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  • Dirty Pretty Things
  • Dirty Pretty Things review by from LEEDS
    Rated - 4.0 stars 18 March 2004
    ...s to extract remarkable performances from the players in his work. In this case Chiwetel Ejiofor the main protagonist in what is a truly modern tale of morality. There is also ...   Read customer review
  • Serenity
  • Serenity review by Cigol from UK
    Rated - 4.0 stars Fun Adventure, Worth Seeing 25 September 2007
    ... was some nicely choreographed martial arts scenes that I wasn't expecting, and Chiwetel Ejiofor is also brilliant as the cold but calculated villain. All in all I enjoyed the ...   Read customer review
  • The Shadow Line
  • The Shadow Line review by yessrich from
    Rated - 4.0 stars Just rent it before i do and enjoy 30 December 2011
    ...Chiwetel Ejiofor plays another big role in this BBC drama which was a great watch it had all the things that make a TV drama, watchable, love the way the story unfolded and how...   Read customer review

Chiwetel Ejiofor - filmography


  • The Shadow Line (3 discs) on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Martin Delaney,  Chiwetel Ejiofor,  Clare Calbraith
    Director: Hugo Blick
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    From the cop with a bullet in his brain, whose amnesia leaves him doubtful of his own moral compass; to the drug-lord driven by a profound personal tragedy, risking it all on one last deal; to the brilliantly lethal puppet-master who gradually emerges from the shadows to bring the story to its ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 801 members
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  • The Shadow Line - Blu-ray (2 discs) (2011)
    Starring: Martin Delaney,  Chiwetel Ejiofor,  Clare Calbraith
    Director: Hugo Blick
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    From the cop with a bullet in his brain, whose amnesia leaves him doubtful of his own moral compass; to the drug-lord driven by a profound personal tragedy, risking it all on one last deal; to the brilliantly lethal puppet-master who gradually emerges from the shadows to bring the story to its ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 582 members
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  • Salt on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Angelina Jolie,  Liev Schreiber,  Chiwetel Ejiofor
    Director: Phillip Noyce
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The story centres on Evelyn Salt, a CIA officer who is identified as a Russian sleeper spy. She eludes capture by superiors who are convinced she is out to assassinate the president. While trying to reunite with her family, she struggles to prove someone else is the traitor.
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 65,862 members
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  • Salt - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Angelina Jolie,  Liev Schreiber,  Chiwetel Ejiofor
    Director: Phillip Noyce
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The story centres on Evelyn Salt, a CIA officer who is identified as a Russian sleeper spy. She eludes capture by superiors who are convinced she is out to assassinate the president. While trying to reunite with her family, she struggles to prove someone else is the traitor.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 24,642 members
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  • Endgame (2010)
    Starring: Jonny Lee Miller,  Mark Strong,  William Hurt
    Director: Pete Travis
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The African National Congress (ANC) wages an armed struggle against apartheid; President P.W. Botha clings to the last threads of power; the country is on the brink of bloody insurrection. In a gripping thriller based on real-life events, Endgame drops us into this brutal conflict's control centers:..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 29 members
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  • 2012 - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Amanda Peet,  John Cusack,  Woody Harrelson
    Director: Roland Emmerich
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    From Roland Emmerich, director of The Day After Tomorrow and Independence Day, comes the ultimate action-adventure film, exploding with groundbreaking special effects. As the world faces a catastrophe of apocalyptic proportions, cities collapse and continents crumble. 2012 brings an end to the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 22,324 members
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  • 2012 on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Amanda Peet,  John Cusack,  Woody Harrelson
    Director: Roland Emmerich
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    From Roland Emmerich, director of The Day After Tomorrow and Independence Day, comes the ultimate action-adventure film, exploding with groundbreaking special effects. As the world faces a catastrophe of apocalyptic proportions, cities collapse and continents crumble. 2012 brings an end to the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 52,885 members
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  • Redbelt - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor,  Tim Allen,  Rodrigo Santoro
    Director: David Mamet
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A fateful event leads to a job in the film business for top mixed-martial arts instructor Mike Terry (Ejiofor). Though his refuses to participate in prize bouts, circumstances conspire to force him to consider entering such a competition.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 871 members
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  • Redbelt on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor,  Tim Allen,  Rodrigo Santoro
    Director: David Mamet
