Chiwetel Ejiofor

At 11, was involved in a car accident that killed his father and left a visible scar on Chiwetel's forehead. Acting experience started at the prestigious National Youth Theatre in London when he was a young teen; he later attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art on a scholarship. Dislikes the nickname Chewie. First big-screen role was in Steven Spielberg's Amistad  (1997). Won a British Independent Film Award for best actor in Stephen Frears' Dirty Pretty Things  (2002). In 2008,… Show more won the best actor Laurence Olivier award for his performance in the Donmar Warehouse production of Othello, which costarred Ewan McGregor as Iago. Interviewed CIA agents in preparation of his role opposite Angelina Jolie in the 2010 spy thriller Salt . ~ Rovi

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