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Chiwetel Ejiofor
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Biographical information
Full name

Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor

Born

July 10, 1977

Birthplace

Forest Gate, London, England

Career information
Occupation

Actor, director, screenwriter

Years

1985–present

Work

The Lion King (2019 film)

I was interested in understanding the real psychology of Scar, the psychology of a person who always feels as if they have been somehow mysteriously overpassed by the fates, by the gods themselves. That sense of not being in the rightful place and therefore living in a kind of parallel universe to the one that you’re supposed to be in — what sort of psychology would that mean, and what would it go to over a period of time?
―Chiwetel Ejiofor on his role as Scar[1]

Chiwetel Ejiofor is a British actor, director, and screenwriter. He voiced Scar in the 2019 remake of The Lion King.

Biography[]

Ejoifor portrayed the characters Okwe in Dirty Pretty Things (2002), The Operative in Serenity (2005), Solomon Northup in 12 Years a Slave (2013), Dr. Vincent Kapoor in The Martian (2015), and Karl Mordo in Doctor Strange (2016).

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