David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo

Q: Has David Oyelowo won any awards?

David Oyelowo has received several awards, including the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture for his role in 'Selma.' He has also been nominated for a BAFTA Award and an Emmy Award.

Q: What was David Oyelowo's first film?

David Oyelowo's first film was 'The Last King' released in 2003, where he played a supporting role. His early work included appearances in television series before transitioning to film.

Q: What are David Oyelowo's most successful films?

Some of David Oyelowo's most successful films include 'Selma,' 'The Butler,' and 'A United Kingdom.' These films not only performed well at the box office but also received critical acclaim.

Q: What is known about David Oyelowo's personal life?

David Oyelowo is married to Jessica Oyelowo, and they have four children together. The family is known for maintaining a low profile despite David's fame.

Q: What is David Oyelowo's estimated net worth?

David Oyelowo's estimated net worth is around $6 million. His wealth comes from his successful acting career, directing, and producing roles.

Q: What are some filmography milestones for David Oyelowo?

Key milestones in David Oyelowo's filmography include his breakout role in 'Selma,' his performance in 'The Butler,' and his directorial debut with 'The Water Man.' These projects demonstrate his expanding influence in the industry.

Q: Has David Oyelowo worked in television?

Yes, David Oyelowo has appeared in several television series, including 'Spooks' and 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.' He has also starred in the HBO film 'Nightingale,' showcasing his range as an actor.

Known for

Jack Reacher (2012)

IMDb 7.0 / 10

2012 / Action, Thriller / 130 min

When a gunman takes five lives with six shots, all evidence points to the suspect in custody. On interrogation, the suspect offers up a...

Interstellar (2014)

IMDb 8.7 / 10

2014 / Adventure, Drama / 169 min

The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and...

Name

David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo

Height

5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Born

1 April 1976, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

Spouses

Jessica Oyelowo (1998–present)

