Chiwetel Ejiofor biography
Chiwetel Ejiofor is a British actor (born 1977), born on 10 July 1977 in Forest Gate.
Chiwetel Ejiofor's screen career began in 1996 with Deadly Voyage, playing Ebow.
Chiwetel Ejiofor has appeared in 52 films and 13 television or streaming titles.
The most recent films are Backrooms (2026), Eleanor the Great (2025), The Old Guard 2 (2025).
Chiwetel Ejiofor is best known for 12 Years a Slave, 2012, Doctor Strange, The Lion King.
Honours include Laurence Olivier Awards, Indiana Film Journalists Association Award for Best Actor and Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
Coming up next: Children of Blood and Bone (2027), The Exorcist: Martyrs (2027).
- Also known as
- Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor
- Born
- 10 July 1977 (age 49)
- Birthplace
- Forest Gate
- Work
- Stage actor, Film actor, Actor, Director, Screenwriter
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1995 to present
- Known for
- 12 Years a Slave, 2012, Doctor Strange, The Lion King, The Life of Chuck, Backrooms
- Awards
- Laurence Olivier Awards
- Indiana Film Journalists Association Award for Best Actor
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Chiwetel Ejiofor filmography
54 films and 13 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | The Exorcist: Martyrs | Father William | Post-production | |
| 2027 | Children of Blood and Bone | King Saran | Post-production | |
| 2026 | Backrooms | Clark | ||
| 2025 | Eleanor the Great | Roger | ||
| 2025 | The Old Guard 2 | Copley | ||
| 2025 | Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy | Mr. Wallaker | ||
| 2024 | Venom: The Last Dance | Rex Strickland | ||
| 2024 | The Life of Chuck | Marty Anderson | ||
| 2024 | Rob Peace | Skeet Douglas | Also writer and director | |
| 2023 | The Pod Generation | Alvy Novy | ||
| 2022 | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Karl Mordo (Earth-838) | ||
| 2021 | Locked Down | Paxton | ||
| 2021 | Infinite | Bathurst 2020 | ||
| 2020 | The Old Guard | Copley | ||
| 2019 | Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | Conall | ||
| 2019 | The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind | Trywell Kamkwamba | Also writer and director | |
| 2019 | The Lion King | Scar (voice) | ||
| 2019 | The Elephant Queen | Narrator | ||
| 2018 | Mary Magdalene | Peter | ||
| 2018 | Sherlock Gnomes | Gnome Watson (voice) | ||
| 2018 | Come Sunday | Carlton Pearson | ||
| 2016 | Doctor Strange | Karl Mordo | ||
| 2016 | Triple 9 | Michael Atwood | ||
| 2016 | The Long Way Home: Making the Martian | |||
| 2015 | The Martian | Vincent Kapoor |
Show all 54 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Z for Zachariah | John Loomis | ||
| 2015 | Secret in Their Eyes | Ray Kasten | ||
| 2013 | Half of a Yellow Sun | Odenigbo | ||
| 2013 | 12 Years a Slave | Solomon Northup | ||
| 2013 | Savannah | Christmas Moultrie | ||
| 2013 | Making a Scene | |||
| 2010 | Salt | Darryl Peabody | ||
| 2009 | 2012 | Adrian Helmsley | ||
| 2009 | Endgame | Thabo Mbeki | ||
| 2008 | Redbelt | Mike Terry | ||
| 2008 | Slapper | Short film; writer, director | ||
| 2007 | American Gangster | Huey Lucas | ||
| 2007 | Talk to Me | Dewey Hughes | ||
| 2006 | Children of Men | Luke | ||
| 2006 | Inside Man | Detective Bill Mitchell | ||
| 2005 | Serenity | The Operative | ||
| 2005 | Slow Burn | Ty Trippin | ||
| 2005 | Kinky Boots | Simon / Lola | ||
| 2005 | Four Brothers | Victor Sweet | ||
| 2004 | She Hate Me | Frank Wills | ||
| 2004 | Red Dust | Alex Mpondo | ||
| 2004 | Melinda and Melinda | Ellis Moonsong | ||
| 2003 | Love Actually | Peter | ||
| 2003 | 3 Blind Mice | English | ||
| 2003 | Three Blind Mice | Mark Hayward | ||
| 2002 | Dirty Pretty Things | Okwe lander | ||
| 2000 | It Was an Accident | Nicky Burkett | ||
| 1999 | G:MT , Greenwich Mean Time | Rix | ||
| 1997 | Amistad | Ensign James Covey |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | Maker | Episode: Series Acclimation Mil" Voice | |
| 2022 | The Man Who Fell to Earth | Faraday | Main role | |
| 2017 | Red Nose Day Actually | Peter | Television short film | |
| 2013 | Phil Spector | Mock Prosecutor | Television film | |
| 2013 | Dancing on the Edge | Louis Lester | 6 episodes | |
| 2011 | The Shadow Line | Jonah Gabriel | 7 episodes | |
| 2007 | Partition: The Day India Burned | Narrator | ||
| 2006 | Tsunami: The Aftermath | Ian Carter | Television film | |
| 2003 | Twelfth Night | Orsino | Television film | |
| 2003 | Trust | Ashley Carter | 6 episodes | |
| 2003 | The Canterbury Tales | Paul | Segment: The Knight's Tale | |
| 2001 | Murder in Mind | DS McCorkindale | Episode: "Teacher" | |
| 1996 | Deadly Voyage | Ebow | Television film |