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Acting · Directing · Writing · age 49

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Best rated: 12 Years a Slave (8.1)

Films
43
Avg rating
6.58
Peak run
2005’07
Oscar noms
1
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The career

Chiwetel Ejiofor, acting career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 2005 to 2007, 7.544567820002005201020152020202512 Years a Slave 8.1The Old Guard 2 5.1Career avg 6.58

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Chiwetel Ejiofor's career barcodecoolhot
199943 films2026
Current formLast 5: 6.20 vs career 6.58 (−0.38)
  1. LVenom: The Last Dance2024 · 6.0−0.6
  2. LThe Old Guard 22025 · 5.1−1.5
  3. WEleanor the Great2025 · 6.7+0.1
  4. LBridget Jones: Mad About the Boy2025 · 6.5−0.1
  5. WBackrooms2026 · 6.7+0.1
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes

Chiwetel by the numbers

Average
6.58
41 rated films
Vote weighted
6.67
bigger films count more
Median
6.6
half are better
Consistency
±0.85
rating spread
Career
28y
1999 to 2026
Total votes
7.74M
across every film
Best
8.1
12 Years a Slave
Worst
5.1
The Old Guard 2
Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography
2026Backrooms posterBackroomsClark6.7220K
2025The Old Guard 2 posterThe Old Guard 2Copley5.148,689
2025Eleanor the Great posterEleanor the GreatRoger6.78,073
2025Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy posterBridget Jones: Mad About the BoyMr. Walliker6.535,806
2024Rob PeaceSkeet Douglas6.53,417
2024The Life of Chuck posterThe Life of ChuckMarty Anderson7.379,808
2024Venom: The Last Dance posterVenom: The Last DanceStrickland6.0166K
2023The Pod GenerationAlvy Novy5.67,661
2022Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness posterDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessBaron Mordo6.8562K
2021Locked Down posterLocked DownPaxton5.314,323
2021Day ZeroNarrator·258
2021Infinite posterInfiniteBathurst 20205.572,021
2020The Old Guard posterThe Old GuardCopley6.7213K
2019Maleficent: Mistress of Evil posterMaleficent: Mistress of EvilConall6.6135K
2019The Lion King posterThe Lion KingScar6.8296K
2019The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind posterThe Boy Who Harnessed the WindTrywell Kamkwamba7.653,778
2018Come SundayCarlton Pearson6.02,777
2018Mary Magdalene posterMary MagdalenePeter5.912,404
2016Doctor Strange posterDoctor StrangeMordo7.5900K
2016Triple 9 posterTriple 9Michael Atwood6.382,467
Takes

On Chiwetel Ejiofor

2 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

  • Best Actor · Academy Awards 2014
    Chiwetel Ejiofor
    Nominated
  • Best Actor · BAFTA Film Awards 2014
    Chiwetel Ejiofor
    Won

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