CELEB FEATURE: Chiwetel Ejiofor & Movie Download!

Tuesday, October 12, 2010


CELEB FEATURE:
Chiwetel Ejiofor


Ejiofor was born on July 10, 1977 to Nigerian émigrés in Forest Gate, East London - his dad was a doctor;

 his mom, a pharmacist. Ejiofor discovered his true calling at an early age when he became enchanted by Cary

 Grant's performance in "Once Upon a Honeymoon" (1942). At 13, Ejiofor began performing in school 

productions and for the National Youth Theatre, where he tackled the title roles in Julius Caesar and Othello.

 Ejiofor continued acting at Dulwich College, located in the heart of London and founded by Shakespearean

 player Edward Alleyne in 1619 for the benefit of actors. Ejiofor moved on to the prestigious London 

Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, where he garnished a reputation as a commanding stage presence in 

productions at the Almeida Theatre Company and the Royal National Theatre.




With a disarming façade and subtle intensity, British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor quietly embarked upon a film

 career after several successful stage performances with a noticeable supporting role as an interpreter in

 Steven Spielberg's historical drama, "Amistad" (1997). From there, Ejiofor was able to carve out an 

impressive career in a short amount of time, though most audiences would have been hard-pressed to place

 the name or face. But he did earn high critical praise, particularly for his low-key performance in Stephen 

Frears' gritty urban drama, "Dirty Pretty Things" (2002). Though he earned several small awards for the role,

 Ejiofor remained a relative unknown in the United States. He sought to change that with roles in the popular 

British romantic comedy "Love Actually" (2003), Woody Allen's tragicomedy "Melinda and Melinda" (2004),

 and by playing a sassy drag queen in "Kinky Boots" (2005), which earned him his first Golden Globe 

nomination. Ejiofor graduated to bigger studio films, supporting Denzel Washington in both "Inside Man" 

(2006) and "American Gangster" (2007), while delivering a fine turn as the leader of a rebel group in the

 dystopian thriller "Children of Men" (2006), all of which illustrated that it was only a matter of time before he

 became a household name.








I never knew he did a movie pulling a Noxema Jackson! Its called
Kinky Boots and the film centers around a drag queen comes to the rescue of a man who, after inheriting his father's shoe factory, needs to diversify his product if he wants to keep the business afloat.







ENJOY!

3 comments:

TOUCH said...[Reply]

He is ALL of those things! I have scene Serenity not sure about Red Belt, I'll have to look that up...thanks my ATL friend!

David Dust said...[Reply]

Touch -

I just made The Masculine Perspective the "Featured Blog" over at DavidDust. Now send me a pic of that good hair of yours!! :)

TOUCH said...[Reply]

@ David you did!? OMG! thank you soooo much!!! i love you! I'm gonna have send you a pic of it! it my give away my identity tho...lol I LOVE that being in the shadows...too much in the spotlight as it is...*wink*