David Oyelowo
David Oyelowo was born in Oxford in 1976. His family originates from Nigeria. David studied Theatre Studies for A level and his teacher suggested he should become an actor. After A levels David enrolled for a year on an Art foundation course. In December 2000 David became the first black actor to play an English monarch for the RSC taking the title role in Henry VI. His performance won him the 'Ian Charleson' Award 2001 for best newcomer in a classical play.
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- Born:
- Apr 1, 1976 In Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 61
- First Appeared:
- In the series Government Cheese
- Latest Project:
- Movie The After 2024-02-16
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Government Cheese | Hampton Chambers | 2025 |
| Movie | The After | Dayo | 2024-02-16 |
| Movie | The Book of Clarence | John the Baptist | 2024-01-11 |
| Series | Lawmen: Bass Reeves | Bass Reeves | 2023-11-05 |
| Movie | Role Play | Dave | 2023-12-14 |
| Movie | See How They Run | Mervyn Cocker-Norris | 2022-09-09 |
| Movie | The Tiger Who Came to Tea | The Tiger (voice) | 2022-09-14 |
| Movie | Chaos Walking | Aaron | 2021-02-24 |
| Movie | Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway | Nigel Basil-Jones | 2021-03-25 |
| Series | The Girl Before | Edward | 2021-12-19 |
| Movie | The Midnight Sky | Adewole | 2020-12-10 |
| Series | Home Movie: The Princess Bride | Prince Humperdinck | 2020-06-29 |
| Movie | Come Away | Jack Littleton | 2020-11-12 |
| Movie | The Cloverfield Paradox | Kiel | 2018-02-04 |
| Movie | Gringo | Harold Soyinka | 2018-03-08 |
| Movie | A Wrinkle in Time | The It (voice) | 2018-03-08 |
| Series | Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' | Self | 2018-10-13 |
| Series | Les Misérables | Javert | 2018-12-30 |
| Movie | The Lion Guard: The Rise of Scar | Scar (voice) | 2017-07-29 |
| Movie | August 28: A Day in the Life of a People | 2017-08-26 | |
| Movie | Five Nights in Maine | Sherwin | 2016-08-05 |
| Movie | Nina | Clifton Henderson | 2016-04-22 |
| Movie | A United Kingdom | Seretse Khama | 2016-11-25 |
| Movie | Queen of Katwe | Robert Katende | 2016-09-23 |
| Movie | Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal | Agent Kallus (voice) | 2015-04-18 |
| Movie | Captive | Brian Nichols | 2015-09-17 |
| Movie | Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion | Agent Kallus (voice) | 2014-10-03 |
| Movie | Nightingale | Peter Snowden | 2014-06-17 |
| Movie | Default | Atlas | 2014-10-17 |
| Series | Star Wars Rebels | Agent Kallus (voice) | 2014-10-13 |
| Movie | Interstellar | School Principal | 2014-11-05 |
| Movie | Selma | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 2014-12-25 |
| Movie | 9 Kisses | Arm Wrestling Man #1 | 2014-12-11 |
| Movie | A Most Violent Year | D.A. Lawrence | 2014-12-31 |
| Movie | The Butler | Louis Gaines | 2013-08-16 |
| Movie | Complicit | Edward Ekubo | 2013-02-16 |
| Movie | Rahab | Cen | 2012-05-04 |
| Movie | Red Tails | Joe 'Lightning' Little | 2012-01-19 |
| Movie | Middle of Nowhere | Brian | 2012-10-12 |
| Movie | Jack Reacher | Det. Emerson | 2012-12-20 |
| Movie | The Paperboy | Yardley Acheman | 2012-09-14 |
| Movie | Lincoln | Corporal Ira Clark | 2012-11-09 |
| Movie | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Steven Jacobs | 2011-08-03 |
| Movie | 96 Minutes | Duane | 2011-10-14 |
| Movie | The Help | Preacher Green | 2011-08-09 |
| Movie | Rage | Homer | 2009-09-24 |
| Series | Small Island | Gilbert | 2009-12-06 |
| Movie | Who Do You Love | Muddy Waters | 2008-09-11 |
| Movie | A Raisin in the Sun | Joseph Asagai | 2008-02-25 |
| Series | The Passion | Joseph of Arimathea | 2008-03-16 |
| Movie | Sweet Nothing in My Ear | Leonard Grisham | 2008-04-20 |
| Series | Five Days | Matt Wellings | 2007-01-23 |
| Movie | The Last King of Scotland | Dr. Thomas Junju | 2006-01-12 |
| Movie | Shoot the Messenger | Joseph Pascale | 2006-04-26 |
| Movie | Born Equal | Yemi | 2006-12-17 |
| Movie | As You Like It | Orlando De Boys | 2006-09-01 |
| Movie | A Sound of Thunder | Marcus Payne | 2005-05-15 |
| Movie | The Best Man | Graham | 2005-07-09 |
| Movie | Derailed | Patrol Officer | 2005-11-11 |
| Movie | Tomorrow La Scala! | Charlie | 2002-12-10 |
| Movie | Dog Eat Dog | CJ | 2001-12-07 |