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Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetel Ejiofor
  • First Movie - Amistad (1998)
  • Last Movie - Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
  • Total Movies - 40
  • 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 grosses
    • UK - £308.8 Million
    • US - $2.4 Billion
    • Global - $6.6 Billion
  • Highest Rated Movie - Inside Man (2006) - 100%
  • Lowest rated movie - Sherlock Gnomes (2018) - 2%

    *Based on movies as a main actor

Acting credits By Year of release

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

Year

1.

Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness

(Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Baron Mordo)

Directed by: Sam Raimi

Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch and Elizabeth Olsen
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

(Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Michael Atwood)

Directed by: John Hillcoat

Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor and Casey Affleck

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 Thandiwe Newton

2014
16.

12 Years a Slave

Directed by: Steve McQueen

Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor and Dwight Henry
2014
17.

Savannah

(Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Christmas Moultrie)

Directed by: Annette Haywood-Carter

Starring: Jim Caviezel and Chiwetel Ejiofor

2014
18.

Phil Spector

(Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Mock Prosecutor)

Directed by: David Mamet

Starring: Al Pacino and Helen Mirren

2013
19.

Salt

Directed by: Phillip Noyce

Starring: Angelina Jolie and Chiwetel Ejiofor

2010
20.

2012

Directed by: Roland Emmerich

Starring: John Cusack and Amanda Peet
2009
21.

Endgame

Directed by: Pete Travis

Starring: William Hurt and Chiwetel Ejiofor

2009
22.

Redbelt

(Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Mike Terry)

Directed by: David Mamet

Starring: Max Martini and Matt Cable

2008
23.

Talk to Me

Directed by: Kasi Lemmons

Starring: Don Cheadle and Chiwetel Ejiofor

2007
24.

American Gangster

Directed by: Ridley Scott

Starring: Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe
2007
25.

Children of Men

Directed by: Alfonso Cuarón

Starring: Clive Owen and Juan Gabriel Yacuzzi

2006
26.

Inside Man

Directed by: Spike Lee

Starring: Denzel Washington and Clive Owen
2006
27.

Serenity

Directed by: Joss Whedon

Starring: Nathan Fillion and Gina Torres

2005
28.

Kinky Boots

Directed by: Julian Jarrold

Starring: Joel Edgerton and Chiwetel Ejiofor

2005
29.

Four Brothers

Directed by: John Singleton

Starring: Mark Wahlberg and Tyrese Gibson

2005
30.

Melinda and Melinda

Directed by: Woody Allen

Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor and Will Ferrell

2005
31.

Slow Burn

Directed by: Wayne Beach

Starring: Ray Liotta and LL Cool J

2005
32.

Red Dust

(Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Alex Mpondo)

Directed by: Tom Hooper

Starring: Jamie Bartlett and Hilary Swank

2004
33.

She Hate Me

Directed by: Spike Lee

Starring: Anthony Mackie and Kerry Washington

2004
34.

LoveActually

(Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Peter)

Directed by: Richard Curtis

Starring: Hugh Grant and Liam Neeson
2003
35.

3 Blind Mice

Directed by: Mathias Ledoux

Starring: Edward Furlong and Emilia Fox

2003
36.

Dirty Pretty Things

(Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Okwe)

Directed by: Stephen Frears

Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor and Kriss Dosanjh

2002
37.

My Friend Soweto

Directed by: Jann Turner

Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor and Darvina Plante

2001
38.

It Was An Accident

Directed by: Metin Hseyin

Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor and Max Beesley

2000
39.

G:MT Greenwich Mean Time

Directed by: John Strickland

Starring: Steve John Shepherd and Ben Waters

1999
40.

Amistad

Directed by: Steven Spielberg

Starring: Morgan Freeman and Nigel Hawthorne

1998