Children

4 children

Parents

Stephen Oyelowo, Helen Oyelowo

Estimated Net Worth

$6 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2026	Movie Clarissa A modern reimagining of the Virginia Woolf novel Mrs. Dalloway. Follows society woman Clarissa as she prepares to host a...	Peter	Not rated
2026	Movie Newborn After serving seven years in solitary confinement, Chris Newborn seeks to rebuild his life and reconnect with his family only...	Chris Newborn	TMDB 3.0 / 10
2025	TV The American Revolution The American Revolution was at once a war for independence, a war of conquest, a civil war, and a world...	Olaudah Equiano / Sam (voice)	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2025	TV Government Cheese When Hampton is released from prison, his long-awaited family reunion doesn't quite go as he hoped. In his absence, Hampton's...	Hampton Chambers	TMDB 3.7 / 10
2025	Movie National Theatre Live: Coriolanus Unrivalled in the art of war, undefeated on the field of battle, Coriolanus is Rome's greatest soldier. When a legendary...	Coriolanus	Not rated
2024	TV Big Cats, Small World Three Big Cats occupy the top of the food chain, but they must compete for prey and territory on the...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2024	Movie Becoming King An emotional portrait of David Oyelowo’s journey to play legendary civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Featuring behind-the-scenes...	Self	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2024	Movie The After After losing a family member to a violent crime, a shattered rideshare driver picks up a passenger that forces him...	Dayo	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2024	TV After Midnight Celebrated comedian Taylor Tomlinson hosts the smartest show on television about the dumbest things on the internet alongside a panel...	Self	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2024	Movie The Book of Clarence Streetwise but down-on-his-luck, Clarence is struggling to find a better life for his family, while fighting to free himself of...	John the Baptist	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2023	TV Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter THR’s famed Roundtables are reimagined for broadcast and offer a fresh perspective on a classic, showcasing the collective brilliance of...	Self	TMDB 2.9 / 10
2023	Movie Role Play Emma has a wonderful husband and two kids in the suburbs of New Jersey – she also has a secret...	Dave	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2023	TV Lawmen: Bass Reeves The story of Bass Reeves, the legendary lawman of the wild West, is brought to life. Reeves worked in the...	Bass Reeves	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2023	TV Silo In a ruined and toxic future, thousands live in a giant silo deep underground. After its sheriff breaks a cardinal...	Sheriff Holston Becker	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2022	Movie The Tiger Who Came to Tea On a rainy day, a mother and daughter forego a trip to the park to bake pastries and partake in...	The Tiger (voice)	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2022	TV The Jennifer Hudson Show Talented entertainer and newly-minted EGOT Jennifer Hudson takes on the daytime talk show landscape.	Self	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2022	TV Sherri Sherri Shepherd, actress, comic, and Emmy Award-winning longtime co-host of "The View", appears before a live audience with a daily...	Self - Guest	TMDB 2.6 / 10
2022	Movie See How They Run In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt...	Mervyn Cocker-Norris	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2022	Movie Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire "Elemental" takes viewers on a journey with the top experts in the nation to better understand fire. We follow the...	Narrator	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2022	Movie The Bastard King The Bastard King chronicles the life of a lion from cub to King - battling against an unimaginable enemy that...	The Bastard King	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2022	TV Earth's Great Rivers II Revealing the extraordinary animals, astonishing landscapes and remarkable people who live alongside the Zambezi, Danube and Yukon.	Self - Narrator (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2021	TV The Girl Before A traumatized woman falls in love with an extraordinary minimalist house, which remains under the spell of the architect who...	Edward Monkford	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2021	Movie Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway Peter Rabbit runs away from his human family when he learns they are going to portray him in a bad...	Nigel Basil-Jones	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2021	Movie Chaos Walking Two unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape...	Aaron	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2020	Movie The Midnight Sky A lone scientist in the Arctic races to contact a crew of astronauts returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.	Adewole	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2020	Movie Come Away Before Alice went to Wonderland, and before Peter became Pan, they were brother and sister. When their eldest brother dies...	Jack Littleton	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2020	Movie The Water Man Hoping to save his sick mother, a boy named Gunner and his friend Jo venture into the remote Wild Horse...	Amos Boone	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2020	TV Home Movie: The Princess Bride Serialized remake of 'The Princess Bride' told in short chapters featuring celebrities at home during quarantine.	Prince Humperdinck	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2019	TV The Kelly Clarkson Show Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and...	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2019	TV Tamron Hall Former news host and journalist Tamron Hall discusses all things topical and engages those she interviews in thorough meaningful and...	Self - Guest	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2019	Movie Don't Let Go A detective suffering from a personal loss receives a call from his recently deceased niece. Being able to communicate across...	Detective Jack Radcliff	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2019	Movie Brave Girl Rising Brave Girl Rising tells how a courageous girl, inspired by the magical dreams of her mother and the sisterhood of...	Narrator	Not rated
