Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: He maha nga tohu i riro i a Ejiofor mo te whakatangi i a American abolitionist Solomon Northup i roto i te kiriata whakaari o te tau 2013 "12 Years a Slave". I whakawhiwhia ia ki te Tohu BAFTA mo te Kaitito Pai rawa atu i roto i te Kaitito Kaitito me te whakaingoa mo te Tohu Academy mo te Kaitito Pai rawa atu. Hei taapiri, i wini ia i nga Tohu Actor Pai rawa atu i te 3rd AACTA International Awards me te 14th BET Awards, a i whakaingoatia ia ki te 71st Golden Globe Awards, te
Ko te 20th Screen Actors Guild Awards, te 19th Critics' Choice Awards, me te 18th Satellite Awards. I te tau 2013, i wheturangitia hoki ia i roto i te whakaari pouaka whakaata a te BBC "Te kanikani i runga i te pito", i whakaingoatia ai ia mo te Tohu Golden Globe, te Tohu Primetime Emmy, me te Tohu Satellite. I whakawhiwhia a Ejiofor ki te CBE i te tau 2015.