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A fateful event leads to a job in the film business for top mixed-martial arts instructor Mike Terry (Ejiofor). Though his refuses to participate in prize bouts, circumstances conspire to force him to consider entering such a competition.
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 2,413 members
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  • Talk to Me on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Don Cheadle,  Chiwetel Ejiofor,  Bruce McFee
    Director: Kasi Lemmons
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Featuring a standout performance from Don Cheadle, Talk To Me offers a powerful account of outspoken media figure Ralph 'Petey' Greene. A former convict turned Washington DJ, Greene (Cheadle, Ocean's Eleven, Crash) talked his way onto the airwaves and emboldened by soul music became a figure of ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 680 members
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  • American Gangster on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Russell Crowe,  Josh Brolin
    Director: Ridley Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Academy Award® winners Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe team with director Ridley Scott (Gladiator) in this powerful, epic story. Armed with ruthless, streetwise tactics and a strict sense of honour, crime boss Frank Lucas (Washington) rules Harlem’s chaotic drug underworld. When outcast cop ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 104,605 members
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  • Children Of Men - HD (2006)
    Starring: Clive Owen,  Julianne Moore,  Michael Caine
    Director: Alfonso Cuaron
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In 2027, in a chaotic world in which man can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of mankind.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1,279 member
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  • Children Of Men on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Clive Owen,  Julianne Moore,  Michael Caine
    Director: Alfonso Cuaron
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In 2027, in a chaotic world in which man can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of mankind.
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 97,055 members
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  • Serenity on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Nathan Fillion,  Gina Torres,  Sean Maher
    Director: Joss Whedon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Beloved television cult director Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel) makes a spectacular first foray onto the big screen with Serenity, the cinematic adaptation of his wildly popular but short-lived sci-fi series, Firefly. A mix of space western, comedy, and drama, Serenity follows ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 58,821 members
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  • Four Brothers - Blu-ray (2005)
    Starring: Mark Wahlberg,  Tyrese Gibson,  Paul Stewart
    Director: John Singleton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When their beloved foster mother is killed in a holdup, four tough brothers reunite in their old Detroit neighbourhood with revenge on their minds. Mark Wahlberg plays the brawl-hungry leader, Bobby. His brother, Angel (Tyrese Gibson), is a rowdy sailor with a high-strung Latina girlfriend (Sofi ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 1,690 member
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  • Four Brothers on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Mark Wahlberg,  Tyrese Gibson,  Paul Stewart
    Director: John Singleton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When their beloved foster mother is killed in a holdup, four tough brothers reunite in their old Detroit neighbourhood with revenge on their minds. Mark Wahlberg plays the brawl-hungry leader, Bobby. His brother, Angel (Tyrese Gibson), is a rowdy sailor with a high-strung Latina girlfriend (Sofi ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 44,859 members
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  • Serenity - Blu-ray (2005)
    Starring: Nathan Fillion,  Gina Torres,  Alan Tudyk
    Director: Joss Whedon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Beloved television cult director Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel) makes a spectacular first foray onto the big screen with Serenity, the cinematic adaptation of his wildly popular but short-lived sci-fi series, Firefly. A mix of space western, comedy, and drama, Serenity follows ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 4,897 members
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  • Serenity - HD (2005)
    Starring: Nathan Fillion,  Gina Torres,  Alan Tudyk
    Director: Joss Whedon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Beloved television cult director Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel) makes a spectacular first foray onto the big screen with Serenity, the cinematic adaptation of his wildly popular but short-lived sci-fi series, Firefly. A mix of space western, comedy, and drama, Serenity follows ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 2,381 members
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  • Slow Burn on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Ray Liotta,  LL Cool J,  Mekhi Phifer
    Director: Wayne Beach
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A district attorney (Ray Liotta) is involved in a 24-hour showdown with a gang leader (LL Cool J) and is, at the same time, being manipulated by an attractive assistant district attorney (Jolene Blalock) and a cryptic stranger.
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 811 members
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  • Four Brothers - HD (2005)
    Starring: Mark Wahlberg,  Tyrese Gibson,  Paul Stewart
