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David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo (/ oʊ ˈ j ɛ l oʊ w oʊ / oh-YEL-oh-woh; Yoruba pronunciation ⓘ; [1] [2] born 1 April 1976 [3]) is a British-American actor, director and producer. His accolades include a Critics' Choice Award and two NAACP Image Awards as well as nominations for three Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a BAFTA Award.
David and Jessica Oyelowo. Oyelowo resides in Tarzana in the San Fernando Valley in Southern California, US with her husband, actor David Oyelowo. They met while attending the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. [4] [1] They have four children. [4] [5] [6] They formerly resided in Brighton, England. [1] Both she and her husband are ...
Come Away is a 2020 fantasy drama film directed by Brenda Chapman (in her live-action directorial debut), written by Marissa Kate Goodhill, and starring David Oyelowo, Anna Chancellor, Angelina Jolie, Clarke Peters, David Gyasi, with Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michael Caine, and Derek Jacobi.
In May 2020, it was announced David Oyelowo had joined the cast of the film, with Nate Parker directing and writing the film, and Bron Studios set to finance and produce the film. [2] In September 2020, Olivia Washington, Barry Pepper, and Jimmie Fails joined the cast of the film. [3] Principal photography began in September 2020. [4]
The film stars actors David Oyelowo as King, Tom Wilkinson as President Lyndon B. Johnson, Tim Roth as George Wallace, Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King, and Common as Bevel. Selma premiered at the American Film Institute Festival on November 11, 2014, began a limited US release on December 25, and expanded into wide theatrical release on ...
Actor David Oyelowo had previously played an MI5 officer, Danny Hunter, in the BBC drama series Spooks. He told the Radio Times when he signed on for Complicit that he did not want to do a "film version of Spooks ", and that he considered Complicit to be a far more realistic depiction of an intelligence officer's work than his previous role ...
Gringo is a 2018 action comedy film directed by Nash Edgerton and written by Anthony Tambakis and Matthew Stone. The film stars David Oyelowo, Charlize Theron (who also produced), Joel Edgerton (Nash's brother), Amanda Seyfried, Thandiwe Newton, and Sharlto Copley, and follows a mild-mannered businessman who is sent to Mexico to deliver an experimental marijuana pill.
A United Kingdom is a 2016 biographical romantic drama film directed by Amma Asante and written by Guy Hibbert, based on the true-life romance of Seretse Khama, heir to the throne of the Bangwato Tribe in Serowe – one of many tribes found in then Bechuanaland Protectorate – with his wife Ruth Williams Khama. [7]