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Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetel Ejiofor
  • First Movie - Amistad 1998
  • Last Movie - Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy 2025
  • Total Movies - 46
  • Future Movies -
    • Venom: The Last Dance (25th October 2024)
    • Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (14th February 2025)
    • The Life of Chuck
  • Highest Grossing Movies
    • UK: The Lion King (2019) - £76,023,435
    • US: The Lion King (2019) - $543,634,365
    • World: The Lion King (2019) - $1,662,899,439
  • Combined UK gross - £76 Million
  • Highest Rated Movie - Inside Man (2006) - 100%
  • Lowest rated movie - Sherlock Gnomes (2018) - 2%

Acting credits By Highest UK Gross

By Year
By UK Gross
By US Gross
By Global Gross
Starring With
Total Gross
1.

The Lion King 

(Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Scar)

Director(s):
Jon Favreau

Starring:
Donald Glover • Seth Rogen • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Alfre Woodard • Billy Eichner
£76,023,435
2.

Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness 

(Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Baron Mordo)

Director(s):
Sam Raimi

Starring:
Benedict Cumberbatch • Elizabeth Olsen • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Benedict Wong • Xochitl Gomez
£43,894,447
3.

LoveActually 

(Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Peter)

Director(s):
Richard Curtis

Starring:
Hugh Grant • Liam Neeson • Colin Firth • Laura Linney • Emma Thompson
£37,360,843
4.

The Martian 

Director(s):
Ridley Scott

Starring:
Matt Damon • Jessica Chastain • Kristen Wiig • Jeff Daniels • Michael Peña
£23,589,854
5.

Doctor Strange 

(Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Mordo)

Director(s):
Scott Derrickson

Starring:
Benedict Cumberbatch • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Rachel McAdams • Benedict Wong • Mads Mikkelsen
£23,194,019
6.

12 Years a Slave 

Director(s):
Steve McQueen

Starring:
Chiwetel Ejiofor • Dwight Henry • Dickie Gravois • Bryan Batt • Ashley Dyke
£20,028,909
7.

2012 

Director(s):
Roland Emmerich

Starring:
John Cusack • Amanda Peet • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Thandiwe Newton • Oliver Platt
£19,354,774
8.

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil 

(Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Conall)

Director(s):
Joachim Rønning

Starring:
Angelina Jolie • Elle Fanning • Harris Dickinson • Michelle Pfeiffer • Sam Riley
£14,773,607
9.

American Gangster 

Director(s):
Ridley Scott

Starring:
Denzel Washington • Russell Crowe • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Josh Brolin • Lymari Nadal
£9,550,535
10.

Sherlock Gnomes 

Director(s):
John Stevenson

Starring:
Kelly Asbury • Mary J. Blige • Emily Blunt • Julio Bonet • Gary Bradbury
£9,485,735
11.

Inside Man 

Director(s):
Spike Lee

Starring:
Denzel Washington • Clive Owen • Jodie Foster • Christopher Plummer • Willem Dafoe
£8,106,743
12.

Salt 

(Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Peabody)

Director(s):
Phillip Noyce

Starring:
Angelina Jolie • Liev Schreiber • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Daniel Olbrychski • August Diehl

£6,737,499
13.

Children of Men 

(Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Luke)

Director(s):
Alfonso Cuarón

Starring:
Clive Owen • Julianne Moore • Michael Caine • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Charlie Hunnam

£4,420,673
14.

Kinky Boots 

Director(s):
Julian Jarrold

Starring:
Joel Edgerton • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Sarah-Jane Potts • Nick Frost • Linda Bassett

£3,003,284
15.

Serenity 

Director(s):
Joss Whedon

Starring:
Nathan Fillion • Gina Torres • Alan Tudyk • Morena Baccarin • Adam Baldwin

£2,590,950
16.

Four Brother's 

Director(s):
John Singleton

Starring:
Mark Wahlberg • Tyrese Gibson • Andre Benjamin • Garrett Hedlund • Terrence Howard

£2,333,854
17.

Triple 9 

(Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Michael Atwood)

Director(s):
John Hillcoat

Starring:
Chiwetel Ejiofor • Casey Affleck • Anthony Mackie • Woody Harrelson • Aaron Paul

£1,471,050
18.

Amistad 

Director(s):
Steven Spielberg

Starring:
Morgan Freeman • Nigel Hawthorne • Anthony Hopkins • Djimon Hounsou • Matthew McConaughey
£1,416,128
19.

Mary Magdalene 

Director(s):
Garth Davis

Starring:
Rooney Mara • Joaquin Phoenix • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Tahar Rahim • Ariane Labed

£805,381
20.

Dirty Pretty Things 

(Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Okwe)

Director(s):
Stephen Frears

Starring:
Chiwetel Ejiofor • Kriss Dosanjh • Israel Oyelumade • Yemi Goodman Ajibade • Nizwar Karanj

£530,299
21.

Melinda and Melinda 

Director(s):
Woody Allen

Starring:
Chiwetel Ejiofor • Will Ferrell • Jonny Lee Miller • Radha Mitchell • Amanda Peet

£330,741
22.

Everyman: NT Live 2015 

Director(s):
Rufus Norris

Starring:
Philip Martin Brown • Paul Bullion • Adam Burton • Michelle Butterly • Sharon D. Clarke

£292,738
23.

Half of a Yellow Sun 

(Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Odenigbo)

Director(s):
Biyi Bandele

Starring:
Thandiwe Newton • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Anika Noni Rose • Joseph Mawle • John Boyega

£151,645
24.

Secret In Their Eyes 

Director(s):
Billy Ray

Starring:
Chiwetel Ejiofor • Nicole Kidman • Julia Roberts • Dean Norris • Alfred Molina

£117,094
25.

Redbelt 

(Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Mike Terry)

Director(s):
David Mamet

Starring:
Max Martini • Matt Cable • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Alice Braga • Jose Pablo Cantillo

£10,303
26.

Talk to Me 

Director(s):
Kasi Lemmons

Starring:
Don Cheadle • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Bruce McFee • Mike Epps • Peter MacNeill

£4,832