Chiwetel Ejiofor
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Highest Rated: 95% 12 Years a Slave (2013)

Lowest Rated: 9% Slow Burn (2005)

Birthday: Jul 10, 1977

Birthplace: London, England, UK

With a disarming façade and subtle intensity, British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor quietly embarked upon a film career after several successful stage performances with a noticeable supporting role as an interpreter in Steven Spielberg's historical drama, "Amistad" (1997). From there, Ejiofor was able to carve out an impressive career in a short amount of time, though most audiences would have been hard-pressed to place the name or face. But he did earn high critical praise, particularly for his low-key performance in Stephen Frears' gritty urban drama, "Dirty Pretty Things" (2002). Though he earned several small awards for the role, Ejiofor remained a relative unknown in the United States. He sought to change that with roles in the popular British romantic comedy "Love Actually" (2003), Woody Allen's tragicomedy "Melinda and Melinda" (2004), and by playing a sassy drag queen in "Kinky Boots" (2005), which earned him his first Golden Globe nomination. Ejiofor graduated to bigger studio films, supporting Denzel Washington in both "Inside Man" (2006) and "American Gangster" (2007), while delivering a fine turn as the leader of a rebel group in the dystopian thriller "Children of Men" (2006), all of which illustrated that it was only a matter of time before he became a household name.

Highest rated movies

95% 12 Years a Slave 94% Dirty Pretty Things 92% Children of Men 91% The Martian 89% Doctor Strange 87% The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 86% Inside Man

83% Talk to Me

Photos

Chiwetel Ejiofor at a special screening of Widows, held at the Tate Modern, London, UK Photoshot/Everett Collection, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sari Mercer at arrivals for The 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAGs) - ARRIVALS 3, The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA January 18, 2014. Photo By: Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sara Mercer at arrivals for The 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAGs) - ARRIVALS 2, The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA January 18, 2014. Photo By: Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection Chiwetel Ejiofor at arrivals for 12 YEARS A SLAVE Premiere, Directors Guild of America (DGA) Theatre, Los Angeles, CA October 14, 2013. Photo By: Dee Cercone/Everett Collection Chiweter Ejiofor at arrivals for Premiere of REDBELT, Grauman''s Egyptian Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, April 07, 2008. Photo by: David Longendyke/Everett Collection Lupita Nyong''o, Steve McQueen,Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sarah Paulson, Michael Fassbender in the press room for 71st Golden Globes Awards - Press Room, The Beverly Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, CA January 12, 2014. Photo By: Linda Wheeler/Everett Collection Chiwetel Ejiofor at arrivals for THE LION KING Premiere, El Capitan Theatre, Los Angeles, CA July 9, 2019. Photo By: Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection Chiwetel Ejiofor attends a Special Screening of Netflix Film THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND at The Ham Yard Hotel, London, England, UK on February 19, 2019. Photoshot/Everett Collection, Chiwetel Ejiofor at arrivals for Pencils Of Promise Gala, Central Park, New York, NY December 7, 2017. Photo By: Jason Mendez/Everett Collection Chiwetel Ejiofor at arrivals for THE MARTIAN Premiere at New York Film Festival 2015, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, New York, NY September 27, 2015. Photo By: Gregorio T. Binuya/Everett Collection Chiwetel Ejiofor at arrivals for THE MARTIAN Premiere at Toronto International Film Festival 2015, Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, ON September 11, 2015. Photo By: Gregorio Binuya/Everett Collection Chiwetel Ejiofor at arrivals for THE MARTIAN Premiere at Toronto International Film Festival 2015, Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, ON September 11, 2015. Photo By: Gregorio Binuya/Everett Collection Chiwetel Ejiofor at arrivals for THE MARTIAN Premiere at Toronto International Film Festival 2015, Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, ON September 11, 2015. Photo By: Gregorio Binuya/Everett Collection Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sari Mercer at arrivals for 'Charles James: Beyond Fashion' Opening Night at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Annual Gala - Part 3, Anna Wintour Costume Center, New York, NY May 5, 2014. Photo By: Gregorio T. Binuya/Everett Collection Sari Mercer, Chiwetel Ejiofor in the press room for 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards - PRESS ROOM, Santa Monica Beach, Santa Monica, CA March 1, 2014. Photo By: Gregorio Binuya/Everett Collection Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sari Mercer at arrivals for The 86th Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals 3 - Oscars 2014, The Dolby Theatre at Hollywood and Highland Center, Los Angeles, CA March 2, 2014. Photo By: Gregorio Binuya/Everett Collection Paul Dano, Sarah Paulson, Lupita Nyong''o, Alfre Woodard, Michael Fassbender at arrivals for 12 YEARS A SLAVE Premiere at the 2013 New York Film Festival (NYFF), Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, New York, NY October 8, 2013. Photo By: Gregorio T. Binuya Chiwetel Ejiofor at arrivals for 12 YEARS A SLAVE Premiere at the 2013 New York Film Festival (NYFF), Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, New York, NY October 8, 2013. Photo By: Gregorio T. Binuya/Everett Collection Chiwetel Ejiofor at arrivals for REDBELT Premiere, Grauman''s Egyptian Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, April 07, 2008. Photo by: Michael Germana/Everett Collection Chiwetel Ejiofor at arrivals for REDBELT Premiere, Grauman''s Egyptian Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, April 07, 2008. Photo by: Michael Germana/Everett Collection

