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Acting

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Career: Active from 1999 to 2027, busiest in 2013 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 42
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: 12 Years a Slave
89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 59 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Chiwetel Ejiofor Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Physical Comedy
1.5, average 2.4
Absurdist Humor
1.3, average 2.0
Cringe Humor
1.5, average 2.2
Situational Comedy
2.1, average 2.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 10
Character-Driven 6
Character Study 5
Moral Ambiguity 4
Biographical Drama 4
Thought-Provoking 4
Psychological Thriller 3
Political Intrigue 3
Strong Performances 3
Moral Dilemma 3
High-Octane Action 3
Historical Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

75

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

2 titles

Fela

as Fela Kuti

Tonight at Noon

as Lee / Evans

2020s

19 titles · average score 61

Backrooms

74

as Clark

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

72

as Scott Walliker

Eleanor the Great

65

as Roger

The Life of Chuck

74

as Marty Anderson

The Old Guard 2

40

as Copley

Venom: The Last Dance

51

as Strickland

The Pod Generation

53

as Alvy

The Man Who Fell to Earth

74

TV show · as Faraday

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

66

as Baron Mordo

Infinite

35

as Bathurst 2020

Locked Down

44

as Paxton

The Old Guard

70

as Copley

2010s

22 titles · average score 61

The Lion King

60

as Scar (voice)

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

77

as Trywell Kamkwamba

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

56

as Conall

Mary Magdalene

52

as Peter

Doctor Strange

78

as Mordo

Triple 9

54

as Michael Atwood

Secret in Their Eyes

49

as Ray

Z for Zachariah

64

as John Loomis

12 Years a Slave

89

as Solomon Northup

Dancing on the Edge

68

TV show · as Louis Lester

The Shadow Line

76

TV show · as Jonah Gabriel

Salt

62

as Darryl Peabody

2000s

28 titles · average score 61

2012

49

as Adrian Helmsley

Endgame

62

as President Thabo Mbeki

Redbelt

66

as Mike Terry

American Gangster

79

as Huey Lucas

Talk to Me

72

as Dewey Hughes

Children of Men

85

as Luke

Tsunami: The Aftermath

43

TV show · as Ian Carter

Inside Man

78

as Bill Mitchell

Kinky Boots

63

as Lola/Simon

Melinda and Melinda

55

as Ellis Moonsong

Red Dust

62

as Alex Mpondo

Dirty Pretty Things

79

as Okwe

1990s

3 titles · average score 68

G:MT Greenwich Mean Time

64

as Rix

Amistad

72

as Ensign Covey

Deadly Voyage

68

as Ebow

1980s

1 title · average score 68

Screen Two

68

TV show · as Ebow