Chiwetel Ejiofor

Actor

English stage actor Chiwetel Ejiofor is best known internationally for his star performance in the 2002 movie Dirty Pretty Things (co-starring Audrey Tautou). Ejiofor was born in London to Nigerian parents and started acting on stage as a teenager. Early in his career he was hired by Steven Spielberg for a small role in Amistad (1997, starring Morgan Freeman) and worked in British television. On stage he appeared in Romeo and Juliet (as Romeo) and Blue/Orange and was hailed as the next great British actor. He has also appeared in the movies It Was An Accident (2000) and My Friend Soweto (2001), and in the British miniseries Trust (2003).