Chiwetel Ejiofor, Redbelt

Acclaimed as the greatest Othello in living memory last winter in the London stage production that costarred Ewan McGregor as Iago, Chiwetel Ejiofor now strides into Hollywood leading man territory with David Mamet's pulpy Redbelt. Ejiofor, a Briton of Nigerian descent, keeps busy. He stole the laughs and surprised everyone in Kinky Boots as a glam transvestite, played Denzel Washington's sibling in American Gangster and was Mark Wahlberg's nemesis in Four Brothers.

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