Ejiofor Chiwetel Signed Photograph comes professionally framed with a certificate of authenticity on the back. Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor is an English actor. After enrolling at the National Youth Theatre in 1995 and attending the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, at age 19 and three months into his course, Ejiofor was cast by Steven Spielberg to play a supporting role in the film Amistad (1997) as James Covey.