Chiwetel Ejiofor
Acting
83
Acting Credits
4
Directed
Biography
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 enrollin...
Known For
Filmography
Children of Blood and Bone
2027
as King Saran
The Exorcist
2027
Backrooms
2026
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
2026
as Maker (voice)
The Life of Chuck
2025
as Marty Anderson
Eleanor the Great
2025
as Roger
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2025
as Scott Walliker
The Old Guard 2
2025
as Copley
Royal Carols: Together At Christmas 2025
2025
as Self
Rob Peace
2024
as Robert E. 'Skeet' Douglas
Venom: The Last Dance
2024
as Strickland
The Pod Generation
2023
as Alvy
María Madalena
2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022
as Self - Baron Mordo
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022
as Baron Mordo
The Man Who Fell to Earth
2022
as Faraday
Infinite
2021
as Bathurst 2020
Locked Down
2021
as Paxton
Regard Noir
2021
as Self
The Old Guard
2020
as Copley
Day Zero
2020
as Narrator
The Lion King
2019
as Scar (voice)
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
2019
as Trywell Kamkwamba
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019
as Conall
The Elephant Queen
2019
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
2019
Earth from Space
2019
as Self - Narrator
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
Mary Magdalene
2018
as Peter
Come Sunday
2018
as Carlton Pearson
Sherlock Gnomes
2018
as Watson (Voice)
Red Nose Day Actually
2017
as Peter
Triple 9
2016
as Michael Atwood
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
2016
as Self
Doctor Strange
2016
as Mordo
Z for Zachariah
2015
as John Loomis
The Martian
2015
as Vincent Kapoor
Secret in Their Eyes
2015
as Ray
National Theatre Live: Everyman
2015
as Everyman
ARES: live
2015
as Vincent Kapoor
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
12 Years a Slave
2013
as Solomon Northup
Phil Spector
2013
as Mock Prosecutor
Savannah
2013
as Christmas Moultrie
Half of a Yellow Sun
2013
as Odenigbo
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
2013
Dancing on the Edge
2013
as Louis Lester
The Shadow Line
2011
as Jonah Gabriel
Salt
2010
as Darryl Peabody
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010
as Self
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010
as Self
2012
2009
as Adrian Helmsley
Endgame
2009
as President Thabo Mbeki
Redbelt
2008
as Mike Terry
The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy
2008
as Narrator
This Is My Africa
2008
as Self
American Gangster
2007
as Huey Lucas
Talk to Me
2007
as Dewey Hughes
Partition: The Day India Burned
2007
as Narrator
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Inside Man
2006
as Bill Mitchell
Children of Men
2006
as Luke
Tsunami: The Aftermath
2006
as Ian Carter
Rachael Ray
2006
Four Brothers
2005
as Victor Sweet
Serenity
2005
as The Operative
Kinky Boots
2005
as Lola/Simon
Slow Burn
2005
as Ty Trippin
She Hate Me
2004
as Frank Wills
Melinda and Melinda
2004
as Ellis Moonsong
Red Dust
2004
as Alex Mpondo
Love Actually
2003
as Peter
Three Blind Mice
2003
as Mark Hayward
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
2003
as Orsino
Trust
2003
as Ashley Carter
Canterbury Tales
2003
as Paul
Dirty Pretty Things
2002
as Okwe
Mind Games
2001
as Tyler Arnold
Murder in Mind
2001
as DS McCorkindale
It Was an Accident
2000
as Nicky Burkett
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
1999
as Rix
Amistad
1997
as Ensign Covey
Deadly Voyage
1996
as Ebow