Chiwetel Ejiofor is one of the most popular and richest Movie Actor who was born on July 10, 1977 in England, United Kingdom. Actor, whose lead part in 2013’s film 12 Years a Slave earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. He has also played major roles in the movies The Martian, Doctor Strange, Children of Men, Love Actually, Serenity, Amistad and 2012.
His biggest break came when his appearance in the director His big break came after he landed a role in director Steven Spielberg‘s 1997 film Amistad.’s 1997 film Amistad.
In 1988, when Ejiofor was 11, during a family trip to Nigeria for a wedding, he and his father were driving to Lagos after the celebrations when their car was involved in a head-on crash with a lorry. His father was killed, and Ejiofor was badly injured, and received scars that are still visible on his forehead.
Ejiofor began acting in school plays at his junior school, Dulwich Prep London (known at the time as ‘Dulwich College Preparatory School’), where he played the gravedigger in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. He continued acting at his senior school, Dulwich College and joined the National Youth Theatre. He got into the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art but left after his first year, after being cast in Steven Spielberg’s film Amistad. He played the title role in Othello at the Bloomsbury Theatre in September 1995, and again at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow in 1996, when he starred opposite Rachael Stirling as Desdemona.
Born in London and was raised by his Nigerian immigrants parents. His sister is a news anchor Zain Asher. He was a lover of the actress Sari Mercer.
