David Oyelowo
Birthday: 1976-04-01 | Place of Birth: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UKDavid 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
Role
as Coriolanus
as Hampton Chambers
as Dave
as Dayo
as John the Baptist
as Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Bass Reeves
as Dave
as Mervyn Cocker-Norris
as Narrator
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as The Bastard King
as The Tiger (voice)
as Aaron
as Edward Monkford
as Nigel Basil-Jones
as Adewole
as Amos Boone
as Jack Littleton
as The Bastard King / Narrator
as Detective Jack Radcliff
as Narrator
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Harold Soyinka
as Javert
as Kiel
