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Infinite

as Bathurst 2020

2021
Locked Down

as Paxton

2021
The Old Guard

as Copley

2020
Day Zero

as Narrator

2020
Earth from Space

as Self - Narrator

2019
The Lion King

as Scar (voice)

2019
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

as Trywell Kamkwamba

2019
The Elephant Queen

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2019
Sherlock Gnomes

as Watson (Voice)

2018
Mary Magdalene

as Peter

2019
Come Sunday

as Carlton Pearson

2018
Red Nose Day Actually

as Peter

2017
Triple 9

as Michael Atwood

2016
Doctor Strange

as Karl Mordo

2016
Z for Zachariah

as John Loomis

2015
The Martian

as Vincent Kapoor

2015
Dancing on the Edge

as Louis Lester

2013
12 Years a Slave

as Solomon Northup

2013
Phil Spector

as Mock Prosecutor

2013
Savannah

as Christmas Moultrie

2013
Half of a Yellow Sun

as Odenigbo

2014
Dancing on the Edge

as Louis Lester

2013
Making a Scene

as Man

2013
The Shadow Line

as Jonah Gabriel

2011
Salt

as Darryl Peabody

2010
2012

as Adrian Helmsley

2009
Chiwetel Ejiofor Chiwetel Ejiofor

Birthday

1977-07-10

Place of Birth

Forest Gate, London, UK

Biography

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).
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