Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor CBE ˈtʃuːətɛlˈɛdʒioʊfɔːr CHOOətel EJeeohfor 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 in addition to nominations for an Academy Award two Primetime Emmy Awards and five Golden Globe Awards In 2008 he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE and in 2015 he was appointed Commander CBE for his services to the arts After enrolling at the National Youth Theatre in 1995 and attending the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art at age 19 and three months into his course Ejiofor was cast by Steven Spielberg to play a supporting role in the film Amistad 1997 as James Covey He later won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for Othello 2008 Ejiofor earned the BAFTA Award for Best Actor as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Solomon Northup in 12 Years a Slave 2013 Ejiofors other films include Dirty Pretty Things 2002 Love Actually 2003 Kinky Boots 2005 Four Brothers 2005 Children of Men 2006 Endgame 2009 2012 2009 Salt 2010 and The Martian 2015 He joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe playing Karl Mordo in Doctor Strange 2016 and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 2022 He also voiced Scar in The Lion King 2019 He directed wrote and starred in the film The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2019 On television he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor for his performance as a jazz band leader in the BBC Two miniseries Dancing on the Edge 2014 He also acted in the BBC drama series The Shadow Line 2011 the HBO television film Phil Spector 2013 and the Showtime science fiction series The Man Who Fell to Earth 2022 Description above from the Wikipedia article Chiwetel Ejiofor licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia