Chiwetel Ejiofor joins Hollywood elite as 12 Years a Slave tipped for Oscars
After parallel successes on stage and screen, the Londoner is being lauded as one of the greatest actors of his generationHowever good they are, actors always need a defining role to transform them into a film star, and as the kidnap victim Solomon Northup in the Steve McQueen-directed 12 Years a Slave, Chiwetel Ejiofor has found his.Always an impressive performer on screen " certainly since his breakthrough role as …