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Chiwetel Ejiofor

Actor

Filmography (All Films)

 
Dirty Pretty ThingsDirty Pretty Things (2002) Aro Favourite
Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Audrey Tautou, Sergi Lopez
A tightly–wound, satisfying British melodrama about illegal immigrants in London that find themselves exploited by a medical scam. Chiwetel…
Canterbury Tales, The (TV Mini-Series)Canterbury Tales, The (TV Mini-Series) (2003)
Feat. James Nesbitt, Julie Walters, Billie Piper
A contemporay retelling of six tales from Geoffrey Chaucer's medieval classic, which dispenses with the framing journey to concentrate on the…
Melinda and MelindaMelinda and Melinda (2004)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Radha Mitchell, Will Ferrell, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Woody Allen's tweaks his formula in a clever conceit that alternates a comic and tragic version of the same romantic story. Australian actress…
Red DustRed Dust (2004)
Dir. Tom Hooper
Feat. Hilary Swank, Chiwetel Ejiofor
A boldly straightforward courtroom drama set during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission era of post–Apartheid South Africa, where a former…
Four BrothersFour Brothers (2005)
Dir. John Singleton
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson, Andre Benjamin
Four adopted brothers of mixed race band together – despite their differences and life problems – to avenge their elderly mother's murder…
Kinky BootsKinky Boots (2005)
Dir. Julian Jarrold
Feat. Joel Edgerton, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Likeable British comedy adds a quirky twist to the usual battling 'dreamer' storyline, with a struggling Northampton shoe factory (inherited by an…
Inside ManInside Man (2006) Recommended
Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster
Proficient, personalised heist thriller from dir. Spike Lee (25TH HOUR) in which a smooth and cold super–crim (Owen) engineers the robbery of…
Children of MenChildren of Men (2006) Aro Favourite
Dir. Alfonso Cuaron
Feat. Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Clive Owen is pursued across a dystopian England of 2027 in this stimulating, pertinent sci–fi parable, rendered with stunning virtuosity by…
Tsunami: The Aftermath (TV Mini-Series)Tsunami: The Aftermath (TV Mini-Series) (2006)
Dir. Bharat Nalluri
Feat. Tim Roth, Toni Collette, Hugh Bonneville
Inspired by the tsunami that devastated the coast of Thailand, this HBO miniseries focuses on a group of fictional characters caught up in the…
American GangsterAmerican Gangster (2007)
Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Hefty gangster flick in the tradition of SCARFACE, SERPICO, et. al., but based on an amazing true story: Washington plays Frank Lucas, the driver to…
Talk To MeTalk To Me (2007)
Dir. Kasi Lemmons
Feat. Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Martin Sheen
Don Cheadle talks the talk and walks the walk in a dynamite turn as ex–con turned people’s provocateur Ralph Waldo ‘Petey’ Greene Jr., an…
RedbeltRedbelt (2008)
Dir. David Mamet
Feat. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Emily Mortimer, Tim Allen
Upright and mature David Mamet offering examines the principles behind jujitsu through a small–time, but respected martial arts instructor…
20122012 (2009)
Dir. Roland Emmerich
Feat. John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Thandiwe Newton
Oh the humanity! Doomsday specialist Roland Emmerich renders the disaster movie redundant with this senseless, all–or–nothing…
EndgameEndgame (2009) Recommended
Dir. Peter Travis
Feat. William Hurt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jonny Lee Miller
South Africa's fraught history is tackled in this solid, involving account of President P.W. Botha’s segregationist regime, and his secretive talks…
SaltSalt (2010)
Dir. Phillip Noyce
Feat. Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Outlandish thriller with Jolie as a C.I.A. agent accused of being a Russian spy, and with the C.I.A. in pursuit she must fight to clear her name.…
Shadow Line, The (TV Series)Shadow Line, The (TV Series) (2011) Recommended
Dir. Hugo Blick
Feat. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christopher Eccleston, Rafe Spall
This quality BBC production builds a compelling and morally complex story around the death of a convicted drugs smuggler, whose murder is…
Phil SpectorPhil Spector (2013)
Dir. David Mamet
Feat. Al Pacino, Helen Mirren, Chiwetel Ejiofor
David Mamet brilliantly dramatises Phil Spector's trial for the murder of Lana Clarkson in this self–proclaimed "work of fiction", in which the…
12 Years a Slave12 Years a Slave (2013) Aro Favourite
Dir. Steve McQueen
Feat. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Paul Giamatti
Steve McQueen (HUNGER, SHAME) directs this powerful historical drama of a free black man from upstate New York who is abducted and sold into slavery.
Dancing on the Edge (TV series)Dancing on the Edge (TV series) (2013)
Dir. Stephen Poliakoff
Feat. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Matthew Goode, Angel Coulby
Aided by beautiful period detail, Stephen Poliakoff's latest drama richly explores the rise and fall of a black jazz band embraced by the aristocracy…
Half of a Yellow SunHalf of a Yellow Sun (2013)
Dir. Biyi Bandele
Feat. Thandiwe Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Boyega
A moving, if overly melodramatic rendering of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's novel about the Nigerian Civil War as experienced by two…
SavannahSavannah (2013)
Dir. Annette Haywood-Carter
Feat. Jim Caviezel, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jaimie Alexander
In this good ol' southern drama, Jim Caviezel plays a drifter who rejects his plantation heritage for a life on the river with his friend, a freed…
Z For ZachariahZ For Zachariah (2015) Recommended
Dir. Craig Zobel
Feat. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chris Pine, Margot Robbie
Compelling sci–fi drama in which New Zealand stands in for the pastoral American South, set in the wake of a nuclear war that wipes out most of…
Martian, TheMartian, The (2015) Recommended
Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig
Ridley Scott adapts the acclaimed novel by Andy Weir as an unabashed crowd–pleaser about an astronaut who is left behind after a manned mission…
Secret in Their EyesSecret in Their Eyes (2015)
Dir. Billy Ray
Feat. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts
Efficient remake of the acclaimed Argentinean thriller that boasts some serious star power. Kidman, Roberts and Ejiofor star as a tight–knit…
Triple 9Triple 9 (2016)
Dir. John Hillcoat
Feat. Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anthony Mackie
Bruising slice of pulp cinema features a team of entirely corrupt cops, in hock to the Russian mob, planning a heist that goes dramatically wrong
Doctor StrangeDoctor Strange (2016) Recommended
Dir. Scott Derrickson
Feat. Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams
The fourteenth film from the Marvel superhero franchise stars Cumberbatch as the title hero, a neurosurgeon disabled in a car crash who turns to a…
Mary MagdaleneMary Magdalene (2018)
Dir. Garth Davis
Feat. Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix, Chiwetel Ejiofor
The director of LION delivers this sombre biopic of the Saint and disciple of Jesus of Nazareth, who caused conflict with Jesus's other disciples in…
Maleficent: Mistress of EvilMaleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)
Dir. Joachim Roenning
Feat. Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Harris Dickinson
Sequel to the 2014 Disney fantasy, with Maleficent (Angelina Jolie) and her goddaughter Aurora (Elle Fanning) returning to new adventures, this time…
Earth From Space (TV Mini-Series) (2019)
Feat. Chiwetel Ejiofor
Captivating documentary miniseries presenting earth from never–seen–before perspectives, and exploring how fast our planet is changing.…
Locked DownLocked Down (2021) Recommended
Dir. Doug Liman
Feat. Anne Hathaway, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Stephen Merchant
Anne Hathaway and Chiwetel Ejiofor play a newly separated couple confined to their swanky London apartment during a mandatory lockdown, with…

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