Acting
Chiwetel Ejiofor
- Titles
- 71movies13TV shows
- Career
Active from 1996 to 2025, busiest in 2013 with 7 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 41top three billing
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
12 Years a Slave80/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 53 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Politics4.4average 2.6
- Social Commentary6.2average 4.9
- Class & Capitalism4.4average 3.3
- Catharsis6.2average 5.1
- Melancholy5.6average 4.7
- Pathos6.0average 5.2
- Psychological6.2average 5.6
- Wit & Wordplay4.3average 3.7
Rarely in their work
- Physical Comedy1.6, average 2.5
- Nostalgia2.8, average 3.6
- Situational Comedy1.8, average 2.7
- Absurdist Humor1.3, average 2.0
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 11
- Character-Driven 8
- Character Study 7
- Thought-Provoking 4
- Historical Drama 4
- Psychological Suspense 3
- Contemporary London 3
- Political Intrigue 3
- Ensemble Cast 3
- Biographical Drama 3
- Moral Dilemma 3
- Human Resilience 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Benedict WongActorDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Doctor Strange, Dirty Pretty Things, Slapper
Thandiwe NewtonActor2012, Half of a Yellow Sun, It Was an Accident
Benedict CumberbatchActorDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Doctor Strange, 12 Years a Slave
Bill NighyActorThe Man Who Fell to Earth, Red Nose Day Actually, Slapper
Dustin O'HalloranComposerBridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, The Old Guard, Eleanor the Great
Peter WightActorThree Blind Mice, Slapper
Angelina JolieActorMaleficent: Mistress of Evil, Salt
Robert PughActorThe Shadow Line, Kinky Boots
Martin SheenActorTalk to Me, Come Sunday
Marwan KenzariActorThe Old Guard 2, The Old Guard
Luca MarinelliActorThe Old Guard 2, The Old Guard
Clive OwenActorChildren of Men, Inside Man
Movies and TV shows
222020s
5 titles · average score 70
Children of Blood and Bone (2027)
as King Saran
67
Eleanor the Great (2025)
as Roger
73
The Life of Chuck (2025)
as Marty Anderson
67
Rob Peace (2024)
as Robert E. 'Skeet' Douglas
76
Day Zero (2020)
as Narrator
2010s
9 titles · average score 64
69
The Lion King (2019)
as Scar (voice)
77
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)
as Trywell Kamkwamba
61
Mary Magdalene (2018)
as Peter
59
Come Sunday (2018)
as Carlton Pearson
58
Z for Zachariah (2015)
as John Loomis
80
12 Years a Slave (2013)
as Solomon Northup
54
Half of a Yellow Sun (2013)
as Odenigbo
Dancing on the Edge (2013)
TV show · as Louis Lester
59
Phil Spector (2013)
as Mock Prosecutor
2000s
7 titles · average score 65
58
2012 (2009)
as Adrian Helmsley
60
Endgame (2009)
as President Thabo Mbeki
77
Children of Men (2006)
as Luke
64
Tsunami: The Aftermath (2006)
TV show · as Ian Carter
63
Melinda and Melinda (2004)
as Ellis Moonsong
62
Red Dust (2004)
as Alex Mpondo
70
Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
as Okwe
1990s
1 title · average score 71
71
Amistad (1997)
as Ensign Covey