Chiwetel Ejiofor - Famous Screenwriter

Chiwetel Ejiofor Net Worth

$16,000,000

Chiwetel Ejiofor is a famous British actor and filmmaker with a net worth of $16 million. He is best known for his critically acclaimed performances in films like ‘Dirty Pretty Things’, ‘Kinky Boots’, and ’12 Years a Slave’ in which he portrayed the character of Solomon Northup.

Key facts:

Here are 3 key facts about Chiwetel Ejiofor:
  • Chiwetel Ejiofor is a British actor and filmmaker who has a net worth of $16 million.
  • He had his first film role in Steven Spielberg's 'Amistad,' and went on to receive critical acclaim for his performances in movies like 'Dirty Pretty Things,' 'Kinky Boots,' and '12 Years a Slave.'
  • He was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor for his portrayal of Solomon Northup in '12 Years a Slave.' The film also won the award for Best Picture.

Basic Information About Chiwetel Ejiofor

CategoryCelebrities β€Ί Actors
ProfessionsActor, Film director, Screenwriter
Net worth$16,000,000
Date of birth1977-07-10 (47 years old)
Place of birthForest Gate
NationalityUnited Kingdom
GenderMale
Height5 ft 9 in (1.778 m)
Social Mediaβ†—οΈŽ Wikipedia β†—οΈŽ IMDb

What Movie Awards did Chiwetel Ejiofor win?


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Chiwetel Ejiofor awards

Award Name State Movie / Series Name Year
Black Reel - Outstanding Voice PerformanceWinnerThe Lion King2020
Black Reel - Best Supporting ActorNomineeSerenity2006
Black Reel - Best Supporting ActorNominee20122010
Image Award - Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion PictureNominee20122010
Black Reel - Outstanding Supporting Actor, Motion PictureNomineeThe Martian2016
Image Award - Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion PictureNomineeThe Martian2016
Black Reel - Best Supporting ActorNomineeChildren of Men2007
DFCC - Best ActorNomineeLocke2014
AACTA International Award - Best Lead ActorWinner12 Years a Slave2014
Hollywood Award - Best ActorWinner12 Years a Slave2014
AFCA Award - Best ActorWinner12 Years a Slave2013
COFCA Award - Best ActorWinner12 Years a Slave2014
IGN Award - Best Movie ActorWinner12 Years a Slave2013
IFTA Award - Best International ActorWinner12 Years a Slave2014
Ischia Actor Award - Winner12 Years a Slave2014
Festival Honors Award - Artist of DistinctionWinner12 Years a Slave2020
NTFCA Award - Best ActorWinner12 Years a Slave2014
OFCC Award - Best ActorWinner12 Years a Slave2014
OFTA Film Award - Best ActorWinner12 Years a Slave2014
RAFA - Best ActorWinner12 Years a Slave2014
Seattle Film Critics Award - Best ActorNominee12 Years a Slave2014
UFCA Award - Best ActorWinner12 Years a Slave2013
VVFP Award - Best ActorWinner12 Years a Slave2013
Evening Standard British Film Award - Best Supporting ActorNomineeDoctor Strange2017
Black Reel - Outstanding Actor, Motion PictureNomineeZ for Zachariah2016
British Independent Film Award - Best Supporting ActorNomineeThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind2019
Truly Moving Picture Award - WinnerThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind2019
Image Award - Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Film)WinnerThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind2020
Fiction Grand Award - WinnerThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind2019
National Film Award - Best Supporting ActorNomineeThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind2020
Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize - WinnerThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind2019
Image Award - Outstanding Actor in a Motion PictureNomineeSecret in Their Eyes2016
Best Performance by an Actor - WinnerDirty Pretty Things2004
Black Reel - Film: Best ActorWinnerDirty Pretty Things2004
COFCA Award - Best ActorNomineeDirty Pretty Things2004
CFCA Award - Most Promising PerformerNomineeDirty Pretty Things2004
INOCA - Best BreakthroughNomineeDirty Pretty Things2004
OFTA Film Award - Best Breakthrough Performance: MaleNomineeDirty Pretty Things2004
OFCS Award - Best Breakthrough PerformanceNomineeDirty Pretty Things2004
VVFP Award - Best PerformanceNomineeDirty Pretty Things2003
WAFCA Award - Best ActorNomineeDirty Pretty Things2003
Black Movie Award - Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading RoleNomineeKinky Boots2006
Black Reel - Best Supporting ActorNomineeKinky Boots2007
British Independent Film Award - Best ActorNomineeKinky Boots2005
Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or MusicalNomineeKinky Boots2007
ALFS Award - British Actor of the YearNomineeKinky Boots2006

