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  1. Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor CBE (/ ˈ tʃ uː ə t ɛ l ˈ ɛ dʒ i oʊ f ɔːr / ⓘ CHOO-ə-tel EJ-ee-oh-for; born 10 July 1977) is a British actor. He is the recipient of various accolades , including a British Academy Film Award , and a Laurence Olivier Award , with nominations for an Academy Award , two Primetime Emmy Awards and five Golden Globe Awards .

  2. Chiwetel Ejiofor. Actor: 12 Years a Slave. English actor, writer and director Chiwetel Ejiofor is renowned for his portrayal of Solomon Northup in 12 Years a Slave (2013), for which he received Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations, along with the BAFTA Award for Best Actor.

  3. Jun 12, 2024 · Chiwetel Ejiofor (born July 10, 1977, London, England) is an award-winning British actor, writer, and director known for bringing a quiet gravitas and multidimensionality to a wide variety of roles. He became a familiar screen presence in the 2000s with parts in Dirty Pretty Things (2002), Love Actually (2003), and Kinky Boots (2005) and went ...

  4. Chiwetel Ejiofor at a special screening of Widows, held at the Tate Modern, London, UK Photoshot/Everett Collection, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sari Mercer at arrivals for The 20th Annual Screen Actors ...

  5. Apr 25, 2022 · Among actors, Ejiofor is known as someone who insists on going that extra yard – or hundred, as his 12 Years a Slave co-star Alfre Woodard recalls from their time on the 2013 Steve McQueen film ...

  6. Feb 28, 2019 · Enlarge this image. In The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Chiwetel Ejiofor (left) plays Trywell, the father of titular teenager William Kamkwamba (played by Maxwell Simba). Ejiofor also directed the ...

  7. Jul 13, 2020 · Chiwetel Ejiofor, 43, shouldn’t be sitting opposite me in a proper posh North London kitchen talking about his role in Netflix’s latest comic book-turned-cinematic action drama, The Old Guard ...

  8. Nov 11, 2016 · Chiwetel Ejiofor, in drag, singing, is a winning combination. In this feel-good British comedy inspired by a true story about unconventional sexualities in conventional life situations, Ejiofor’s character Lola is the queen of a drag club who rules the stage as if she were born there – but when chance finds her in Northampton to help design shoes for a drag performance, she must contend ...

  9. 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 ...

  10. Apr 12, 2014 · Chiwetel Ejiofor, Quvenzhané Wallis and Kelsey Scott in a scene from '12 Years A Slave'. Ejiofor plays Solomon Northup, who was kidnapped into slavery in 1841 Fox Searchlight