David Oyelowo

Highest Rated: 99% Selma (2015)

Lowest Rated: 2% Nina (2016)

Birthday: Apr 1, 1976

Birthplace: Not Available

That rare British actor capable of a flawless American accent, the classically trained David Oyelowo graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1999. During his time with that group he became the first black actor to portray an English king in a major British production of any Shakespeare play when he was cast as Henry VI. His film career began in earnest in 2006 with a notable part in the Academy Award winning The Last King of Scotland. He went on to work with Kenneth Branagh on a film version of As You Like It, and appeared in such high-profile Hollywood fare as Lincoln and Jack Reacher.In 2012 he co-starred in Middle of Nowhere, directed by Ana DuVernay, who two years later he tapped to direct a biopic of {Martin Luther King that Oyelowo spent years trying to get made. With her as director, Selma was released in theaters at the end of 2014, earning strong reviews, especially for Oyelowo's lead performance. The actor garnered a Best Actor nomination from the Independent Spirit Awards.

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

		CREDIT
No Score Yet	Relive	Actor Producer	—	2019
44%	Relive	Jack Radcliff	—	2019
No Score Yet	Chaos Walking	Actor	—	2019
38%	Gringo	Harold Soyinka	—	2018
19%	The Cloverfield Paradox	Actor	—	2018
No Score Yet	August 28th: A Day in the Life of a People	Actor	—	2018
83%	A United Kingdom	Producer Seretse Khama	$4M	2017
93%	Queen of Katwe	Robert Katende	$8.9M	2016
28%	Five Nights in Maine	Producer Sherwin	$15.6K	2016
2%	Nina	Executive Producer	—	2016
27%	Captive	Producer Brian Nichols	$2M	2015
89%	A Most Violent Year	Lawrence	—	2015
99%	Selma	Martin Luther King Jr.	—	2015
81%	Nightingale	Peter Snowden Executive Producer	—	2015
72%	Interstellar	School Principal	$158.8M	2014
38%	Default	Atlas	—	2014
71%	Lee Daniels' The Butler	Louis Gaines	$116.7M	2013
No Score Yet	Complicit	Actor	—	2013
63%	Jack Reacher	Emerson	$80.1M	2012
89%	Lincoln	Corporal Ira Clark	$129.5M	2012
88%	Middle of Nowhere	Brian	$0.2M	2012
45%	The Paperboy	Yardley Acheman	$0.7M	2012
47%	96 Minutes	Duane	—	2012
40%	Red Tails	Joe "Lightning" Little	$49.6M	2012
75%	The Help	Preacher Green	$169.8M	2011
82%	Rise of the Planet of the Apes	Steven Jacobs	$175.4M	2011
29%	Rage	Homer	—	2009
No Score Yet	Small Island	Actor	—	2009
No Score Yet	Sweet Nothing in My Ear	Leonard Grisham	—	2008
86%	A Raisin in the Sun	Joseph Asagai	—	2008
No Score Yet	Five Days	Actor	—	2007
No Score Yet	Born Equal	Actor	—	2006
87%	The Last King of Scotland	Dr. Junju	$17.5M	2006
36%	As You Like It	Orlando de Boys	—	2006
No Score Yet	American Blend	Actor	—	2006
No Score Yet	Shoot the Messenger	Joe Pascale	—	2006
21%	Derailed	Patrol Officer	$36M	2005
6%	A Sound of Thunder	Tech Officer Payne	$1.8M	2005
No Score Yet	Tomorrow La Scala!	Actor	—	2002

TV

		CREDIT
No Score Yet	Black Hollywood: They've Gotta Have Us 2018	Appearing	2018
No Score Yet	Last Call With Carson Daly 2007	Guest	2018
83%	The Joel McHale Show With Joel McHale 2018	Guest	2018
No Score Yet	The Late Late Show With James Corden 2015-2018	Guest	2018 2017 2016
No Score Yet	The Late Show With Stephen Colbert 2015	Guest	2018 2017 2016
No Score Yet	Conan 2010	Guest	2018 2017 2015
No Score Yet	Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen 2009	Guest	2018 2016 2015
100%	Star Wars Rebels 2014-2018	Voice	2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
No Score Yet	Tavis Smiley 2013-2018	Guest	2017
No Score Yet	The Lion Guard 2016	Voice	2017
No Score Yet	Charlie Rose 2013-2017	Guest	2017 2015
No Score Yet	The Talk 2010	Guest	2017 2015
No Score Yet	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014	Guest	2016 2015 2014
No Score Yet	The View 1997	Guest	2016 2015 2013
No Score Yet	Late Night With Seth Meyers 2014	Guest	2015
No Score Yet	Late Show With David Letterman 1993-2015	Guest	2015
No Score Yet	Variety Studio: Actors on Actors 2015	Guest	2015
No Score Yet	CBS This Morning 2012	Guest	2014
96%	The Good Wife 2009-2016	Judge Edward Weldon	2011
No Score Yet	Masterpiece 1971-2014	Gilbert Joseph	2010
No Score Yet	MI-5 2003-2011	Danny Hunter	2009 2005 2003
93%	Les Misérables 2019	Inspector Javert Executive Producer

QUOTES FROM David Oyelowo CHARACTERS

Ashley Smith	I need to see my daughter.
Brian Nichols	You are not goin' anywhere.

Ashley Smith	I need to see my daughter.
Brian Nichols	You are not going anywhere.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

When will we be free? Soon and very soon. Because you shall reap what you saw. When will we be free? Soon.

Martin Luther King, Jr.	When will we be free? Soon and very soon. Because you shall reap what you saw. When will we be free? Soon and very soon. Because no lie can live forever.
Martin Luther King Jr.	When will we be free? Soon and very soon. Because you shall reap what you sow. When will we be free? Soon and very soon. Because no lie can live forever.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

To Cager Lee after Jimmie Lee Jackson's death: There are no words to soothe you. But I know one thing for certain: God was the first to cry.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

What happens when a man stands up...says enough is enough?

Louis Gaines	What are you doing here?
Cecil Gaines	I came here to protest with you.

Cecil Gaines	You need to go.
Louis Gaines	What?
Cecil Gaines	Get the hell out!
Louis Gaines	Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Butler. I didn't mean to make fun of your hero! (Gets slapped by his mother)
Louis Gaines	Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Butler. I didn't mean to make fun of your hero!

Louis Gaines	You'll get arrested, you'll lose your job
Louis Gaines	You'll get arrested, you'll lose your job.
Cecil Gaines	I lost you
Cecil Gaines	I lost you.

Emerson	Awkward meeting you.
Jack Reacher	Likewise
Jack Reacher	Likewise.

Yardley Acheman

I'm sweating like a pregnant nun back here.

Emerson

A stitch in time saves nine.

Yardley Acheman

You put your eyes on me again I will mess you up!

Steven Jacobs	These apes are smarter than you think. We've got to kill their leader
Steven Jacobs	These apes are smarter than you think. We've got to kill their leader.

Joe "Lightning" Little

I think I did get myself killed.

Joe 'Lightning' Little	" To the last min. To the last bullet, to the last man we fight
Joe 'Lightning' Little	From the last plane, to the last bullet, to the last minute, to the last man, we fight!

Steven Jacobs

I run a business, not a petting zoo.

Steven Jacobs	You used an untested drug on your father. I could end your career with one phone call.
Steven Jacobs	You used an untested drug on your father. I could end your career with one phone call.
Will Rodman	Let me save you the trouble. I quit.
Will Rodman	Let me save you the trouble. I quit.