Birthday
1977/07/10 (47 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Forest Gate, London, England, UK
Also know as
Чиветель Эджиофор, צ'ואיטל אג'יופור, 切瓦特·艾乔福, 奇維托·艾吉佛, צ'ואיטלו אומדי "צ'ואיטל" אג'יופור
Chiwetelu Umeadi "Chiwetel" Ejiofor (born on July 10, 1977) is an English actor. 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...Read more
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as Frank Wills
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as Dewey Hughes
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as Ensign Covey
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(2023) The Pod Generation
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as Ty Trippin
(2001) Mind Games
as Tyler Arnold
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(2015) The Martian
as Vincent Kapoor
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(2013) Making a Scene
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Eleanor the Great
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(2015) National Theatre Live: Everyman
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(2018) Mary Magdalene
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Fela
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(2018) Come Sunday
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(2017) Red Nose Day Actually
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(2019) The Lion King
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as Watson (Voice)
(2019) The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
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(2019) Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
as Conall
(2019) The Elephant Queen
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2016) The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
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(2019) The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts
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(2022) Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
as Baron Mordo
(2021) Infinite
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(2013) The Making of 'Making a Scene'
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(2010) 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
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(2010) The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
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(2016) Doctor Strange
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(2020) The Old Guard
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(2020) Day Zero
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(2021) Regard Noir
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(2007) The Graham Norton Show
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(2006) Tsunami: The Aftermath
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(2013) Dancing on the Edge
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(2011) The Shadow Line
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