2019	TV Earth's Great Rivers Revealing the extraordinary animals, astonishing landscapes and remarkable people who live alongside the Amazon, Mississippi and Nile.	Self - Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2018	TV Les Misérables France, 1815. Jean Valjean, a common thief, is released from prison after having lived a hell in life for 19...	Javert	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2018	TV Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' A unique portrait of how art and activism for black people in film are indivisible from race and cinema.	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2018	Movie A Wrinkle in Time After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in...	The It (voice)	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2018	Movie Gringo An American businessman with a stake in a pharmaceutical company that's about to go public finds his life is thrown...	Harold Soyinka	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2018	TV The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale Trending news, pop culture, social media, original videos and more come together in host Joel McHale's weekly comedy commentary show.	Self - Special Guest	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2018	Movie The Cloverfield Paradox Orbiting above a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis and end...	Kiel	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2018	Movie Family Feud Jay-Z aims to unite the new and older generations of rap fans, while also reflecting on his own infidelity.	2148 Descendant	TMDB 2.5 / 10
2017	Movie August 28: A Day in the Life of a People Documentary film on events that happened on August 28th in African-American history, shown at the Smithsonian African-American History Museum.	Unknown character	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2017	Movie The Lion Guard: The Rise of Scar Kion and the Guard take on the ultimate challenge when a ruthless enemy returns to the Pride Lands and threatens...	Scar (voice)	TMDB 8.3 / 10
2016	Movie A United Kingdom The inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker...	Seretse Khama	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2016	Movie Queen of Katwe A young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master.	Robert Katende	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2016	Movie Five Nights in Maine A young African American man, reeling from the tragic loss of his wife, travels to rural Maine to seek answers...	Sherwin	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2016	Movie Nina The story of the late jazz musician and classical pianist Nina Simone including her rise to fame and relationship with...	Clifton Henderson	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2016	TV The Lion Guard Simba's son, Kion, assembles a group of animals to protect the Pride Lands, known as the Lion Guard.	Scar	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2015	Movie Captive Based on a miraculous true story that drew the attention of the entire nation, is the dramatic, thrilling, and spiritual...	Brian Nichols	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2015	TV The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late...	Self - Guest	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2015	TV Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series...	Self	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2015	Movie Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal The Inquisitor is dead. The Ghost crew has connected with other rebel cells. And a new ally named Ahsoka Tano...	Agent Kallus (voice)	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2014	Movie A Most Violent Year A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in...	D.A. Lawrence	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2014	Movie Selma "Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that...	Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2014	TV Variety Studio: Actors on Actors PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and TV shows of the past year through candid conversations...	Self	TMDB 4.2 / 10
2014	Movie Interstellar The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on...	School Principal	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2014	Movie Default A news crew is taken hostage on an airplane set to take off from the Seychelles.	Atlas	TMDB 4.3 / 10
2014	TV Star Wars Rebels Set between the events of Star Wars: Episodes III and IV, the story unfolds during a dark time when the...	Agent Kallus (voice)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2014	Movie Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion It is a dark time. The Jedi are no more, and the Empire rules the galaxy with an iron fist...	Agent Kallus (voice)	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2014	Movie Nightingale A dangerously unstable man addresses the unseen followers of his video log about his obsession with an old army buddy.	Peter Snowden	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2014	TV Late Night with Seth Meyers Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live's" longest serving anchor on the show's wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as...	Self	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2014	TV The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in...	Self	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2014	Movie 9 Kisses "9 Kisses" is a 2014 New York Times Magazine project featuring nine artistic short films where top actors of the...	Customer	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2014	TV Off Camera with Sam Jones Photographer and director Sam Jones sits down with the myriad professionals of television and movies, and other celebrities (great skateboarders,...	Self	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2013	TV The Arsenio Hall Show	Self	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2013	Movie The Butler Cecil Gaines was a sharecropper's son who grew up in the 1920s as a domestic servant for the white family...	Louis Gaines	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2013	Movie Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around Cast and crew speak on adapting One Shot as the first Jack Reacher film, casting Tom Cruise, earning Lee Child's...	Self	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2013	TV The Frame A journey through the world of classic and contemporary cinema.	Steven Jacobs	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2013	Movie Complicit An MI5 officer's attempts to foil a possible terrorist plot are undermined by bureaucracy and moral dilemmas. Will he make...	