The best Chiwetel Ejiofor’s comedy movies

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetel Ejiofor

10/07/1977 (46 años)
Chiwetelu Umeadi "Chiwetel" Ejiofor was born on 10 July 1977 in Forest Gate, London. He attended London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, but had to leave after a year after receiving the roll of Ens, in Steven Spielberg's historical drama, "Amistad". For his first leading film role in Dirty Pretty Things, he won a British Independent Film Award for best actor. He has portrayed Othello in numerous stage productions including Bloomsbury Theatre, Theatre Royal in Glasgow and Donmar Warehouse. He made his directorial debut in the short film Slapper, which he also wrote. He soon became well known after moving on to bigger roles in "Inside Man" (2005), "American Gangster" (2007), "Children of Men" and Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" (2012).
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Love Actually

Love Actually
7.6/10
'Love Actually' follows the lives of eight very different couples dealing with their love lives, in various loosely and interrelated tales, all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.

Sherlock Gnomes

Sherlock Gnomes
5.2/10
Garden gnomes, Gnomeo & Juliet, recruit renown detective, Sherlock Gnomes, to investigate the mysterious disappearance of other garden ornaments.

Kinky Boots

Kinky Boots
7.1/10
Charles Price may have grown up with his father in the family shoe business in Northampton, central England, but he never thought that he would take his father's place. Charles has a chance encounter with the flamboyant drag queen cabaret singer Lola and everything changes.

Locked Down

Locked Down
5.3/10
During a COVID-19 lockdown, sparring couple Linda and Paxton call a truce to attempt a high-risk jewellery heist at one of the world's most exclusive department stores, Harrods.

Melinda and Melinda

Melinda and Melinda
6.4/10
While dining out with friends, Sy suggests the difficulty of separating comedy from tragedy. To illustrate his point, he tells his guests two parallel stories about Melinda ; both versions have the same basic elements, but one take on her state of affairs leans toward levity, while the other is full of anguish. Each story involves Melinda coping with a recent divorce through substance abuse while beginning a romantic relationship with a close friend's husband.

She Hate Me

She Hate Me
5.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 30/07/2004
  • Character: Frank Wills
Fired from his job, a former executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.

Red Nose Day Actually

Red Nose Day Actually
7.1/10
Fourteen years after the events of the first film, a series of encounters between people in Britain reminds us that in these different times Love, actually exists.

It Was an Accident

It Was an Accident
5.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 27/10/2000
  • Character: Nicky Burkett
An ex-con gets caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Twelfth Night, or What You Will

Twelfth Night, or What You Will
6.5/10
Multicultural version of the Shakespearean tale Twelth Night, Made in modern day society featuring Anglo-Indian cast.

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