Filmography

Movies

Credit No Score Yet No Score Yet Venom: The Last Dance Unknown (Character) - 2024 77% No Score Yet Rob Peace Skeet Douglas (Character),

Director,

Screenwriter - 2024 41% 55% The Pod Generation Alvy Novy (Character) - 2023 74% 85% Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Baron Mordo (Character) $411.3M 2022 17% 34% Infinite Bathurst 2020 (Character) - 2021 41% 27% Locked Down Paxton (Character) - 2021 80% 70% The Old Guard Copley (Character) - 2020 39% 95% Maleficent: Mistress of Evil Connal (Character) $113.9M 2019 52% 88% The Lion King Scar (Voice) $543.6M 2019 87% 88% The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Trywell Kamkwamba (Character),

Director,

Screenwriter - 2019 91% 89% The Elephant Queen Narrator - 2018 44% 49% Mary Magdalene Peter (Character) $114.3K 2018 69% 60% Come Sunday Carlton Pearson (Character) - 2018 27% 36% Sherlock Gnomes Watson (Voice) $43.1M 2018 No Score Yet 61% Red Nose Day Actually Peter (Character) - 2017 89% 86% Doctor Strange Baron Karl Mordo (Character) $232.6M 2016 55% 41% Triple 9 Michael Atwood (Character) $12.6M 2016 39% 41% Secret in Their Eyes Ray (Character) $20.2M 2015 91% 91% The Martian Venkat Kapoor (Character) $228.4M 2015 78% 44% Z for Zachariah John Loomis (Character) $118.5K 2015 51% 36% Half of a Yellow Sun Odenigbo (Character) $53.6K 2013 95% 90% 12 Years a Slave Solomon Northup (Character) $56.7M 2013 19% 37% Savannah Christmas Moultrie (Character) $36.7K 2013 51% 32% Phil Spector Mock Prosecutor (Character) - 2013 62% 59% Salt Peabody (Character) - 2010 39% 47% 2012 Adrian Helmsley (Character) $166.1M 2009 71% 58% Endgame President Thabo Mbeki (Character) - 2009 68% 65% Redbelt Mike Terry (Character) $2.3M 2008 83% 77% Talk to Me Dewey Hughes (Character) $4.5M 2007 81% 90% American Gangster Huey Lucas (Character) $130.1M 2007 92% 85% Children of Men Luke (Character) $35.3M 2006 86% 85% Inside Man Det. Bill Mitchell (Character) $88.5M 2006 No Score Yet 69% Tsunami, The Aftermath Unknown (Character) - 2006 9% 55% Slow Burn Trippin (Character) $1.2M 2005 58% 74% Kinky Boots Lola (Character) $1.8M 2005 82% 91% Serenity The Operative (Character) $25.3M 2005 53% 80% Four Brothers Victor Sweet (Character) $74.5M 2005 No Score Yet 73% Red Dust Alex Mpondo (Character) - 2004 51% 47% Melinda and Melinda Ellis (Character) $3.8M 2004 19% 59% She Hate Me Frank Wills (Character) $365.1K 2004 64% 72% Love Actually Peter (Character) $60.1M 2003 No Score Yet 18% Three Blind Mice Mark Hayward (Character) - 2003 94% 82% Dirty Pretty Things Okwe (Character) $8.1M 2002 No Score Yet 0% It Was an Accident Nicky Burkett (Character) - 2000 No Score Yet 78% G:MT Unknown (Character) - 1999 No Score Yet 82% Deadly Voyage Ebow (Character) - 1996

TV

Credit 87% 78% The Man Who Fell to Earth Faraday (Character),

Executive Producer 2022 No Score Yet 48% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Guest 2022 No Score Yet No Score Yet The Graham Norton Show Guest 2019 2021 No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Guest 2020 No Score Yet 19% The Late Late Show With James Corden Guest 2015-2016 2019 No Score Yet No Score Yet Earth from Space Narrator 2019 No Score Yet No Score Yet Rachael Ray Guest 2019 No Score Yet No Score Yet The Daily Show Guest 2013 2019 No Score Yet No Score Yet Conan Guest 2015 No Score Yet 61% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2015 No Score Yet No Score Yet Tavis Smiley Guest 2014 No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ellen DeGeneres Show Guest 2014 100% 90% Late Show With David Letterman Guest 2013 No Score Yet 36% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2013 No Score Yet 7% The View Guest 2013 61% 82% Dancing on the Edge Unknown (Character) 2013 71% 85% The Shadow Line Jonah Gabriel (Character) 2011 No Score Yet No Score Yet Tsunami: The Aftermath Unknown (Character) 2006 No Score Yet No Score Yet Canterbury Tales Unknown (Character) 2003