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With a disarming façade and quiet intensity, actor Chiwetel Ejiofor – or "Chewy" for those who could not... (Learn more)

Top Projects: The Canterbury Tales, Tsunami, The..., Children of Men (View All)

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Chiwetel Ejiofor’s Milestones
1997 Feature film debut in Steven Spielberg's "Amistad"
2000 Earned critical praise for his performance in "Blue/Orange" at the Royal National Theatre
2002 Appeared in the thriller "Dirty Pretty Things"
2003 Featured with an ensemble cast in Richard Curtis' romantic comedy "Love Actually"
2005 Cast in Woody Allen's "Melinda and Melinda" opposite Radha Mitchell
2006 Joined an ensemble cast for “Tsunami, the Aftermath" a two-part HBO/BBC joint production; received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a TV Movie
2006 Played a flamboyant transvestite cabaret star in "Kinky Boots"; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor
2006 Portrayed the the leader of a resistance movement in Alfonso Cuaron's futuristic tale, "The Children of Men"
2007 Cast with Ray Liotta in the thriller, "Slow Burn"
2007 Co-starred with Don Cheadle in "Talk to Me"
2007 Played Frank Lucas' brother in Ridley Scott's "American Gangster," co-starring Denzel Washington as Lucas
2008 Cast as a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and self-defense instructor in David Mamet's "Redbelt"

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Born

July, 10 1977 in London, England, United Kingdom

Education

  • London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, London, England:

Professions

actor