Chidi Ajufo (born 18 September 1982 in London) is a British actor of Nigerian descent and a former professional basketball player. After an elbow injury ended his basketball career, he moved to Los Angeles and built a steady presence in major film and television productions. He is best known for playing Bunny in Guy Ritchie's The Gentlemen (2019) and Curtiz in the Netflix horror Blood Red Sky (2021), and has since appeared in Ridley Scott's Gladiator II (2024) and the Jason Statham action thriller A Working Man (2025).
Ajufo played the role of Dutch in the action thriller A Working Man (2025) alongside Jason Statham, which premiered in March 2025.
In an interview for uInterview, Ajufo described his collaboration with Statham in preparing fight scenes as a valuable experience.
In November 2024, Ridley Scott's Gladiator II premiered, in which Ajufo played the role of a gladiator.
In January 2024, the film The Book of Clarence, in which Ajufo also appears, was released in North American distribution.
IndieWire included Blood Red Sky (2021), in which Ajufo plays Curtis, on the list of 25 scariest Netflix films.
