Chiwetel Ejiofor - Biography
Last Modified: Jul 1, 2020
| Profession: | Actor |
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| Best Known For: | 12 Years a Slave, The Martian |
| Salary: | Under Review |
| Net Worth: | $12 million |
Personal Details
| Born on : | July 10, 1977 (age 44) |
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| Birth Name / Full Name: |
Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor |
| Birth Place: | Forest Gate, London, England |
| Horoscope: | Cancer |
| Father's Name: | Arinze Ejiofor |
| Mother's Name: | Obiajulu Ejiofor |
| Siblings: |
2 Zain Asher (younger sister) |
| High School: | Dulwich Prep London |
| University: | Dulwich College, |
| Ethnicity: | Nigerian |
| Nationality: | British, Nigerian |
Relationships
| Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
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| Marital Status: | In Relationship |
| Girlfriend Name: | Frances Aaternir |
Body Measurements
| Height: | 1.78 meter (5 feet 10 inch) |
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| Weight: | 78 kg (171.96 lb) |
| Hair Color: | Black |
| Eye Color: | Dark Brown |
| Shoe Size: | N/A |
| Bicep Size: | N/A |
| Chest Size: | N/A |
| Waist Size: | N/A |
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Who is Chiwetel Ejiofor?
Chiwetel Ejiofor is a British-Nigerian actor. He is the older brother of CNN news anchor Zain Asher. Read on about the BAFTA-winning actor of 12 Years a Slave fame.
Chiwetel Ejiofor: Age, Family, Education
Chiwetel Ejiofor was born on 10 July 1977 in Forest Gate, London, England. The name given at his birth is Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor by his Nigerian fahther Arinze Ejiofor, a doctor and mother Obiajulu Ejiofor, a pharmacist.
He is not the only child of his parents and has two younger sisters, Zain Asher, who is now a CNN correspondent and Kandibe Ejiofor, a medical doctor.
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Source: Daily Mail (Chiwetel Ejiofor, Zain Asher pictured 1987)
In 1988, when Chiwetel Ejiofor was 11 years old, the family took a trip to Nigeria for a wedding. He and his father were driving to Lagos when the car crashed to a lorry. His father was fatally injured while Chiwetel Ejiofor received serious injuries, but survived with still visible scars on his forehead.
Education, Ethnicity
At the Dulwich Prep London, Chiwetel Ejiofor began acting in school plays and continued to do so well into his college days at Dulwich College. He later attended London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art for a year before dropping out, only a year after. He used to be a member of the National Youth Theatre as well.
His ethnicity is Nigerian.
Chiwetel Ejiofor: Girlfriend, Wife, Children
Nothing is known about the actor's past girlfriends, with a few exceptions. He was in a relationship with Sari Mercer for around 8 years, from 2000 to 2007. After they broke up, Ejiofor was rumoured to have a short fling with actress Lupita Nyong'o in 2012.
Chiwetel Ejiofor is dating supermodel Frances Aaternir. They started dating around 2016 but kept it private for 2 years! The lovebirds only went public about their relationship in December 2018. The couple has kept a secret with their private lives. As of 2019, the couple has made no announcements of engagement or plans to marry.
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Source: mtonews (Chiwetel Ejiofor and Frances Aaternir pictured on December 15, 2018)
He does not have any children from previous relationships and currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
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Chiwetel Ejiofor: Career
Early Career
Being offered a role in Steven Spielberg's film Amistad, he left college. In 1996, he starred in Deadly Voyage followed by a role in 1999 movie G:MT – Greenwich Mean Time. He landed his first lead role in the 2000 movie It Was an Accident.
Since then Chiwetel Ejiofor has starred in Dirty Pretty Things (2002), Love Actually (2003), The Knight's Tale (2003), Trust (2003), Red Dust (2004), Redbelt, Serenity (2005), Children of Men (2006) and Kinky Boots (2006).
Series, Movies
After winning several prestigious awards for his role in Kinky Boots, Chiwetel Ejiofor portrayed a role in Talk to Me alongside Don Cheadle, 2012 (2009) alongside John Cusack, Salt (2010) alongside Angelina Jolie and Liev Schreiber. In 2013, Chiwetel Ejiofor was cast as Solomon Northup in 12 Years a Slave, which received critical acclaim.
In 2014, Chiwetel Ejiofor bagged roles in Half of a Yellow Sun alongside Thandie Newton, Mary Magdalene alongside Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix. Other movies he has acted are in The Martian (2015) as Dr. Vincent Kapoor, in Doctor Strange (2016) as Karl Mordo and in Sherlock Gnomes (2018) as Watson, Maleficent II (2019).
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Co-stars
In the 2019 movie The Lion King, Ejiofor voiced Scar, working alongside co-stars James Earl Jones, Beyoncé, Seth Rogen, Eric Andre, John Oliver, Keegan-Michael Key, among others.
Chiwetel Ejiofor: Awards, Nominations
Chiwetel Ejiofor has been nominated for more than 85 awards including five Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and one Primetime Emmy Awards.
Along with all the nominations, he has won one British Academy Film Awards and thirty-eight Film critic awards from numerous associations.
Chiwetel Ejiofor: Net Worth, Salary
His net worth has been estimated at around $12 million but the figure on his annual salary has not been shared with the public.
Chiwetel Ejiofor: Instagram, Twitter, Facebook
On social media Chiwetel Ejiofor is absent from public handles such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter. However several fan accounts have been set up in his name.
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