Edward Ekubo	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2012	Movie Jack Reacher One morning in an ordinary town, five people are shot dead in a seemingly random attack. All evidence points to...	Det. Emerson	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2012	Movie Lincoln The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and...	Corporal Ira Clark	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2012	Movie Middle of Nowhere When her husband is sentenced to eight years in prison, Ruby drops out of medical school in order to focus...	Brian	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2012	Movie The Paperboy A reporter returns to his Florida hometown to investigate a case involving a death row inmate.	Yardley Acheman	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2012	Movie Rahab A slave, a spy, a city under siege and a choice to be made that will change their world forever.	Cen	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2012	Movie Red Tails The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.	Joe 'Lightning' Little	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2011	Movie 96 Minutes The story of 4 lives slammed together in a shocking moment. Intercutting between a carjacking and the separate stories of...	Duane	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2011	Movie The Help Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her...	Preacher Green	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2011	Movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes A highly intelligent chimpanzee named Caesar has been living a peaceful suburban life ever since he was born. But when...	Steven Jacobs	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2010	TV Conan A late night television talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien.	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2010	TV Blood And Oil Two British women become embroiled in a hostage negotiation situation.	Keme Tobodo	Not rated
2009	TV Small Island Follow three intricately connected stories of Jamaicans and Londoners involved in World War Two. Hortense yearns for a new life...	Gilbert	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2009	Movie Rage A schoolboy uses his cellphone camera to shoot intimate interviews with people working at a New York fashion house and...	Homer	TMDB 3.5 / 10
2009	TV The Good Wife Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and...	Judge Edward Weldon	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2009	TV Glenn Martin, DDS Glenn Martin, DDS is an American-Canadian stop-motion-animated television series that premiered on Nick at Nite on August 17, 2009. The...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2009	TV Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2008	Movie Who Do You Love Who Do You Love is the life story of legendary record producer Leonard Chess, founder of Chess Records in Chicago,...	Muddy Waters	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2008	Movie Sweet Nothing in My Ear Family drama about a deaf and hearing couple who struggle to decide whether or not to give their deaf son...	Leonard Grisham	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2008	TV The Passion The Passion is a television drama serial that tells the story of the last week in the life of Jesus.	Joseph of Arimathea	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2008	Movie A Raisin in the Sun Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife,...	Joseph Asagai	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2007	TV Five Days Thriller series which tracks five 24-hour periods in a police investigation.	Matt Wellings	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2006	Movie Born Equal Four characters living in one neighbourhood in London - all living dramatically different lives, all of them on the edge...	Yemi	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2006	Movie The Last King of Scotland Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides...	Dr. Thomas Junju	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2006	Movie As You Like It Witty, playful and utterly magical, the story is a compelling romantic adventure in which Rosalind and Orlando's celebrated courtship is...	Orlando De Boys	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2006	TV The One Show A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.	Self	TMDB 4.4 / 10
2006	Movie Shoot the Messenger Shoot the Messenger follows one man's painful journey towards self-discovery. On the way he finds both his own attitudes and...	Joseph Pascale	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2006	Movie American Blend	Mercury	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2006	TV Mayo Charismatic detective Gil Mayo wise-cracks his way through a variety of murder mysteries alongside his sexy colleague, Alex Jones. Matters...	Eddie Barton, 'Sexy' M.P.	TMDB 4.2 / 10
2005	Movie Derailed When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the...	Patrol Officer	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2005	Movie The Best Man When writer's block derails the literary dreams of Olly Pickering, he has to move in with his friend Murray after...	Graham	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2005	Movie A Sound of Thunder When a hunter sent back to the prehistoric era runs off the path he must not leave, he causes a...	Marcus Payne	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2003	TV Jimmy Kimmel Live! Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2002	Movie Tomorrow La Scala! Members of a British opera troupe mount a production of "Sweeney Todd" within a maximum-security prison.	Charlie	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2002	TV Spooks Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to...	Danny Hunter	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2001	Movie Dog Eat Dog A group of twenty-somethings, one of whom is a single father with a precious daughter, have been unsuccessful in getting...	CJ	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1998	TV Maisie Raine Maisie Raine was a drama series originally broadcast on BBC1 for 2 series from 28 July 1998 – 9 July...	Sonny McDonald	Not rated
1997	TV The View ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro...	Self	TMDB 4.3 / 10
1992	TV As Time Goes By Two lovers are reunited after decades apart following a mutual misunderstanding.	Patrick	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1988	TV LIVE with Kelly and Mark A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus...	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1956	TV Tony Awards The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway...	Self - Presenter	Not rated
