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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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Doctor Strange

2016
as Mordo

The Lion King

2019
as Scar (voice)

2012

2009
as Adrian Helmsley

12 Years a Slave

2013
as Solomon Northup

The Old Guard

2020
as Copley

The Martian

2015
as Venkat Kapoor

Venom: The Last Dance

2024
as Rex Strickland

Salt

2010
as Darryl Peabody

Infinite

2021
as Bathurst 2020

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

2019
as Trywell Kamkwamba

Inside Man

2006
as Detective Bill Mitchell

Love Actually

2003
as Peter

Four Brothers

2005
as Victor Sweet

Triple 9

2016
as Michael Atwood

Locked Down

2021
as Paxton

American Gangster

2007
as Huey Lucas

Sherlock Gnomes

2018
as Watson (Voice)

Serenity

2005
as The Operative

Z for Zachariah

2015
as John Loomis

Dancing on the Edge

2013
as Louis Lester

She Hate Me

2004
as Frank Wills

Talk to Me

2007
as Dewey Hughes

The Elephant Queen

2019
as Chiwetel Ejiofor

Red Dust

2004
as Alex Mpondo

Rob Peace

2024
as Robert E. "Skeet" Douglas

Fela

as Fela Kuti

Phil Spector

2013
as Mock Prosecutor

3 Blind Mice

2003
as Mark Hayward

Come Sunday

2018
as Carlton Pearson

Mary Magdalene

2018
as Peter

Melinda and Melinda

2004
as Ellis Moonsong

Earth from Space

2019
as Narrator

Endgame

2009
as President Thabo Mbeki

Slow Burn

2005
as Ty Trippin

The Old Guard 2

2023
as Copley

Ares III: Refocused

2016
as Vincent Kapoor

It Was an Accident

2000
as Nicky Burkett

Amistad

1997
as Ens. James Covey

Kinky Boots

2005
as Lola

Savannah

2013
as Christmas Moultrie

The Shadow Line

2011
as Jonah Gabriel

Redbelt

2008
as Mike Terry

Director

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

Writer

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

Guest Star

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