Chiwetel Ejiofor
10 July, 1977
| 1.79 m
Actor
Director
Writer
Biography
English actor, writer and director Chiwetel Ejiofor is renowned for his portrayal of Solomon Northup in Zniewolony (2013), for which he received Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations, along with the BAFTA Award for Best Actor. He is also known for playing Okwe in Niewidoczni (2002), the Operative in Serenity (2005), Lola in Kozaczki z pieprzykiem (2005), Luke in Ludzkie dzieci (2006), Dr. Adrian Helmsley in 2012 (2009) and Dr. Vincent Kapoor in Marsjanin (2015).Chiwetelu Umeadi Ejiofor was born on July 10, 1977 in Forest Gate, London, England, to Nigerian parents, Obiajulu (Okaford), a pharmacist, and Arinze Ejiofor, a doctor. Chiwetel attended Dulwich College in South-East London. By the age of 13, he was appearing in numerous school and National Youth Theatre productions and subsequently attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA).Ejiofor caught the attention of Steven Spielberg who cast him in the critically acclaimed Amistad (1997) alongside Morgan Freeman and Anthony Hopkins. He has since been seen on the big screen in numerous features including Stephen Frears' Niewidoczni (2002) (for which he won Best Actor at the British Independent Film Awards, the Evening Standard Film Awards, and the San Diego Film Critics Society Awards), To właśnie miłość (2003), Woody Allen's Melinda i Melinda (2004), Kozaczki z pieprzykiem (2005), Plan doskonały (2006), Ludzkie dzieci (2006), American Gangster (2007) and Mów do mnie (2007), for which his performance won him an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actor.Ejiofor has balanced his film and television commitments with a number of prestigious stage productions. In 2008, his portrayal of the title role in Michael Grandage's "Othello" at the Donmar Warehouse alongside Ewan McGregor was unanimously commended and won him best actor at the 2008 Laurence Olivier Awards and Evening Standard Theatre Awards. He also received nominations in the... show more
Movies
While on a journey of physical and spiritual healing, a brilliant neurosurgeon is drawn into the world of the mystic arts.
In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which women have somehow become infertile, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea.
Doctor Strange teams up with a mysterious teenage girl who can travel across multiverses, to battle other-universe versions of himself which threaten to wipe out the multiverse. They seek help from the Scarlet Witch, Wong and others.
An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.
A frustrated writer struggles to keep his family alive when a series of global catastrophes threatens to annihilate mankind.
A CIA agent goes on the run after a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy.
The crew of the ship Serenity try to evade an assassin sent to recapture telepath River.
A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.
A man discovers that his hallucinations are actually visions from past lives.
A tight-knit team of rising investigators, along with their supervisor, is suddenly torn apart when they discover that one of their own teenage daughters has been brutally murdered.
Against all the odds, a thirteen-year-old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.
Irregular migrants Okwe and Senay work at a posh London hotel and live in constant fear of deportation. One night Okwe stumbles across evidence of a bizarre murder, setting off a series of events that could lead to disaster or freedom.
Two alternating stories, one comedy and the other tragedy, about Melinda's attempts to straighten out her life.
In the wake of a disaster that wipes out most of civilization, two men and a young woman find themselves in an emotionally charged love triangle as the last known survivors.
A drag queen comes to the rescue of a man who, after inheriting his father's shoe factory, needs to diversify his product if he wants to keep the business afloat.
A fateful event leads to a job in the film business for top mixed-martial arts instructor Mike Terry. Though he refuses to participate in prize bouts, circumstances conspire to force him to consider entering such a competition.
A couple attempts a high-risk, high-stakes jewelry heist at a department store.
Twelve men heard and spread the message of Jesus. Only one woman understood it.
