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  1. 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.

  2. 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 ...

  3. Jun 12, 2024 · Chiwetel Ejiofor 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)

  4. With a disarming façade and subtle intensity, British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor quietly embarked upon a film career after several successful stage performances with a noticeable supporting role as...

  5. Jan 21, 2024 · PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Chiwetel Ejiofor had read Jeff Hobbs’ “The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace” years before Antoine Fuqua asked if he might consider writing and directing an adaptation.

  6. Feb 28, 2019 · The English actor performed in, directed and wrote the screenplay for The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind. It's based on a memoir by William Kamkwamba, whose ingenuity...

  7. Mar 2, 2019 · Chiwetel Ejiofor’s Expansive Vision of Africa. The 12 Years a Slave actor on writing and directing his first feature film, about a Malawian boy’s innovation in the face of famine: “There is no...

  8. 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".

  9. Ejiofor received numerous accolades for playing American abolitionist Solomon Northup in the 2013 biographical period drama film 12 Years a Slave. He received the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.

  10. Apr 21, 2022 · Chiwetel Ejiofor Was Asked to Play a Space Alien. He Knew What to Do. For the Showtime series “The Man Who Fell to Earth,” the actor mined his own experience to find a voice for a being who ...

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