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Chiwetel Ejiofor

Actor · 60 credits · 40 in highly-rated films

Best known for 12 Years a Slave (2013)

Frequent collaborators: Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth, Thandiwe Newton, Benedict Wong, Oliver Platt

Movies (56 total, ranked by score)

  1. Regard Noir

    2021 · ★ 4.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    31

  2. The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'

    2016 · ★ 7.6 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    32

  3. The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy

    2008 · ★ 7.8 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    33

  4. Endgame

    2009 · ★ 5.9 (51 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    34

  5. 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic

    2010 · ★ 5.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary, Action, Drama

    35

  6. Making a Scene | 11 Performances

    2013

    Drama, Comedy

    36

  7. Partition: The Day India Burned

    2007

    Documentary, History

    37

  8. Day Zero

    2020 · ★ 8.0 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    38

  9. Z for Zachariah

    2015 · ★ 5.7 (999 votes)

    Drama, Romance, Science Fiction

    39

  10. Sherlock Gnomes

    2018 · ★ 5.7 (780 votes)

    Animation, Family, Comedy

    40

  11. Half of a Yellow Sun

    2013 · ★ 4.8 (27 votes)

    Romance, Drama

    41

  12. Slow Burn

    2005 · ★ 5.3 (93 votes)

    Mystery, Crime, Drama

    42

  13. Savannah

    2013 · ★ 6.0 (32 votes)

    Romance, History, Drama

    43

  14. Deadly Voyage

    1996 · ★ 5.6 (13 votes)

    Drama, Thriller, TV Movie

    44

  15. It Was an Accident

    2000 · ★ 6.6 (5 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    45

  16. Come Sunday

    2018 · ★ 5.8 (79 votes)

    Drama

    46

  17. Twelfth Night, or What You Will

    2003 · ★ 1.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    47

  18. National Theatre Live: Everyman

    2015 · ★ 1.0 (2 votes)

    Drama

    48

  19. Three Blind Mice

    2003 · ★ 4.1 (24 votes)

    Crime, Thriller

    49

  20. The Exorcist: Martyrs

    2027

    Horror

    50

  21. Children of Blood and Bone

    2027

    Fantasy, Adventure

    51

  22. Tonight at Noon

    —

    Drama

    52

  23. The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight with Robin Roberts

    2019

    Animation

    53

  24. Fela

    —

    54

  25. This Is My Africa

    2008

    Documentary

    55

  26. Royal Carols: Together At Christmas 2025

    2025

    Family, Documentary, TV Movie

    56

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.