Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetel Ejiofor

b. 1977 (age 49) Forest Gate, London, UK

Actor Director Writer

Chiwetelu Umeadi "Chiwetel" Ejiofor was born on 10 July 1977 in Forest Gate, London. He attended London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, but had to leave after a year after receiving the roll of Ens, in Steven Spielberg's historical drama, "Amistad". For his first leading film role in Dirty Pretty Things, he won a British Independent Film Award for best actor. He has portrayed Othello in numerous stage productions including Bloomsbury Theatre, Theatre Royal in Glasgow and Donmar Warehouse. He made his directorial debut in the short film Slapper, which he also wrote. He soon became well known after moving on to bigger roles in "Inside Man" (2005), "American Gangster" (2007), "Children of Men" and Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" (2012).

Known For

Dirty Pretty Things

Dirty Pretty Things

Serenity

12 Years a Slave

12 Years a Slave

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Filmography

Children of Blood and Bone

The Old Guard 2

The Old Guard 2

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Eleanor the Great

Eleanor the Great

2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards

Royal Carols: Together at Christmas

Venom: The Last Dance

Venom: The Last Dance

The Life of Chuck

The Life of Chuck

Rob Peace

2024 Actor Director Writer

The Pod Generation

The Pod Generation

The Man Who Fell to Earth

The Man Who Fell to Earth

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Infinite

Locked Down

Day Zero

Regard noir

The Old Guard

The Lion King

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

2019 Actor Director Writer

Trywell Kamkwamba

Earth from Space

Earth from Space

News.com.au: YouTube Channel

The Lion King Live on Twitter

Mary Magdalene

Come Sunday

Carlton Pearson

The Elephant Queen

The Elephant Queen

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Red Nose Day Actually

Red Nose Day Actually

British Airways Safety Video: Director's Cut

Doctor Strange

Triple 9

The Long Way Home: Making the Martian

The Long Way Home: Making the Martian

The Martian

Secret in Their Eyes

Secret in Their Eyes

Z for Zachariah

Z for Zachariah

National Theatre Live: Everyman

National Theatre Live: Everyman

12 Years a Slave

12 Years a Slave

Solomon Northup

Phil Spector

Mock Prosecutor

Dancing on the Edge

Dancing on the Edge

Half of a Yellow Sun

Half of a Yellow Sun

Savannah

Christmas Moultrie

Making a Scene

Columbite Tantalite

2013 Director Writer

Welcome to Nollywood: The Art of Africa

The Shadow Line

The Shadow Line

The British Independent Film Awards

Salt

2012

Adrian Helmsley

Endgame

The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective

The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective

Redbelt

Slapper

2008 Director Writer

The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy

The Making of American Gangster

American Gangster

American Gangster

Talk to Me

Partition: The Day India Burned

Partition: The Day India Burned

Children of Men: Visions of the Future

Children of Men

Children of Men

Inside Man

Detective Bill Mitchell

Tsunami: The Aftermath

Tsunami: The Aftermath

The Ultimate Heist: Making 'Inside Man'

Serenity

Four Brothers

Kinky Boots

Slow Burn

The Annual British Independent Film Awards

Melinda and Melinda

Melinda and Melinda

Red Dust

3 Blind Mice

Canterbury Tales

Canterbury Tales

Trust

Twelfth Night, or What You Will

Twelfth Night, or What You Will

The Orange British Academy Film Awards

Dirty Pretty Things

Dirty Pretty Things

My Friend Soweto

It Was an Accident

It Was an Accident

Animated Tales of the World

Animated Tales of the World

G:MT Greenwich Mean Time

G:MT Greenwich Mean Time

Tonight at Noon

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