Chiwetel Ejiofor is a British actor, director and screenwriter. Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor was born on July 10, 1974 in London in the family of a pharmacist and a doctor. The parents of the future actor were from Nigeria. The boy’s father tragically died when he was 11 years old.
At the age of thirteen, Chiwetel began to participate in school productions. After graduating from school, the guy entered London College Dulwich, and then studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.
After
more
Chiwetel Ejiofor is a British actor, director and screenwriter.
Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor was born on July 10, 1974 in London in the family of a pharmacist and a doctor. The parents of the future actor were from Nigeria. The boy’s father tragically died when he was 11 years old.
At the age of thirteen, Chiwetel began to participate in school productions. After graduating from school, the guy entered London College Dulwich, and then studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.
After studying, the young actor was invited to work in the London National Youth Theatre, where the actor played a major role in Othello.
In 1997, Ejiofor made his film debut as an actor in Steven Spielberg’s Amistad. The film is based on real events and tells about the journey of slaves who seized the ship of slave traders “Amistad” and tried to return to their homeland. The film received four Oscar nominations.
After the picture “Amistad” the guy starred in several episodic roles in such films as “Greenwich Time” and It Was an Accident.
In 2002, Ejiofor got one of the main roles in Stephen Frears’ Dirty Charms. Together with him in the picture took part Audrey Totu Sophie Okonedo and Sergi Lopez. The film tells about the life of immigrants from Africa in London. For his role, the young actor received the British Independent Film Award.
In 2004, the young actor starred in such films as “She Hates Me”, “Melinda and Melinda” and “Red Dust”. In 2005, he received a secondary role in the film Mission Serenity, where he starred with Morena Baccarin,
Adam Baldwin and Gina Torres. The film was a continuation of the popular television series Firefly. In 2007 Chiwetel Ejiofor for his role in Julian Jarrrold’s film “Freak Bots” was nominated for a Golden Globe. Then for several years, the actor starred in such films as “Red Belt”, “2012”, “The End of the Game” and “Salt”, as well as in the television series “Tsunami”.
Currently, the actor participates in the filming of the film “Z is Zacharias”.
