
15	Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)	Conall		7
16	The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)	Director / Writer		7.8
17	Mary Magdalene (2018)	Peter		5.9
18	Sherlock Gnomes (2018)	Watson (Voice)		6.4
19	Come Sunday (2018)	Carlton Pearson		6
20	Red Nose Day Actually (2017)	Peter		6.8
21	Doctor Strange (2016) Top 100 by FilmGator	Mordo		7.9
22	Triple 9 (2016)	Michael Atwood		6.3
23	The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian' (2016)	Self	-	-
24	Secret in Their Eyes (2015)	Ray		6
25	The Martian (2015) Top 100 by FilmGator	Vincent Kapoor		8.2
26	Z for Zachariah (2015)	John Loomis		5.6
27	Making a Scene \| 11 Performances (2013)	-		4
28	12 Years a Slave (2013) Oscars 2014	Solomon Northup		8
29	Phil Spector (2013)	Mock Prosecutor		6
30	Half of a Yellow Sun (2013)	Odenigbo		5
31	2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic (2010)	Self		6
32	Salt (2010) Oscars 2011	Darryl Peabody		6.7
33	Endgame (2009)	President Thabo Mbeki	-	-
34	2012 (2009)	Adrian Helmsley		6.1
35	Redbelt (2008)	Mike Terry		7
36	Talk to Me (2007)	Dewey Hughes		7
37	American Gangster (2007) Oscars 2008	Huey Lucas		7.6
38	Children of Men (2006) Oscars 2007	Luke		8.1
39	Inside Man (2006)	Bill Mitchell		7.5
40	Slow Burn (2005)	Ty Trippin		3
41	Serenity (2005)	The Operative		7.9
42	Kinky Boots (2005)	Lola/Simon		6.9
43	Four Brothers (2005)	Victor Sweet		6.9
44	Red Dust (2004)	Alex Mpondo	-	-
45	She Hate Me (2004)	Frank Wills		5
46	Melinda and Melinda (2004)	Ellis Moonsong		6.5
47	Love Actually (2003)	Peter		7.4
48	Dirty Pretty Things (2002) Oscars 2004	Okwe		6.3
49	G:MT Greenwich Mean Time (1999)	Rix		6
50	Amistad (1997) Oscars 1998	Ensign Covey		6.9
51	Deadly Voyage (1996)	Ebow	-	-