Age: 49
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Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor CBE (/ˈtʃuːətɛlˈɛdʒioʊfɔːr/ CHOO-ə-tel EJ-ee-oh-for; born 10 July 1977) is a British actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and a Laurence Olivier Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and five Golden Globe Awards. In 2008, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), and in 2015, he was appointed Commander (CBE) for his services to the arts. After enrolling at the National Youth Theatre in 1995 and attending the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, at age 19 and three months into his course, Ejiofor was cast by Steven Spielberg to play a supporting role in the film Amistad (1997) as James Covey. He later won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for Othello (2008). Ejiofor earned the BAFTA Award for Best Actor as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Solomon Northup in 12 Years a Slave (2013). Ejiofor's other films include Dirty Pretty Things (2002), Love Actually (2003), Kinky Boots (2005), Four Brothers (2005), Children of Men (2006), Endgame (2009), 2012 (2009), Salt (2010), and The Martian (2015). He joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe playing Karl Mordo in Doctor Strange (2016) and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022). He also voiced Scar in The Lion King (2019). He directed, wrote, and starred in the film The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019). On television, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor for his performance as a jazz band leader in the BBC Two miniseries Dancing on the Edge (2014). He also acted in the BBC drama series The Shadow Line (2011), the HBO television film Phil Spector (2013), and the Showtime science fiction series The Man Who Fell to Earth (2022). Description above from the Wikipedia article Chiwetel Ejiofor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Dick Hallorann
for Dick Hallorann in The Shining
Suggested by nickienicks
Jack Torrance, a recovering alcoholic and aspiring writer, takes a job as the off-season caretaker of the isolated Overlook Hotel. He moves into the grand resort for the winter with his wife, Wendy, and their young son, Danny. Danny possesses "the shining," a powerful psychic ability that allows him to see the horrific ghosts and dark secrets embedded in the hotel's bloody history. As a brutal winter storm traps the family inside and cuts them off from the outside world, the hotel's malevolent supernatural forces begin to feast on Jack’s vulnerabilities, slowly driving him into a state of violent insanity.Wendy is forced to protect her son as Jack completely unravels, transforming from a desperate father into a bloodthirsty monster. Danny must use his supernatural gift to survive the haunting visions and the real-world terror roaming the corridors. The story builds to a chilling climax where the family must escape the frozen labyrinth of the Overlook before Jack's madness consumes them all. It is a masterpiece of psychological horror that explores how isolation can unleash the monsters hidden deep within the human mind.
