Awards

Chiwetel Ejiofor

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61 wins & 96 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

2014 Nominee Oscar
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
- 12 Years a Slave

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

2022 Nominee Saturn Award
- Best Actor in a Network/Cable Television Series
- The Man Who Fell to Earth

Acapulco Black Film Festival

2014 Winner Hollywood Award
- Best Actor
- 12 Years a Slave

BET Awards

2014 Winner BET Award
- Best Actor
- 12 Years a Slave

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

2013 Winner BSFC Award
- Best Actor
- 12 Years a Slave

BAFTA Awards

2014 Winner BAFTA Film Award
- Best Leading Actor
- 12 Years a Slave
2006 Nominee Rising Star Award

British Independent Film Awards

2019 Nominee Douglas Hickox Award
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
2019 Nominee British Independent Film Award
- Best Supporting Actor
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
2015 Winner Richard Harris Award
2005 Nominee British Independent Film Award
- Best Actor
- Kinky Boots
2003 Winner British Independent Film Award
- Best Actor
- Dirty Pretty Things

Critics Choice Awards

2014 Nominee Critics Choice Award
- Best Actor
- 12 Years a Slave

Broadcasting Press Guild Awards

2014 Winner Broadcasting Press Guild Award
- Best Actor
- Dancing on the Edge

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

2013 Winner CFCA Award
- Best Actor
- 12 Years a Slave
2004 Nominee CFCA Award
- Most Promising Performer
- Dirty Pretty Things

Chicago International Film Festival

2008 Nominee Gold Hugo
- Best Short Film
- Slapper

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

2013 2nd Place DFWFCA Award
- Best Actor
- 12 Years a Slave

Primetime Emmy Awards

2020 Nominee Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Narrator
- The Elephant Queen
2014 Nominee Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
- Dancing on the Edge
For playing "Louis Lester".

European Film Awards

2003 Nominee European Film Award
- European Actor
- Dirty Pretty Things

Evening Standard British Film Awards

2017 Nominee Evening Standard British Film Award
- Best Supporting Actor
- Doctor Strange
2003 Winner Evening Standard British Film Award
- Best Actor
- Dirty Pretty Things

Family Film Awards

2021 Winner Family Film Award
- Outstanding Actor in a Television Film
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

2013 Winner FFCC Award
- Best Actor
- 12 Years a Slave

Golden Globes, USA

2014 Nominee Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- 12 Years a Slave
2014 Nominee Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
- Dancing on the Edge
2010 Nominee Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television
- Endgame
2007 Nominee Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
- Kinky Boots
2007 Nominee Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television
- Tsunami: The Aftermath

Satellite Awards

2014 Nominee Satellite Award
- Best Actor in a Motion Picture
- 12 Years a Slave
2014 Nominee Satellite Award
- Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television
- Dancing on the Edge

Gotham Awards

2013 Nominee Gotham Independent Film Award
- Best Actor
- 12 Years a Slave
2007 Winner Gotham Independent Film Award
- Best Ensemble Performance
- Talk to Me
Tied with Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007).
Shared with: Cedric The Entertainer · Don Cheadle · Mike Epps · Vondie Curtis-Hall · Taraji P. Henson · Martin Sheen

Image Awards (NAACP)

2020 Winner Image Award
- Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Film)
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
2016 Nominee Image Award
- Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
- Secret in Their Eyes
2016 Nominee Image Award
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
- The Martian
2014 Nominee Image Award
- Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
- 12 Years a Slave
2014 Nominee Image Award
- Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
- Dancing on the Edge

Film Independent Spirit Awards

2014 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
- Best Male Lead
- 12 Years a Slave
2008 Winner Independent Spirit Award
- Best Supporting Male
- Talk to Me

Irish Film and Television Awards

2014 Winner IFTA Award
- Best International Actor
- 12 Years a Slave

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

2013 Winner KCFCC Award
- Best Actor
- 12 Years a Slave

London Critics Circle Film Awards

2014 Winner ALFS Award
- Actor of the Year
- 12 Years a Slave
2014 Nominee ALFS Award
- British Actor of the Year
- 12 Years a Slave
2006 Nominee ALFS Award
- British Actor of the Year
- Kinky Boots
2003 Nominee ALFS Award
- British Actor of the Year
- Dirty Pretty Things

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

2013 2nd Place LAFCA Award
- Best Actor
- 12 Years a Slave

Monte-Carlo TV Festival

2007 Winner Golden Nymph
- Mini-Series - Best Performance by an Actor
- Tsunami: The Aftermath

MTV Movie + TV Awards

2014 Nominee MTV Movie Award
- Best Male Performance
- 12 Years a Slave

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

2014 2nd Place NSFC Award
- Best Actor
- 12 Years a Slave

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

2013 2nd Place NYFCC Award
- Best Actor
- 12 Years a Slave
Tied with Oscar Isaac for Inside Llewyn Davis (2013).