1953	TV The Oscars An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
TBA	Movie Othello In a contemporary war-torn desert in the Middle East, a general is manipulated by his ensign into believing his wife...	Othello	Not rated
TBA	Movie Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Affair When a family celebration brings relatives and friends together for a weekend, old secrets, unexpected relationships, and long-standing grudges quickly...	Reverend Elijah Grant	Not rated
TBA	Movie Heist of Benin Set against the backdrop of contemporary London, described as a “thriller that intertwines art, love and restitution.”	Unknown character	Not rated
TBA	Movie The Return of the Rocketeer Set six years after the original Rocketeer and after Cliff Secord has vanished while fighting the Nazis, an unlikely new...	The Rocketeer	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2026	Movie Newborn After serving seven years in solitary confinement, Chris Newborn seeks to rebuild his life and reconnect with his family only...	Producer Production	TMDB 3.0 / 10
2025	Movie American Solitaire A U.S. soldier struggles to make sense of civilian life when he is confronted with the complexities of gun violence...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2025	TV Government Cheese When Hampton is released from prison, his long-awaited family reunion doesn't quite go as he hoped. In his absence, Hampton's...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 3.7 / 10
2024	Movie Becoming King An emotional portrait of David Oyelowo’s journey to play legendary civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Featuring behind-the-scenes...	Producer Production	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2024	Movie The After After losing a family member to a violent crime, a shattered rideshare driver picks up a passenger that forces him...	Producer Production	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2023	TV Lawmen: Bass Reeves The story of Bass Reeves, the legendary lawman of the wild West, is brought to life. Reeves worked in the...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2021	Movie 5150 A world-famous black celebrity is detained at a mysterious psychiatric facility following his erratic behavior and political activism.	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2021	Movie Ferguson Rises Before George Floyd, before Breonna Taylor, before America knew about Black Lives Matter, there was Michael Brown, Jr. On August...	Producer Production	Not rated
2021	Movie Night of the Kings A young man is sent to "La Maca," a prison in the middle of the Ivorian forest ruled by its...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2020	Movie Come Away Before Alice went to Wonderland, and before Peter became Pan, they were brother and sister. When their eldest brother dies...	Producer Production	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2020	Movie The Water Man Hoping to save his sick mother, a boy named Gunner and his friend Jo venture into the remote Wild Horse...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2020	Movie The Water Man Hoping to save his sick mother, a boy named Gunner and his friend Jo venture into the remote Wild Horse...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2019	Movie Don't Let Go A detective suffering from a personal loss receives a call from his recently deceased niece. Being able to communicate across...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2019	Movie Don't Let Go A detective suffering from a personal loss receives a call from his recently deceased niece. Being able to communicate across...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2018	TV Les Misérables France, 1815. Jean Valjean, a common thief, is released from prison after having lived a hell in life for 19...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2016	Movie A United Kingdom The inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2016	Movie 13th An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial...	Thanks Crew	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2016	Movie Five Nights in Maine A young African American man, reeling from the tragic loss of his wife, travels to rural Maine to seek answers...	Producer Production	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2015	Movie Captive Based on a miraculous true story that drew the attention of the entire nation, is the dramatic, thrilling, and spiritual...	Producer Production	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2014	Movie Nightingale A dangerously unstable man addresses the unseen followers of his video log about his obsession with an old army buddy.	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2009	Movie Big Guy Rodney hates salads, the gym and daylight, until that is, Kate comes along and changes everything.	Director Directing	TMDB 3.0 / 10
2009	Movie Big Guy Rodney hates salads, the gym and daylight, until that is, Kate comes along and changes everything.	Producer Production	TMDB 3.0 / 10
TBA	Movie Othello In a contemporary war-torn desert in the Middle East, a general is manipulated by his ensign into believing his wife...	Director Directing	Not rated
TBA	Movie Othello In a contemporary war-torn desert in the Middle East, a general is manipulated by his ensign into believing his wife...	Producer Production	Not rated
TBA	Movie Heist of Benin Set against the backdrop of contemporary London, described as a “thriller that intertwines art, love and restitution.”	Producer Production	Not rated
TBA	Movie Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun A teenager learns she has powers and travels to Nigeria to learn more about her origins, where she discovers a...	Producer Production	Not rated

Newborn

2026 / TMDB 3.0

Becoming King

2024 / TMDB 1.0

The After

2024 / TMDB 5.6

The Book of Clarence

2024 / TMDB 5.9

Role Play

2023 / TMDB 6.0

The Tiger Who Came to Tea

2022 / TMDB 6.4

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David Oyelowo's career highlights include his portrayal of Martin Luther King Jr. in 'Selma,' his role in 'The Butler,' and his performance in 'A United Kingdom.' He has received critical acclaim for his diverse roles across film, television, and stage.

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David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo

Known for

Jack Reacher (2012)

Interstellar (2014)

Personal details

Credits

Latest Release

Newborn

Becoming King

The After

The Book of Clarence