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3 | ->''"I like to disappear into a role. I equate the success of it with a feeling of being chemically changed. That's the only way I can express it."'' |
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5 | Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor [[note]](pronounced as chew-i-tel ej-i-oh-for)[[/note]] [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever CBE]] (born 10 July 1977) is a British actor of Nigerian Igbo descent. |
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7 | He hates being called "[[EmbarrassingNickname Chewey]]". And it has nothing to do with being a [[Franchise/StarWars Wookiee]]. |
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9 | !!Roles include: |
10 | * ''Film/{{Amistad}}'' (1997) as Ens. James Covey. His first film role. |
11 | * ''Film/DirtyPrettyThings'' (2002) as Okwe |
12 | * ''Film/LoveActually'' (2003) as Peter |
13 | * ''Film/MelindaAndMelinda'' (2004) as Ellis Moonsong |
14 | * ''Film/KinkyBoots'' (2005) as Lola |
15 | * ''Film/{{Serenity}}'' (2005) as The Operative |
16 | * ''Film/ChildrenOfMen'' (2006) as Luke |
17 | * ''Film/AmericanGangster'' (2007) as Huey Lucas |
18 | * ''Film/{{Redbelt}}'' (2008) as Mike Terry |
19 | * ''Film/TwoThousandTwelve'' (2009) as Dr. Adrian Helmsley |
20 | * ''Film/{{Salt}}'' (2010) as Peabody |
21 | * ''Film/TwelveYearsASlave'' (2013) as Solomon Northrup. A StarMakingRole, for which he earned his first Oscar nomination. |
22 | * ''Film/TheMartian'' (2015) as Vincent Kapoor |
23 | * Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse as Karl Mordo |
24 | ** ''[[Film/DoctorStrange2016 Doctor Strange]]'' (2016) |
25 | ** ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'' (2022) - Earth-838 variant of Mordo |
26 | * ''Film/ComeSunday'' (2018) as Carlton Pearson |
27 | * ''WesternAnimation/SherlockGnomes'' (2018) as Gnome Watson (voice) |
28 | * ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019 The Lion King]]'' (2019) as Scar (voice) |
29 | * ''Film/MaleficentMistressOfEvil'' (2019) as Conall |
30 | * ''Film/TheOldGuard'' (2020) as James Copley |
31 | * ''Film/{{Infinite}}'' (2021) as Bathurst 2020 |
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33 | !!Tropes associated with Chiwetel Ejiofor: |
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35 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: |
36 | ** He was approached for the role of the [[Characters/DoctorWhoEleventhDoctor Eleventh Doctor]] in ''Series/DoctorWho'' before the casting of Creator/MattSmith. However, Ejiofor turned down the offer due to scheduling conflicts and contractual disagreements with Creator/TheBBC. |
37 | ** He was considered for the titular role in a ''Comicbook/BlackPanther'' film directed by Creator/JohnSingleton before the project was scrapped. He would later go on to portray Karl Mordo in ''[[Film/DoctorStrange2016 Doctor Strange]]'' set within the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. |
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