    Director: John Singleton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When their beloved foster mother is killed in a holdup, four tough brothers reunite in their old Detroit neighbourhood with revenge on their minds. Mark Wahlberg plays the brawl-hungry leader, Bobby. His brother, Angel (Tyrese Gibson), is a rowdy sailor with a high-strung Latina girlfriend (Sofi ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 97 members
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  • Melinda And Melinda (2004)
    Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor,  Will Ferrell,  Jonny Lee Miller
    Director: Woody Allen
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Woody Allen mixes the tragic with the comic in MELINDA AND MELINDA, a delightful, intelligent look at two versions of the same story. After hearing a tale about a quirky woman who walks in unexpectedly on a dinner party in an apartment in New York City, Sy (Wallace Shawn) expands it into a romantic ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 16,042 members
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  • Red Dust on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Jamie Bartlett,  Chiwetel Ejiofor,  Ian Roberts
    Director: Tom Hooper
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Based on the novel by Gillian Slovo, Red Dust is Tom Hooper's debut film. Police officer Dirk Hendricks (Bartlett) files an amnesty application for Alex Mpondo (Ejiofor), a member of the South African Parliament who can't remember the torture he once endured as a captive political activist. South ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,174 member
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  • Dirty Pretty Things on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor,  Audrey Tautou,  Sergi Lopez
    Director: Stephen Frears
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Chiwetel Ejiofor gives a remarkably understated performance in director Stephen Frears's offbeat and gripping drama DIRTY PRETTY THINGS. Ejiofor stars as Okwe, a Nigerian who is trying to make a new life for himself in London, where he works days as a taxi driver and nights as a hotel desk ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 11,583 members
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  • 3 Blind Mice on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Edward Furlong,  Emilia Fox,  Chiwetel Ejiofor
    Director: Mathias Ledoux
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    THREE BLIND MICE is a modern thriller that finds a young computer programmer caught up in a web of lust and murder. Thomas (Edward Furlong) is a young man who spends his time on the internet, surfing various webcam sites. Eventually, he falls in love with the pretty and sweet Cathy. But one night, ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 44% from 1,232 member
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  • Dirty Pretty Things - Blu-ray (2002)
    Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor,  Audrey Tautou,  Sergi Lopez
    Director: Stephen Frears
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Chiwetel Ejiofor gives a remarkably understated performance in director Stephen Frears's offbeat and gripping drama DIRTY PRETTY THINGS. Ejiofor stars as Okwe, a Nigerian who is trying to make a new life for himself in London, where he works days as a taxi driver and nights as a hotel desk ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 33 members
    Due for release on 11th June 2012
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  • It Was An Accident on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Max Beesley,  Chiwetel Ejiofor,  Sidh Solanki
    Director: Metin Huseyin
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Nicky (Chjwetel Ejiofor) has just been released from prison. However, he can't seem to stay out of trouble. After a series of bizarre incidents, both cops and criminals are out to get him--and all he wants to do is meet up with his dream girl, Noreen (Thandie Newton).
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 119 members
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  • Greenwich Mean Time (1999)
    Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor,  Alec Newman,  Georgia Mackenzie
    Director: John Strickland
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    FOUR years on, South London school chums are trying to make it in the music biz. They fight. They respond to tragedy and disappointment. They grow up a little. The selfish ones don't feel the pain, unless it affects them personally. The others suffer for their craft, or their passion, or because of ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 9 members
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Chiwetel Ejiofor facts

5 most recent films

Twelve Years a Slave - 3 stars
The Shadow Line - 4.0 stars
The Shadow Line - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Salt - 3.5 stars
Salt - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

American Gangster - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Shadow Line - 4.0 stars
Serenity - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
American Gangster - 4.0 stars
Serenity - HD - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Twelve Years a Slave - 3 stars
Tsunami: The Aftermath - 3.0 stars
Greenwich Mean Time - 3.5 stars
Dirty Pretty Things - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Endgame - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Lesley Sharp - 7 times - show films
Richard Lintern - 7 times - show films
Stephen Rea - 7 times - show films
Martin Delaney - 7 times - show films
Clare Calbraith - 7 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Hugo Blick - 7 times - show films
John Singleton - 4 times - show films
Alfonso Cuaron - 3 times - show films
Roland Emmerich - 3 times - show films
Ridley Scott - 3 times - show films