David Oyelowo

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actor director film actor film producer human television actor voice actor

David Oyelowo is a British-Nigerian actor known for his powerful performances in film and television, particularly in biographical and historical dramas.

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Label Occurrences
David Oyelowo canonical 38
David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf actor ⓘ
director ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
human ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
voice actor ⓘ
awardReceived NAACP Image Award ⓘ
surface form: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture (for Selma)
citizenship Nigeria ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfBirth United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1976-04-01 ⓘ
directed The Water Man ⓘ
educatedAt City and Islington College ⓘ
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Yoruba ⓘ
familyName Oyelowo ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName David ⓘ
hasChild four children ⓘ
knownFor portraying Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma ⓘ
roles in historical and biographical dramas ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
name David Oyelowo self-link ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
Nigerian ⓘ
nominatedFor Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film ⓘ
surface form: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film (for Nightingale)

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama ⓘ
surface form: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (for Selma)
notableWork A United Kingdom ⓘ
Jack Reacher ⓘ
Les Misérables (2018 miniseries) ⓘ
MI-5 ⓘ
Nightingale ⓘ
Queen of Katwe ⓘ
Red Tails ⓘ
Rise of the Planet of the Apes ⓘ
Selma (2014 film) ⓘ
surface form: Selma

Silo ⓘ
Small Island ⓘ
Spooks ⓘ
Star Wars Rebels ⓘ
The Butler ⓘ
Cloverfield Paradox ⓘ
surface form: The Cloverfield Paradox

The Girl Before ⓘ
The Lion Guard ⓘ
The Water Man ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
director ⓘ
producer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Oxford ⓘ
produced A United Kingdom ⓘ
Nightingale ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
spouse Jessica Oyelowo ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

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Selma (2014 film) → actor → David Oyelowo ⓘ
David Oyelowo → name → David Oyelowo self-link ⓘ
David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King Jr. → portrayedBy → David Oyelowo ⓘ
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art → hasNotableAlumni → David Oyelowo ⓘ
Carmen Ejogo → workedWith → David Oyelowo ⓘ
The Butler → castMember → David Oyelowo ⓘ
Cloverfield Paradox → castMember → David Oyelowo ⓘ
subject surface form: The Cloverfield Paradox
A Raisin in the Sun (2008 television film) → starredActor → David Oyelowo ⓘ
Scar → portrayedBy → David Oyelowo ⓘ
Scar → voicedBy → David Oyelowo ⓘ
Oyelowo → hasNotableBearer → David Oyelowo ⓘ
Oyelowo → nameInFull → David Oyelowo ⓘ
subject surface form: David Oyelowo
this entity surface form: David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo
Jessica Oyelowo → spouse → David Oyelowo ⓘ
Jessica Oyelowo → partner → David Oyelowo ⓘ
Jessica Oyelowo → relative → David Oyelowo ⓘ
Jessica Oyelowo → collaboratedWith → David Oyelowo ⓘ
Nightingale → starring → David Oyelowo ⓘ
Nightingale → castMember → David Oyelowo ⓘ
Nightingale → executiveProducer → David Oyelowo ⓘ
Queen of Katwe → starredActor → David Oyelowo ⓘ
Rise of the Planet of the Apes → starring → David Oyelowo ⓘ
Red Tails → stars → David Oyelowo ⓘ
The Water Man → director → David Oyelowo ⓘ
The Water Man → directorialDebutOf → David Oyelowo ⓘ
The Water Man → producer → David Oyelowo ⓘ
The Water Man → castMember → David Oyelowo ⓘ
Silo → portrayedBy → David Oyelowo ⓘ
MI-5 → hasCastMember → David Oyelowo ⓘ
MI-5 → hasNotablePerformanceBy → David Oyelowo ⓘ
Small Island → castMember → David Oyelowo ⓘ
Les Misérables (2018 miniseries) → stars → David Oyelowo ⓘ
The Girl Before → adaptationStars → David Oyelowo ⓘ
A Most Violent Year → starring → David Oyelowo ⓘ
Middle of Nowhere → starring → David Oyelowo ⓘ
Chaos Walking → stars → David Oyelowo ⓘ
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway → castMember → David Oyelowo ⓘ
Lee Daniels' The Butler → starring → David Oyelowo ⓘ
A United Kingdom → producer → David Oyelowo ⓘ
A United Kingdom → starredActor → David Oyelowo ⓘ