Chiwetel Ejiofor
Actor
Chiwetel Ejiofor's films ranked by rating: 3 of 32 were hits (80/100 or higher), a .094 batting average.
- Batting average
- .094
- Hits
- 3 of 32 feature films rated 80/100 or higher
- Percentile
- top 27% of 2,478 actors, confidence-adjusted (how it works)
- Career
- 2002–2026
Films, ranked by rating
- 12 Years a Slave (2013) — 90/100 · hit
- Children of Men (2006) — 82/100 · hit
- The Martian (2015) — 81/100 · hit
- American Gangster (2007) — 78/100
- Inside Man (2006) — 77/100
- Dirty Pretty Things (2002) — 77/100
- Serenity (2005) — 77/100
- Doctor Strange (2016) — 77/100
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019) — 77/100
- Backrooms (2026) — 74/100
- The Life of Chuck (2025) — 73/100
- Red Nose Day Actually (2017) — 71/100 · short, not counted
- The Old Guard (2020) — 71/100
- Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025) — 70/100
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) — 69/100
- Redbelt (2008) — 67/100
- Z for Zachariah (2015) — 65/100
- Kinky Boots (2005) — 64/100
- Salt (2010) — 64/100
- The Lion King (2019) — 63/100
- Four Brothers (2005) — 60/100
- Melinda and Melinda (2004) — 59/100
- Triple 9 (2016) — 58/100
- Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019) — 58/100
- Secret in Their Eyes (2015) — 55/100
- Mary Magdalene (2018) — 55/100
- The Pod Generation (2023) — 55/100
- Venom: The Last Dance (2024) — 54/100
- 2012 (2009) — 53/100
- Locked Down (2021) — 48/100
- The Old Guard 2 (2025) — 47/100
- Sherlock Gnomes (2018) — 46/100
- Infinite (2021) — 45/100
Films that qualify under the rating methodology, not a complete filmography.
Best and worst
Highest rated
- 12 Years a Slave (2013) — 90/100 · hit
- Children of Men (2006) — 82/100 · hit
- The Martian (2015) — 81/100 · hit
Lowest rated
- Infinite (2021) — 45/100
- Sherlock Gnomes (2018) — 46/100
- The Old Guard 2 (2025) — 47/100
Also on Movie Moneyball as director. Each page is a separate record.
How these numbers work: Methodology