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David Oyelowo
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- Producer
- Director
In short · Acting since 1951, 8 decades active, 72 credits.
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Director
1 creditActor
58 credits
Newborn(2026)
Chris Newborn
Film
Clarissa(2026)
Peter
FilmGovernment Cheese(2025)
Hampton Chambers
TV
Role Play(2024)
Dave Brackett
Film
Lawmen: Bass Reeves(2023)
Bass Reeves
TV
The After(2023)
Dayo
Film
Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire(2023)
Narrator
Film
The Book of Clarence(2023)
John the Baptist
Film
Silo(2023)
Sheriff Holston Becker (5 Episodes)
TV
See How They Run(2022)
Mervyn Cocker-Norris
Film
The Girl Before(2021)
Edward
TV
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway(2021)
Nigel Basil-Jones
Film
Chaos Walking(2021)
Aaron
FilmPandemica(2021)
Actor
TV
The Water Man(2020)
Amos Boone
Film
The Bastard King(2020)
The Bastard King
Film
The Midnight Sky(2020)
Adewole
Film
Come Away(2020)
Jack Littleton
Film
Don't Let Go(2019)
Jack Radcliff
Film
The Cloverfield Paradox(2018)
Kiel
Film
Les Misérables(2018)
Javert
TV
Gringo(2018)
Harold Soyinka
Film
A United Kingdom(2016)
Seretse Khama
Film
Queen of Katwe(2016)
Robert Katende
Film
Nina(2016)
Clifton Henderson
Film
Five Nights in Maine(2015)
Sherwin
Film
Captive(2015)
Brian Nichols
Film
Nightingale(2014)
Peter Snowden
Film
Default(2014)
Atlas
Film
Selma(2014)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Film
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Additional credits13Show
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- Becoming KingSelf · 2024
- Tom Cruise: Lights, Camera, ActionSelf · 2023
- Rivers of Life IISelf - Narrator · 2022
- Engineering the FutureSelf - Narrator · 2020
- Earth's Great RiversSelf - Narrator · 2019
- They've Gotta Have UsSelf - Actor and Producer · 2018
- Andrew Davies: Rewriting the ClassicsSelf · 2018
- Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf (1 Episode) · 2014
- Oprah: Where Are They Now?Self · 2012
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest (1 Episode) · 2003
- LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf - Guest (5 Episodes) · 1988
- Actors on ActorsSelf (1 Episode)
- Watch What Happens LiveSelf - Guest (2 Episodes)
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