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Chiwetel Ejiofor

  • First Movie - Amistad (1998)
  • Last Movie - Locked Down (2021)
  • Total Movies - 38
  • Future Movies -
    • Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness (25th March 2022)
  • Highest Grossing Movies
    • UK: The Lion King (2019)
    • US: The Lion King (2019)
    • World: The Lion King (2019)
  • Highest Rated Movie - Inside Man (2006) - 100%
  • Lowest rated movie - Sherlock Gnomes (2018) - 20%

Acting credits By Year of release

By Year
By UK Gross
By US Gross
By Global Gross
Starring With

Year

1.

Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness

Directed by: Sam Raimi

Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch and Elizabeth Olsen
 
UK: 25th March 2022

2022
2.

Locked Down

(Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Paxton)

Directed by: Doug Liman

Starring: Anne Hathaway and Chiwetel Ejiofor

2021
3.

Infinite

(Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Bathurst 2020)

Directed by: Antoine Fuqua

Starring: Mark Wahlberg and Chiwetel Ejiofor

2021
4.

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

(Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Conall)

Directed by: Joachim Rønning

Starring: Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning

2019
5.

The Lion King

(Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Scar)

Directed by: Jon Favreau

Starring: Donald Glover and Seth Rogen

2019
6.

Sherlock Gnomes

Directed by: John Stevenson

Starring: Kelly Asbury and Mary J. Blige

2018
7.

Mary Magdalene

Directed by: Garth Davis

Starring: Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix

2018
8.

Come Sunday

(Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Carlton Pearson)

Directed by: Joshua Marston

Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor and Gerard Catus

2018
9.

Doctor Strange

Directed by: Scott Derrickson

Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch and Chiwetel Ejiofor

2016
10.

Secret In Their Eyes

Directed by: Billy Ray

Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor and Nicole Kidman

2016
11.

Triple 9

Directed by: John Hillcoat

Starring: Teresa Palmer and Gal Gadot

2016
12.

The Martian

Directed by: Ridley Scott

Starring: Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain

2015
13.

Everyman: NT Live 2015

Directed by: Rufus Norris

Starring: Philip Martin Brown and Paul Bullion

2015
14.

Z For Zachariah

(Chiwetel Ejiofor plays John Loomis)

Directed by: Craig Zobel

Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor and Margot Robbie

2015
15.

Half of a Yellow Sun

Directed by: Biyi Bandele

Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor and Thandie Newton

2014
16.

12 Years a Slave

Directed by: Steve McQueen

Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor and Dwight Henry

2014
17.

Phil Spector

(Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Mock Prosecutor)

Directed by: David Mamet

Starring: Al Pacino and Helen Mirren

2013
18.

Salt

Directed by: Phillip Noyce

Starring: Angelina Jolie and Chiwetel Ejiofor

2010
19.

2012

Directed by: Roland Emmerich

Starring: John Cusack and Amanda Peet

2009
20.

Endgame

Directed by: Pete Travis

Starring: William Hurt and Chiwetel Ejiofor

2009
21.

Redbelt

(Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Mike Terry)

Directed by: David Mamet

Starring: Max Martini and Matt Cable

2008
22.

Talk to Me

Directed by: Kasi Lemmons

Starring: Don Cheadle and Chiwetel Ejiofor

2007
23.

American Gangster

Directed by: Ridley Scott

Starring: Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe

2007
24.

Children of Men

Directed by: Alfonso Cuarón

Starring: Clive Owen and Juan Gabriel Yacuzzi

2006
25.

Inside Man

Directed by: Spike Lee

Starring: Denzel Washington and Clive Owen

2006
26.

Serenity

Directed by: Joss Whedon

Starring: Nathan Fillion and Gina Torres

2005
27.

Kinky Boots

Directed by: Julian Jarrold

Starring: Joel Edgerton and Chiwetel Ejiofor

2005
28.

Four Brothers

Directed by: John Singleton

Starring: Mark Wahlberg and Tyrese Gibson

2005
29.

Melinda and Melinda

Directed by: Woody Allen

Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor and Will Ferrell

2005
30.

Slow Burn

Directed by: Wayne Beach

Starring: Ray Liotta and LL Cool J

2005
31.

Red Dust

(Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Alex Mpondo)

Directed by: Tom Hooper

Starring: Jamie Bartlett and Hilary Swank

2004
32.

She Hate Me

Directed by: Spike Lee

Starring: Anthony Mackie and Kerry Washington

2004
33.

LoveActually

(Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Peter)

Directed by: Richard Curtis

Starring: Hugh Grant and Liam Neeson

2003
34.

3 Blind Mice

Directed by: Mathias Ledoux

Starring: Edward Furlong and Emilia Fox

2003
35.

Dirty Pretty Things

Directed by: Stephen Frears

Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor and Kriss Dosanjh

2002
36.

My Friend Soweto

Directed by: Jann Turner

Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor and Darvina Plante

2001
37.

It Was An Accident

Directed by: Metin Hseyin

Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor and Max Beesley

2000
38.

G:MT Greenwich Mean Time

Directed by: John Strickland

Starring: Steve John Shepherd and Ben Waters

1999
39.

Amistad

Directed by: Steven Spielberg

Starring: Morgan Freeman and Nigel Hawthorne

1998