David Oyelowo

David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo (/oʊˈjɛloʊwoʊ/ oh-YEL-oh-woh; Yoruba pronunciation; born 1 April 1976) is a British actor, director and producer. His accolades include a Critics' Choice Award, two NAACP Image Awards, and nominations for three Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a BAFTA Award. In 2016, he was appointed as an officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to drama. Oyelowo rose to prominence for portraying Martin Luther King Jr. in the biographical drama Selma (2014) and Peter Snowden in the HBO film Nightingale (2014), which garnered him critical acclaim. He also achieved praise for his roles as Louis Gaines in The Butler (2013), Seretse Khama in A United Kingdom (2016) and Robert Katende in Queen of Katwe (2016). He has also played supporting roles in the films Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), The Help (2011), Lincoln (2012), Red Tails (2012), and Jack Reacher (2012). On television, Oyelowo has played MI5 officer Danny Hunter in the British drama series Spooks (2002–2004) and Javert in the BBC miniseries Les Misérables (2018). He also provided the voice for Agent Alexsandr Kallus in the Lucasfilm Animation series Star Wars Rebels (2014–2018) and Holston Becker in the Apple+ drama series Silo. He stars in and co-produces the 2023 Paramount+ western series Lawmen: Bass Reeves. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Oyelowo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK, 1976-04-01

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	2001	Dog Eat Dog	CJ	49
2	2002	Tomorrow La Scala!	Charlie	90
3	2005	A Sound of Thunder	Marcus Payne	49
4	2005	The Best Man	Graham	54
5	2005	Derailed	Patrol Officer	64
6	2006	The Last King of Scotland	Dr. Thomas Junju	74
7	2006	Shoot the Messenger	Joseph Pascale	54
8	2006	As You Like It	Orlando De Boys	57
9	2006	Born Equal	Yemi	50
10	2008	A Raisin in the Sun	Joseph Asagai	61
11	2008	Sweet Nothing in My Ear	Leonard Grisham	63
12	2008	Who Do You Love	Muddy Waters	10
13	2009	Rage	Homer	34
14	2011	Rise of the Planet of the Apes	Steven Jacobs	73
15	2011	The Help	Preacher Green	82
16	2011	96 Minutes	Duane	57
17	2012	Red Tails	Joe 'Lightning' Little	66
18	2012	Rahab	Cen	47
19	2012	The Paperboy	Yardley Acheman	55
20	2012	Middle of Nowhere	Brian	61
21	2012	Lincoln	Corporal Ira Clark	69
22	2012	Jack Reacher	Det. Emerson	66
23	2013	Complicit	Edward Ekubo	55
24	2013	Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around	Self	79
25	2013	The Butler	Louis Gaines	73
26	2014	Nightingale	Peter Snowden	60
27	2014	Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion	Agent Kallus (voice)	73
28	2014	Default	Atlas	43
29	2014	Interstellar	School Principal	85
30	2014	9 Kisses	Arm Wrestling Man #1	62
31	2014	Selma	Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.	74
32	2014	A Most Violent Year	D.A. Lawrence	66
33	2015	Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal	Agent Kallus (voice)	79
34	2015	Captive	Brian Nichols	57
35	2016	Nina	Clifton Henderson	52
36	2016	Five Nights in Maine	Sherwin	51
37	2016	Queen of Katwe	Robert Katende	72
38	2016	A United Kingdom	Seretse Khama	67
39	2017	The Lion Guard: The Rise of Scar	Scar (voice)	83
40	2017	August 28: A Day in the Life of a People		10
41	2018	Family Feud	2148 Descendant	25
42	2018	The Cloverfield Paradox	Kiel	56
43	2018	Gringo	Harold Soyinka	59
44	2018	A Wrinkle in Time	The It (voice)	51
45	2019	Brave Girl Rising	Narrator	0
46	2019	Don't Let Go	Detective Jack Radcliff	69
47	2020	The Water Man	Amos Boone	61
48	2020	Come Away	Jack Littleton	58
49	2020	The Midnight Sky	Adewole	57
50	2021	Chaos Walking	Aaron	66
51	2021	Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway	Nigel Basil-Jones	71
52	2022	Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire	Narrator	50
53	2022	See How They Run	Mervyn Cocker-Norris	64
54	2022	The Tiger Who Came to Tea	The Tiger (voice)	64
55	2023	Role Play	Dave	60
56	2024	The Book of Clarence	John the Baptist	59
57	2024	The After	Dayo	57
58	2024	Becoming King	Self	10
59		Solitary	Chris Newborn	0
60	2025	National Theatre Live: Coriolanus	Coriolanus	0
61		American Blend		0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
2	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter	51
3	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self - Guest	56
4	1992	As Time Goes By	Patrick	76
5	1997	The View	Self	45
6	1998	Maisie Raine	Sonny McDonald	0
7	2002	Spooks	Danny Hunter	77
8	2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self	55
9	2006	Mayo	Eddie Barton, 'Sexy' M.P.	42
10	2006	The One Show	Self	45
11	2007	Five Days	Matt Wellings	57
12	2008	The Passion	Joseph of Arimathea	54
13	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	51
14	2009	Glenn Martin, DDS		60
15	2009	The Good Wife	Judge Edward Weldon	76
16	2009	Small Island	Gilbert	59
17	2010	Blood And Oil	Keme Tobodo	0
18	2010	Conan	Self	71
19	2013	The Frame	Steven Jacobs	100
20	2013	The Arsenio Hall Show	Self	57
21	2014	Off Camera with Sam Jones	Self	40
22	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self	59
23	2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self	53
24	2014	Star Wars Rebels	Agent Kallus (voice)	77
25	2014	Variety Studio: Actors on Actors	Self	50
26	2015	Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter	Self	57
27	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	64
28	2016	The Lion Guard	Scar	76
29	2018	The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale	Self - Special Guest	60
30	2018	Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'	Self	63
31	2018	Les Misérables	Javert	74
32	2019	Earth's Great Rivers	Self - Narrator (voice)	79
33	2019	Tamron Hall	Self - Guest	51
34	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show	Self	65
35	2020	Home Movie: The Princess Bride	Prince Humperdinck	75
36	2021	The Girl Before	Edward	63
37	2022	Earth's Great Rivers II	Self - Narrator (voice)	100
38	2022	Sherri	Self - Guest	42
39	2022	The Jennifer Hudson Show	Self	62
40	2023	Silo	Sheriff Holston Becker	82
41	2023	Lawmen: Bass Reeves	Bass Reeves	71
42	2023	Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter	Self	70
43	2024	After Midnight	Self	59
44	2024	Big Cats, Small World	Narrator (voice)	0
45	2025	Government Cheese	Hampton Chambers	42

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