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Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetel Ejiofor
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Film director, Actor, Screenwriter
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv

Chiwetelu Umeadi "Chiwetel" Ejiofor is a British actor.

Alternate name
Chiwetelu Umeadi EJIOFOR


Born on July 10, 1977, in Forest Gate (London, England) to Nigerian parents, Chiwetel attended Dulwich College in South-East London.

Filmography
1996 / Deadly Voyage / Role: Ebow
1997 / Amistad / Role: Ens. James Covey
1999 / G:MT - Greenwich Mean Time / Role: Rix
2002 / Dirty Pretty Things / Role: Okwe
2003 / Twelfth Night / Role: Orsino
2003 / Love Actually / Role: Peter
2004 / She Hate Me / Role: Frank Wills
2004 / Red Dust / Role: Alex Mpondo
2004 / Melinda and Melinda / Role: Ellis
2005 / Four Brothers / Role: Victor Sweet
2005 / Serenity / Role: The Operative
2005 / Slow Burn / Role: Ty Trippin
2005 / Kinky Boots / Role: Lola
2006 / Inside Man / Role: Detective Bill Mitchell
2006 / Children of Men / Role: Luke
2006 / Tsunami: The Aftermath / Role: Ian Carter
2007 / Talk to Me / Role: Dewey Hughes
2007 / American Gangster / Role: Huey Lucas
2008 / Redbelt / Role: Mike Terry
2008 / Slapper / Short film: Writer, director
2009 / Endgame / Role: Thabo Mbeki
2009 / 2012 / Role: Adrian Helmsley
2010 / Salt / Role: Peabody
2010 / Tonight at Noon / Role: Lee / Evans
2013 / Phil Spector / Role: Mock Prosecutor
2013 / 12 Years a Slave / Role: Solomon Northup
2013 / Half of a Yellow Sun / Role: Odenigbo

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