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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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Chiwetel Ejiofor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2026
Backrooms
Movie
2025
Eleanor the Great

as Roger

Movie
2025
The Old Guard 2

as Copley

Movie
2025
The Life of Chuck

as Marty Anderson

Movie
2025
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

as Scott Walliker

Movie
2024
Venom: The Last Dance

as Strickland

Movie
2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

as Baron Mordo

Movie
2021
Infinite

as Bathurst 2020

Movie
2020
The Old Guard

as Copley

Movie
2019
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

as Conall

Movie
2019
The Lion King

as Scar (voice)

Movie
2016
Doctor Strange

as Mordo

Movie
2016
Triple 9

as Michael Atwood

Movie
2015
The Martian

as Vincent Kapoor

Movie
2013
12 Years a Slave

as Solomon Northup

Movie
2010
Salt

as Darryl Peabody

Movie
2009
2012

as Adrian Helmsley

Movie
2007
American Gangster

as Huey Lucas

Movie
2006
Children of Men

as Luke

Movie
2006
Inside Man

as Bill Mitchell

Movie
2005
Serenity

as The Operative

Movie
2003
Love Actually

as Peter

Movie