Chiwetel Ejiofor is a British actor and filmmaker who has received various awards and nominations, including a British Academy Film Award and a Laurence Olivier Award. He has received additional nominations for one Academy Award, one British Film Academy Award, five Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.
For his performance in the British play Blue/Orange in 2000, Ejiofor received a Critics' Circle Theatre Award, an Evening Standard Theatre Award, and a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. In 2002, he starred in the social thriller film Dirty Pretty Things, leading to Best Actor awards at the British Independent Film Awards and the Evening Standard British Film Awards. He was nominated for the inaugural BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2006. At the 64th Golden Globe Awards, the following year, Ejiofor was nominated for his performances in Kinky Boots and the television miniseries Tsunami: The Aftermath. In 2008, he received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor and a Critics' Circle Theatre Award for playing the title character in Othello, and he was awarded an OBE by Queen Elizabeth II for services to drama. At the 67th Golden Globe Awards, he received a nomination for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television for playing South African politician Thabo Mbeki in Endgame (2009).
Ejiofor received numerous accolades for playing American abolitionist Solomon Northup in the 2013 biographical period drama film 12 Years a Slave. He received the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Additionally, he won Best Actor awards at the 3rd AACTA International Awards and the 14th BET Awards, and was nominated at the 71st Golden Globe Awards, the 20th Screen Actors Guild Awards, the 19th Critics' Choice Awards, and the 18th Satellite Awards. In 2013, he also starred in the BBC television drama Dancing on the Edge, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Satellite Award. Ejiofor was awarded a CBE in 2015.
Ejiofor's feature directorial debut, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, earned him the Alfred P. Sloan Prize at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. He was nominated for Outstanding Narrator at the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards for narrating the documentary The Elephant Queen.
Awards and nominations
+ Award Year Work Category Result AACTA International Awards 2014 12 Years a Slave Best Actor Academy Awards 2014 Best Actor African-American Film Critics Association Awards 2007 American Gangster Best Supporting Actor Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards 2013 12 Years a Slave Best Actor Best Ensemble Cast Unforgettable Moment Award American Black Film Festival Awards 2004 Dirty Pretty Things Best Performance by an Actor Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2013 12 Years a Slave Best Actor BET Awards 2014 Best Actor Black Reel Awards 2004 Dirty Pretty Things Outstanding Actor 2006 Serenity Outstanding Supporting Actor 2007 Children of Men Kinky Boots 2008 Redbelt Outstanding Actor 2010 2012 Outstanding Supporting Actor 2014 12 Years a Slave Outstanding Actor Outstanding Ensemble Dancing on the Edge Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series 2016 Outstanding Supporting Actor Z for Zachariah Outstanding Actor 2020 Outstanding First Screenplay Outstanding Voice Performance Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2013 12 Years a Slave Best Actor British Academy Film Awards 2006 Rising Star Award 2014 12 Years a Slave Best Actor in a Leading Role British Independent Film Awards 2003 Dirty Pretty Things Best Actor Most Promising Newcomer 2005 Kinky Boots Best Actor 2015 Richard Harris Award 2019 Best Supporting Actor Douglas Hickox Award (Debut Director) Broadcasting Press Guild Awards 2014 Dancing on the Edge Best Actor Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2004 Dirty Pretty Things Most Promising Performer 2013 12 Years a Slave Best Actor Critics' Choice Documentary Awards 2019 Best Narration Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2014 12 Years a Slave Best Acting Ensemble Best Actor Critics' Choice Super Awards 2021 Best Actor in a Superhero Movie 2026BackroomsBest Actor in a Horror Movie Critics' Choice Television Awards 2014 Dancing on the Edge Best Actor in a Movie or Miniseries Critics' Circle Theatre Awards 2001 Blue/Orange Jack Tinker Award for Most Promising Newcomer 2008 Othello John and Wendy Trewin Award for Best Shakespearean Performance Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2013 12 Years a Slave Best Actor Detroit Film Critics Society Awards 2013 Best Actor Best Ensemble Dorian Awards 2014 Film Performance of the Year – Actor Dublin Film Critics' Circle Awards 2014 Best Actor Empire Awards 2014 Best Actor European Film Awards 2003 Dirty Pretty Things Best Actor Evening Standard British Film Awards 2003 Best Actor 2017 Doctor Strange Best Supporting Actor Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2000 Blue/Orange Outstanding Newcomer Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 2013 12 Years a Slave Best Actor Georgia Film Critics Association Awards 2014 Best Actor Best Ensemble Golden Globe Awards 2007 Kinky Boots Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Tsunami: The Aftermath Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television 2010 Endgame 2014 12 Years a Slave Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama Dancing on the Edge Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television Gotham Awards 2007 Talk to Me Best Ensemble Cast 2013 12 Years a Slave Best Actor Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2013 Best Actor Ian Charleson Awards 2000 Romeo and Juliet IFTA Film & Drama Awards 2014 12 Years a Slave Best International Actor Independent Spirit Awards 2008 Talk to Me Best Supporting Male 2014 12 Years a Slave Best Male Lead IndieWire Critics Poll Awards 2013 Best Lead Performance International Cinephile Society Awards 2014 Best Actor Best Ensemble Laurence Olivier Awards 2001 Blue/Orange Best Actor in a Supporting Role 2008 Othello Best Actor London Film Critics' Circle Awards 2003 Dirty Pretty Things British Actor of the Year 2006 Kinky Boots 2014 12 Years a Slave Actor of the Year British Actor of the Year Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2013 Best Actor Mill Valley Film Festival Awards 2013 MVFF Award Monte-Carlo Television Festival Awards 2007 Tsunami: The Aftermath Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries MTV Movie Awards 2014 12 Years a Slave Best Male Performance NAACP Image Awards 2007 Tsunami: The Aftermath Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special 2008 Talk to Me Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture 2010 2012 2014 12 Years a Slave Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Dancing on the Edge Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special 2016 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Secret in Their Eyes Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture 2020 Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture National Society of Film Critics Awards 2014 12 Years a Slave Best Actor New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2013 Best Actor New York Film Critics Online Awards 2013 Best Actor Newport Beach Film Festival Awards 2020 Artist of Distinction Nigeria Entertainment Awards 2014 Half of a Yellow Sun Best Actor in a Lead Role 2015 Actor of the Year (Nigeria in Hollywood) Online Film Critics Society Awards 2004 Dirty Pretty Things Best Breakthrough Performance 2013 12 Years a Slave Best Actor Primetime Emmy Awards 2014 Dancing on the Edge Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie 2020 Outstanding Narrator San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2003 Dirty Pretty Things Best Actor 2013 12 Years a Slave Best Performance by an Ensemble San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards 2013 Best Actor Satellite Awards 2014 Best Actor in a Motion Picture Dancing on the Edge Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television Saturn Awards 2022 The Man Who Fell to Earth Best Actor in a Network or Cable Television Series Screen Actors Guild Awards 2008 American Gangster Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture 2014 12 Years a Slave Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Screen Nation Film and Television Awards 2003 Dirty Pretty Things Best Male Performance in Film 2014 12 Years a Slave St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards 2013 Best Actor Sundance Film Festival Awards 2019 Alfred P. Sloan Prize Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2013 12 Years a Slave Best Actor Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2014 Best Actor Village Voice Film Poll Awards 2013 Best Actor Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2013 Best Actor Best Acting Ensemble Women Film Critics Circle Awards 2013 Best Actor Best Male Images in a Movie
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