Newport Beach Film Festival

2020 Winner Festival Honors Award
- Artist of Distinction
- 12 Years a Slave

Online Film Critics Society Awards

2013 Winner OFCS Award
- Best Actor
- 12 Years a Slave
2004 Nominee OFCS Award
- Best Breakthrough Performance
- Dirty Pretty Things

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

2013 Nominee SDFCS Award
- Best Actor
- 12 Years a Slave
2003 Winner SDFCS Award
- Best Actor
- Dirty Pretty Things

Actor Awards

2014 Nominee Actor
- Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
- 12 Years a Slave
2014 Nominee Actor
- Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
- 12 Years a Slave
Shared with: Benedict Cumberbatch · Paul Dano · Garret Dillahunt · Michael Fassbender · Paul Giamatti · Scoot McNairy · Lupita Nyong'o · Adepero Oduye · Sarah Paulson · Brad Pitt · Michael Kenneth Williams · Alfre Woodard
2008 Nominee Actor
- Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
- American Gangster
Shared with: Armand Assante · Josh Brolin · Russell Crowe · Ruby Dee · Idris Elba · Cuba Gooding Jr. · Carla Gugino · John Hawkes · Ted Levine · Joe Morton · Lymari Nadal · John Ortiz · RZA · Yul Vazquez · Denzel Washington

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

2013 Winner SEFCA Award
- Best Actor
- 12 Years a Slave

Sundance Film Festival

2019 Winner Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

2013 Nominee TFCA Award
- Best Actor
- 12 Years a Slave

Empire Awards, UK

2014 Nominee Empire Award
- Best Actor
- 12 Years a Slave

American Black Film Festival

2004 Winner Best Performance by an Actor
- Dirty Pretty Things

Seattle Film Critics Awards

2014 Nominee Seattle Film Critics Award
- Best Actor
- 12 Years a Slave
2014 Nominee Seattle Film Critics Award
- Best Ensemble Cast
- 12 Years a Slave
Shared with: Benedict Cumberbatch · Paul Dano · Garret Dillahunt · Michael Fassbender · Adepero Oduye · Sarah Paulson · Brad Pitt · Michael Kenneth Williams · Paul Giamatti · Scoot McNairy · Alfre Woodard

San Francisco Film Critics Circle

2013 Winner SFFCC Award
- Best Actor
- 12 Years a Slave

Vancouver Film Critics Circle

2014 Nominee VFCC Award
- Best Actor
- 12 Years a Slave

Black Reel Awards

2020 Winner Black Reel
- Outstanding Voice Performance
- The Lion King
2020 Nominee Black Reel
- Outstanding First Screenplay
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
2016 Nominee Black Reel
- Outstanding Supporting Actor, Motion Picture
- The Martian
2016 Nominee Black Reel
- Outstanding Actor, Motion Picture
- Z for Zachariah
2014 Winner Black Reel
- Outstanding Actor, Motion Picture
- 12 Years a Slave

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

2013 Nominee PFCS Award
- Best Actor in a Leading Role
- 12 Years a Slave
2013 Nominee PFCS Award
- Best Acting Ensemble
- 12 Years a Slave
Shared with: Michael Fassbender · Lupita Nyong'o · Benedict Cumberbatch · Paul Dano · Paul Giamatti · Sarah Paulson · Brad Pitt · Alfre Woodard · Adepero Oduye · Garret Dillahunt · Scoot McNairy · Taran Killam · Chris Chalk · Michael Kenneth Williams · Liza J. Bennett · Kelsey Scott · Quvenzhané Wallis · Devyn A. Tyler · Cameron Zeigler
2004 Nominee PFCS Award
- Best Ensemble Acting
- Love Actually
Shared with: Hugh Grant · Colin Firth · Sienna Guillory · Liam Neeson · Lulu Popplewell · Emma Thompson · Kris Marshall · Heike Makatsch · Martin Freeman · Joanna Page · Andrew Lincoln · Keira Knightley · Nina Sosanya · Martine McCutcheon · Laura Linney · Thomas Brodie-Sangster · Alan Rickman · Rodrigo Santoro · Rowan Atkinson · Claudia Schiffer · Bill Nighy · Gregor Fisher · Rory MacGregor · Carla Vasconcelos · Shannon Elizabeth · Denise Richards · Elisha Cuthbert · Lúcia Moniz

Fangoria Chainsaw Awards

2026 Nominee Chainsaw Award
- Best Lead Performance
- Backrooms

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

2014 Winner COFCA Award
- Best Actor
- 12 Years a Slave
2004 Nominee COFCA Award
- Best Actor
- Dirty Pretty Things

Austin Film Critics Association

2013 Winner AFCA Award
- Best Actor
- 12 Years a Slave

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

2013 Winner WAFCA Award
- Best Actor
- 12 Years a Slave
2003 Nominee WAFCA Award
- Best Actor
- Dirty Pretty Things

Black Movie Awards

2006 Nominee Black Movie Award
- Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
- Kinky Boots

Ischia Global Film & Music Festival

2014 Winner Ischia Actor Award
- 12 Years a Slave

International Cinephile Society Awards

2014 Nominee ICS Award
- Best Actor
- 12 Years a Slave

North Texas Film Critics Association, US

2014 Winner NTFCA Award
- Best Actor
- 12 Years a Slave

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

2013 Winner SLFCA Award
- Best Actor
- 12 Years a Slave
2013 Winner SLFCA Award
- Special Merit (for best scene, cinematic technique or other memorable aspect or moment)
- 12 Years a Slave
For the hanging scene.