Chiwetel Ejiofor roles

Movie / Series Role
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The Lion KingScar (voice)
Maleficent: Mistress of EvilConall
Locked DownPaxton
SaltPeabody
SerenityThe Operative
2012Adrian Helmsley
The MartianVincent Kapoor
Children of MenLuke
Love ActuallyPeter
Mary MagdalenePeter
The Old GuardCopley
Inside ManDetective Bill Mitchell
12 Years a SlaveSolomon Northup
Triple 9Michael Atwood
American GangsterHuey Lucas
Doctor StrangeMordo
Four BrothersVictor Sweet
Z for ZachariahJohn Loomis
The Boy Who Harnessed the WindDirector
The Boy Who Harnessed the WindWriter
The Boy Who Harnessed the WindTrywell Kamkwamba
Sherlock GnomesDr. Watson (voice)
AmistadEnsign Covey
Secret in Their EyesRay Kasten
She Hate MeFrank Wills
Dirty Pretty ThingsOkwe
Kinky BootsLola
Made in HollywoodSelf 8 episodes, 2009-2019
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf - Guest 1 episode, 2014
The Late Late Show with James CordenSelf / ... 4 episodes, 2015-2019
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf 1 episode, 2020
The Daily ShowSelf / ... 2 episodes, 2013-2019
ConanSelf - Guest 1 episode, 2015
Screen TwoEbow 1 episode, 1996
The One ShowSelf 1 episode, 2019

Chiwetel Ejiofor's Quotes

  • I remember getting cast in Amistad and getting this very strong feeling that I had overshot myself. It was a great shock. It made me realize that this is not a profession you can predict; that you can have all these ambitions and expectations and that they can all be thrown to the wind. What was peculiar about that situation was that my aspirations were so far below what actually happened.
  • I like to disappear into a role. I equate the success of it with a feeling of being chemically changed.
  • I always thought of the play as a sequel to Romeo and Juliet. I think Shakespeare's so astute in his understanding of people being vulnerable, you know. And that love is so easy to corrupt. I think so many of Shakespeare's plays are about how fragile love is - how perfect and beautiful it is, but also how terrifying and easy to manipulate it is.
  • But these are the realities of the artistic idealism and the stock, the commercial/financial realism, and, so, somehow sometimes it is going to work in your favor and sometimes against, and that's all part and parcel of it. We just, in our end, just carry on trying to sort of produce the work, or the best work we can do, and hope that at their end they find a way of getting that to as many people as possible in the cinema medium.
  • I think I just look for what appeals to me, and maybe what appeals to me is kind of serious sometimes. I like characters and I like story and I sort of like narrative, and that is what excites me. And sometimes, I suppose, in the contemporary context a lot of that is based around dramas these days so I enjoy that and it's what I have always done. I have always been involved in drama, and somehow that is where a lot of the good stories are. And I think there can be comedic moments in drama, like in Kinky Boots, I think there are some funny beats, but the overall, I'm just saying, is that it is a complex story between a few groups of people, and even though the story is heightened and amusing, there are all sorts of beats and machinations that go on and I think that's just what intrigues me and that's what I pursue.

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Interesting Facts about Chiwetel Ejiofor

  1. Former member of the National Youth Theatre.
  2. His name is pronounced Chew-eh-tell Edge-ee-oh-for.
  3. He was nominated for the 2001 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award (2000 season) for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in "Blue/Orange" at the Royal National Theatre, Cottesloe stage.
  4. He was awarded the Jack Tinker Award for Most Promising Newcomer at the 2000 London Critics Circle Theatre Awards (Drama) for his performance in "Blue/Orange" at the Royal National Theatre: Lyttelton and at the Duchess Theatre.
  5. He was awarded the 2000 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Outstanding Newcomer for his performance in "Blue/Orange".
  6. He was awarded the 2008 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award (2007 season) for Best Actor for his performance as the title role in William Shakespeare's "Othello" at the Donmar Warehouse.
  7. Attended Dulwich College in London, England.
  8. Attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) in London, England.
  9. His father was killed in an automobile accident when Chiwetel was eleven. He survived the accident and received scars that are visible on his forehead.
  10. Sung back-up vocals for a band called Blind in the early 1990s, height of their success was playing The Rock Garden in London's Covent Garden.
  11. Is one of 115 people invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in 2007.
  12. Has starred with British actor Clive Owen in back to back action thriller films: Inside Man (2006) and Children of Men (2006).
  13. He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to drama.
  14. He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to drama. He is an actor in London, England.
  15. Has named his five favorite films (in no order) as Raging Bull (1980), The Godfather (1972), Fargo (1996), Miller's Crossing (1990) and Do the Right Thing (1989).
  16. He was honoured with a Global Promise Award by The GEANCO Foundation, a non-profit welfare organization in West Africa for his charity work in Nigeria (2015).
  17. Younger sister, Zain Asher, is a financial news reporter at CNN based in New York.
  18. Has played slaves in two films: Amistad (1997) and 12 Years a Slave (2013).
  19. Friends with Benedict Cumberbatch, Idris Elba and Andrew Lincoln.
  20. Currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

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