Chiwetel Ejiofor
Film

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Section Title: Film
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Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes

1997	Amistad	Ensign James Covey	Steven Spielberg

1999	G:MT – Greenwich Mean Time	Rix	John Strickland

2000	It Was an Accident	Nicky Burkett	Metin Hüseyin

2002	Dirty Pretty Things	Okwe lander	Stephen Frears

2003	Love Actually	Peter	Richard Curtis

Three Blind Mice	Mark Hayward	Mathias Ledoux

2004	She Hate Me	Frank Wills	Spike Lee

Red Dust	Alex Mpondo	Tom Hooper

Melinda and Melinda	Ellis Moonsong	Woody Allen

2005	Four Brothers	Victor Sweet	John Singleton

Serenity	The Operative	Joss Whedon

Slow Burn	Ty Trippin	Wayne Beach

Kinky Boots	Simon / Lola	Julian Jarrold

2006	Inside Man	Detective Bill Mitchell	Spike Lee

Children of Men	Luke	Alfonso Cuarón

2007	Talk to Me	Dewey Hughes	Kasi Lemmons

American Gangster	Huey Lucas	Ridley Scott

2008	Redbelt	Mike Terry	David Mamet

Slapper	Himself	Short film; writer, director

2009	Endgame	Thabo Mbeki	Pete Travis

2012	Dr. Adrian Helmsley	Roland Emmerich

2010	Salt	Darryl Peabody	Phillip Noyce

2013	Savannah	Christmas Moultrie	Annette Haywood-Carter

12 Years a Slave	Solomon Northup	Steve McQueen

Half of a Yellow Sun	Odenigbo	Biyi Bandele

2015	Z for Zachariah	John Loomis	Craig Zobel

The Martian	Vincent Kapoor	Ridley Scott

Secret in Their Eyes	Ray Kasten	Billy Ray

2016	Triple 9	Michael Atwood	John Hillcoat

Doctor Strange	Karl Mordo	Scott Derrickson

2018	Come Sunday	Carlton Pearson	Joshua Marston

Mary Magdalene	Peter	Garth Davis

Sherlock Gnomes	Gnome Watson (voice)	John Stevenson

2019	The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind	Trywell Kamkwamba	Himself	Also writer and director

The Lion King	Scar	Jon Favreau	Post-production

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	Joachim Rønning	Post-production

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In 2013, Ejiofor took on the role of Solomon Northup in 12 Years a Slave.

final_sentence: In 2013, Ejiofor took on the role of Solomon Northup in 12 Years a Slave.