Persona
David Oyelowo
Nato/a: 01/04/1976(50 anni)
Biografia
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.
Filmografia
Conosciuto per
L'isola del tesoro
Long John Silver · 2026
La Rivoluzione americana
Olaudah Equiano / Sam (voice) · 2025
Government Cheese
Hampton Chambers · Executive Producer · 2025
The After
Dayo · 2024
Il Vangelo secondo Clarence
John the Baptist · 2024
Gioco di ruolo
Dave · 2023
Lawmen - La storia di Bass Reeves
Bass Reeves · Executive Producer · 2023
Silo
Sheriff Holston Becker · Holston · 2023
Omicidio nel West End
Mervyn Cocker-Norris · 2022
The Girl Before
Edward Monkford · Edward · 2021
Peter Rabbit 2 - Un birbante in fuga
Nigel Basil-Jones · 2021
Chaos Walking
Aaron · 2021
The Midnight Sky
Adewole · 2020
Alice e Peter
Jack Littleton · 2020
The Water Man
Regista · Amos Boone · 2020
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Prince Humperdinck · 2020
Don't Let Go
Detective Jack Radcliff · 2019
I miserabili
Executive Producer · Javert · 2018
Truffatori in erba
Harold Soyinka · 2018
Nelle pieghe del tempo
The It (voice) · 2018
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
Self - Special Guest · 2018
The Cloverfield Paradox
Kiel · 2018
The Lion Guard: Il ritorno di Scar
Scar (voice) · 2017
A United Kingdom - L'amore che ha cambiato la storia
Seretse Khama · 2016
Queen of Katwe
Robert Katende · 2016
The Lion Guard
Scar · Scar (voice) · 2016
Star Wars Rebels: L' Assedio Di Lothal
Agent Kallus (voice) · 2015
1981: Indagine a New York
D.A. Lawrence · 2014
Selma - La strada per la libertà
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. · 2014
Interstellar
School Principal · 2014
Star Wars Rebels
Agent Kallus (voice) · Agent Kallus · 2014
Star Wars Rebels: Scintilla Di Ribellione
Agent Kallus (voice) · 2014
The Butler - Un maggiordomo alla Casa Bianca
Louis Gaines · 2013
Jack Reacher - La prova decisiva
Det. Emerson · 2012
Lincoln
Corporal Ira Clark · 2012
The Paperboy
Yardley Acheman · 2012
Red Tails
Joe 'Lightning' Little · 2012
The Help
Preacher Green · 2011
L'alba del pianeta delle scimmie
Steven Jacobs · 2011
Blood And Oil
Keme Tobodo · 2010
Small Island
Gilbert · Gilbert Joseph · 2009
The Passion
Joseph of Arimathea · 2008
Five Days
Matt Wellings · 2007
L'ultimo re di Scozia
Dr. Thomas Junju · 2006
Derailed - Attrazione letale
Patrol Officer · 2005
Spooks
Danny Hunter · 2002
As Time Goes By
Patrick · 1992