CHIWETEL EJIOFOR

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Ejiofor was born to Nigerian parents in Forest Gate, East London; his father was a doctor and his mother a pharmacist. Though his calling may not have been readily apparent in his early childhood, by the time Ejiofor was 13, the aspiring young actor was taking to the stage in numerous school and National Youth Theater productions. His love of the stage growing with each passing year, by the time Ejiofor got to Dulwich College, his calling was clear. Soon attending the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, he gained a reputation as a formidable stage talent, and following appearances in high-profile productions at the Almeida Theater Company and the Royal National Theater, Ejiofor's talents found him drawn to the medium of television, where he would make his debut in the 1996 made-for-TV thriller Deadly Voyage.

It wasn't long before Ejiofor's talent caught the eye of legendary film director Steven Spielberg, and the following year, the up-and-coming actor was back on the high seas for Spielberg's historical drama Amistad. Of course, a role in such a high-profile release was bound to attract the attention of other filmmakers as well, and though Ejiofor would remain true to his theater roots, he would balance his stage work with roles in such films as Greenwich Mean Time (1999), It Was an Accident, and Mind Games (both 2000). Cast opposite Amélie star Audrey Tautou in Stephen Frears' 2001 drama thriller Dirty Pretty Things, Ejiofor essayed the role of a Nigerian immigrant living in London who makes a horrible discovery that puts his life in grave danger

Ejiofor would subsequently return to the big screen for Love Actually (2003) and Slow Burn (2004), a pair of films that virtually ensured him a high recognition factor and a bright future on stage and screen. He continued to work steadily in a variety of character roles. He anchored the dramatic sections of Woody Allen's Melinda and Melinda in 2004. He showed of his remarkable versatility in 2005 with roles in the urban thriller Four Brothers, the science fiction film Serenity, and starring as a flamboyant cross-dresser in the comedy Kinky Boots. In 2006 he worked with a pair of high-powered directors. He played the partner to Denzel Washington's hostage negotiator in the hit thriller Inside Man, and played a large part in Alfonso Cuaron's Children of Men and played a brother to Denzel Washington in American Gangster.

Ejiofor was cast in the 2009 apoloyptic blockbuster hit '2012' starring John Cusack, Thandie Newton and Danny Glover. Internationally, since it's November release the movie has grossed $591, 749, 736.

FILMS

2012 - 2009

REDBELT – 2008
AMERICAN GANGSTER – 2007
TALK TO ME – 2007
SLOW BURN – 2007
TONIGHT AT NOON – 2007
CHILDREN OF MEN – 2006
KINKY BOOTS – 2006
INSIDE MAN – 2006
TSUNAMI: THE AFTERMATH – 2006
SERENITY – 2005
FOUR BROTHERS – 2005
MELINDA AND MELINDA – 2005
SHE HATE ME – 2004
RED DUST – 2004
LOVE ACTUALLY – 2003
DIRTY PRETTY THINGS – 2002
THREE BLIND MICE – 2002
IT WAS AN ACCIDENT – 2000
G.M.T (Greenwich Mean Time)

 

 

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