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I'm constantly discovering things. Like Bobby Bland. Right now I suppose I'm into the Eighties, which turned out to be a great musical period.

Chiwetel Ejiofor

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Chiwetel Ejiofor
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: July 10
Actor
Director
Film Actor
Film Director
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor
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