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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| 5 | Venom: The Last Dance (2024) | Strickland | 6.2 | |
| 6 | The Pod Generation (2023) | Alvy | - | - |
| 7 | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) | Self - Baron Mordo | 7 | |
| 8 | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) Most waited movies 2022 | Baron Mordo | 7.6 | |
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| 12 | The Elephant Queen (2019) | Self - Narrator (voice) | 8 | |
| 13 | The Lion King (2019) | Scar (voice) | 7.1 | |
| 14 | Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019) | Conall | 7 | |
| 15 | The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019) | Director / Writer | 7.8 | |
| 16 | Come Sunday (2018) | Carlton Pearson | 6 | |
| 17 | Mary Magdalene (2018) | Peter | 5.9 | |
| 18 | Sherlock Gnomes (2018) | Watson (Voice) | 6.4 | |
| 19 | Red Nose Day Actually (2017) | Peter | 7 | |
| 20 | The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian' (2016) | Self | - | - |
| 21 | Triple 9 (2016) | Michael Atwood | 6.4 | |
| 22 | Doctor Strange (2016) Top 100 by FilmGator | Mordo | 7.9 | |
| 23 | Secret in Their Eyes (2015) | Ray | 6 | |
| 24 | The Martian (2015) Top 100 by FilmGator | Vincent Kapoor | 8.2 | |
| 25 | Z for Zachariah (2015) | John Loomis | 5.6 | |
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| 27 | Half of a Yellow Sun (2013) | Odenigbo | 5 | |
| 28 | Phil Spector (2013) | Mock Prosecutor | 6 | |
| 29 | 12 Years a Slave (2013) Oscars 2014 | Solomon Northup | 8 | |
| 30 | Salt (2010) Oscars 2011 | Darryl Peabody | 6.7 | |
| 31 | 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic (2010) | Self | 6 | |
| 32 | Endgame (2009) | President Thabo Mbeki | - | - |
| 33 | 2012 (2009) | Adrian Helmsley | 6.1 | |
| 34 | Redbelt (2008) | Mike Terry | 7 | |
| 35 | Talk to Me (2007) | Dewey Hughes | 7 | |
| 36 | American Gangster (2007) Oscars 2008 | Huey Lucas | 7.6 | |
| 37 | Children of Men (2006) Oscars 2007 | Luke | 8 | |
| 38 | Inside Man (2006) | Bill Mitchell | 7.5 | |
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