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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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