Trivia
- On June 19, 2007 Chiwetel was one of 115 people to be admitted to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences which is the group whose members vote on Academy Award nomination ballots.
- Chiwetel was nominated for a Golden Globe in 2006, in the category of Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture- Comedy or Musical, for his performance in the movie "Kinky Boots".
- Chiwetel's nickname is Chewy.
- Chiwetel plays The Operative in Joss Whedon's sci-fi adventure movie, Serenity.
Quotes
- (on the painful preparations to play the role of drag queen Lola in "Kinky Boots")
Chiwetel: When I first had my eyebrows waxed, I was pretty disturbed.
