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Chiwetel Ejiofor

English actor, writer and director Chiwetel Ejiofor is renowned for his portrayal of Solomon Northup in 12 Years a Slave

Aliases
  • Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor
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Filmography

12 Years a Slave

2013
as Solomon Northup

2012

2009
as Adrian Helmsley

3 Blind Mice

2003
as Mark Hayward

American Gangster

2007
as Huey Lucas

Amistad

1997
as Ens. James Covey

Ares III: Refocused

2016
as Vincent Kapoor

Children of Men

2006
as Luke

Come Sunday

2018
as Carlton Pearson

Dancing on the Edge

2013
as Louis Lester

Deadly Voyage

1996
as Ebow

Dirty Pretty Things

2002
as Okwe

Doctor Strange

2016
as Mordo

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

2022
as Mordo

Doctor Strange: Strange Company

2017
as Himself

Doctor Strange: The Fabric of Reality

2017
as Chiwetel Ejiofor

Earth from Space

2019
as Narrator

Endgame

2009
as President Thabo Mbeki

Fela

as Fela Kuti

Four Brothers

2005
as Victor Sweet

G:MT Greenwich Mean Time

1999
as Rix

Half of a Yellow Sun

2013
as Odenigbo

Infinite

2021
as Bathurst 2020

Inside Man

2006
as Detective Bill Mitchell

It Was an Accident

2000
as Nicky Burkett

Kinky Boots

2005
as Lola

Locked Down

2021
as Paxton

Love Actually

2003
as Peter

Making a Scene

2013
as Man

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

2019
as Conall

Mary Magdalene

2018
as Peter

Melinda and Melinda

2004
as Ellis Moonsong

National Theatre Live: Everyman

2015
as Everyman

Phil Spector

2013
as Mock Prosecutor

Red Dust

2004
as Alex Mpondo

Red Nose Day Actually

2017
as Peter

Redbelt

2008
as Mike Terry

Rob Peace

as Skeet

Salt

2010
as Darryl Peabody

Savannah

2013
as Christmas Moultrie

Secret in Their Eyes

2015
as Ray

Serenity

2005
as The Operative

She Hate Me

2004
as Frank Wills

Sherlock Gnomes

2018
as Watson (Voice)

Slow Burn

2005
as Ty Trippin

Talk to Me

2007
as Dewey Hughes

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

2019
as Trywell Kamkwamba

The Elephant Queen

2019
as Chiwetel Ejiofor

The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy

2008
as John Akii Bua

The Life of Chuck

The Lion King

2019
as Scar (voice)

The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'

2016
as Chiwetel Ejiofor

The Man Who Fell to Earth

2022
as Faraday

The Martian

2015
as Venkat Kapoor

The Old Guard

2020
as Copley

The Old Guard 2

2023
as Copley

The Pod Generation

2023
as Alvy

The Shadow Line

2011
as Jonah Gabriel

Tonight at Noon

as Lee

Triple 9

2016
as Michael Atwood

Trust

2003

Tsunami: The Aftermath

2006
as Ian Carter

Twelfth Night, or What You Will

2003
as Orsino

Venom: The Last Dance

2024

Z for Zachariah

2015
as John Loomis

Director

Movie Columbite Tantalite 2013
Movie Slapper 2008
Movie The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2019

Writer

Movie Columbite Tantalite 2013
Movie Slapper 2008
Movie The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2019

Guest Star

Episode Rachael Ray
Academy Award Nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor 		2019
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Adam Schiff, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kurt Vile 		2022
Episode Today
August 19, 2015 		2015
Episode The Daily Show
Chiwetel Ejiofor 		2013
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Grace Helbig, Jake Lacy, Albert Hammond Jr. 		2016
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Danny McBride & Steve Little; Chiwetel Ejiofor; Arctic Monkeys 		2013
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Isla Fisher, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jonas Brothers 		2019
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Jonah Hill; Chiwetel Ejiofor; J. Roddy Walston and The Business 		2013
Episode Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Kristen Wiig, Kate Mara, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Claudia Winkleman, Tess Daly, Selena Gomez 		2015
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Lake Bell, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Little Mix 		2015
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Michelle Pfeiffer, Chiwetel Ejiofor, George Salazar, Mj Rodriguez 		2019
Episode Today
October 8, 2013 		2013
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alanis Morissette 		2020
Episode Movies With Ali Plumb
The Lion King Cast 		2021
Episode Marvel Studios: Assembled
The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 		2022