Chiwetel Ejiofor stars with Oscar winner Dendel Washington in the Spike Lee directed thriller Inside Man out this weekend in North America. Ejiofor and Washington plays NYPD hostage negotiator detectives Bill Mitchell and Keith Frazier dispatched to a bank robbery scene to negotiate a peaceful end to bank heist gone awry. "And with one casting inspiration, Inside Man furthers the rising stardom of Chiwetel Ejiofor (Serenity). Playing Frazier's detective partner with perfect New York diction, the magnetic British-born actor raises Washington's game in every scene the two share."--- [url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/review/movie/0,6115,1175623_1_0_,00.html]Entertainment Weekly[/url]


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English stage actor Chiwetel Ejiofor is best known internationally for his star performance in the 2002 movie Dirty Pretty Things (co-starring Audrey Tautou). Ejiofor was born in London to Nigerian parents and started acting on stage as a teenager. Early in his career he was hired by Steven Spielberg for a small role in Amistad (1997, starring Morgan Freeman) and worked in British television. On stage he appeared in Romeo and Juliet (as Romeo) and Blue/Orange and was hailed as the next great British actor. He has also appeared in the movies It Was An Accident (2000) and My Friend Soweto (2001), and in the British miniseries Trust (2003).

Thanks demmy. I love to know about the successful exploits of Nigerians.

I have the BIGGEST crush on him! Who am I kidding? It's love.

LOL @ Chinani, I wonder when a crush turns to Love

Well, Chewy is a great actor, i love all is movies especially "kinky boots" where he played a drag queen.

Don't know that guy

You mean Denzel Washington.I want to know the part of Nigeria Chiwetel came from. The film was nice cos i have watched it.

Cute guy

LOL, the guy has a chicks name. . . or so it sounds to me. . .i will check the movie out

have u guys seen four brothers, lovely movie chiwetela showd us he could be a villan

oh yes he was a bad guy in four brothers and i wonder how he was able to get the american accent . but this dude is really good

@ topic

yup his really good. i've seen a couple of his movies:
Inside man
dirty pretty things
Melinda and Melinda
Four brothers (now was he a bad guy there or what )
She hate me.

Oh my I'm a huge fan but I didn't know he was in all those films! I have some watching to do. As for Inside Man, I saw it & liked it.

yup. it was really good. He is cute tooo

inside man was not a particluarly interesting film so i dont see why they wanna do a second part of it

What is ur own u think d 5o Kobo u used in buyin d pirated 1 is addin anytin 2 der BAG! interestin or not them go sell!

see me see trouble o.

u don buy real trouble

i tire o.
nilla whats up. e don tay way we jam . this is 4 u

candylips:

i tire o.
nilla whats up. e don tay way we jam . this is for u

i dey

thats cool

;d

I dont like Nigerians who dont represent. Nobody askeed Akon before he told us he was senegalese. why do we have to claim them. Chamilllionare and the rest of them. Even if its the soccer players, same thing. let them tell the world about their heritage first.

I love the guy. He's such a great actor and I absolutely adore how diverse he is in picking movies unlike most black americans who stick to the same ol' cliche movies.

He was great in Dirty Pretty Things and hilarious in 4 Brothers. I need to get Kinky Boots.

n-guage:

I don't like Nigerians who don't represent. Nobody askeed Akon before he told us he was senegalese. why do we have to claim them. Chamilllionare and the rest of them. Even if its the soccer players, same thing. let them tell the world about their heritage first.

Are you saying Chiwetel doesn't rep Naija? I don't really know since I'm not in the UK and have to seek out his interviews etc.

But you ain't lying. Folks aren't reppin' like they're supposed to! Having said that, I'm not convinced Cham is Naija. Anyhow, he won't get into the club until he says so properly.

He "played" a Nigerian Muslim in "Dirty Little Things"

He's repping by not changing his name unlike some people *cough*Seal*cough*

Hey Seal Rep. 9ja oooo! He said his name was given 2 him in school! so it's a name he grew up with!

But he uses that "nickname" for everything.
Heidi Klum and Seal. Seal's son.
Seal's music.
Seal's place in London.
Seal's parents.

What the hell is that?