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David Oyelowo
David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo is a British 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. In 2016, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to drama.
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2026· 2 entries
Moviefone: David Oyelowo & Hayley Atwell Starring in new ‘Treasure Island’ Series
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2025· 4 entries
Variety: David Oyelowo’s Charm Can’t Redeem Apple TV+’s Moldy Surrealist Dramedy ‘Government Cheese’: TV Review
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The Guardian: Government Cheese review – David Oyelowo’s new drama is utterly meaningless
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Essence: David Oyelowo And Simone Missick Redefine The Family Comedy In Apple TV+’s ‘Government Cheese’
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collider: David Oyelowo Has Lost a Spot in His Own Family in the First ‘Government Cheese’ Trailer
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2024· 8 entries
bleedingcool: Government Cheese: Apple TV+'s David Oyelowo Series Hits This April
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collider: David Oyelowo Is Getting Thrown Out of His Own House in First 'Government Cheese' Images
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Yahoo: Who Is David Oyelowo's Wife? All About Producer Jessica Oyelowo and Her Relationship With the “Silo” Actor
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The Guardian: Coriolanus review – David Oyelowo keeps you waiting and Es Devlin’s design is to die for
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Variety: David Oyelowo on Creating an Inclusive Kingdom and Sticking With ‘Bass Reeves’ After Being Turned Down by Every Studio
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Deadline.com: David Oyelowo On Hitting The Western Trail And Making History In ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’, Plus How He Made His Childhood Dream Come True – The Actor’s Side
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Oyewolo was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for his performance in Lawmen: Bass Reeves as Bass Reeves
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Starred in the Royal National Theatre production of Coriolanus
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2022· 1 entry
The Guardian: ‘It’s almost like a soap’: Saoirse Ronan and David Oyelowo on how the whodunnit rose from the dead
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2021· 1 entry
The Guardian: 'My father thought actors were one step above cat burglars!': Alfred Molina meets David Oyelowo
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2020· 2 entries
The Guardian: Sunday with David Oyelowo: ‘I unwind by watching MMA fights'
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Oyelowo starred alongside George Clooney in the Netflix film The Midnight Sky
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2016· 3 entries
At the New York Theatre Workshop with Daniel Craig as Iago, directed by Sam Gold
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A dual citizen, Oyelowo and his wife became naturalised US citizens on 20 July 2016.
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Was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to drama
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2015· 1 entry
Was selected to portray James Bond in an audiobook version of Trigger Mortis, written by Anthony Horowitz
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2014· 2 entries
For his performance in Nightingale, he won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie,
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Oyelowo formed his own independent production company, Yoruba Saxon Productions which has co-produced movies that featured him including, Nightingale, Captive, Five Nights in Maine and most recently, A United Kingdom
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2012· 1 entry
Oyelowo appeared in Middle of Nowhere
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2007· 1 entry
Oyelowo was the reader for John le Carré's The Mission Song
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2006· 2 entries
Appeared in the television film Born Equal alongside Nikki Amuka-Bird as a couple fleeing persecution in Nigeria – they also both appeared in Shoot the Messenger (2006) and in The No
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Made his directorial debut on a production of The White Devil, produced by Inservice, his theatre company in Brighton which is co-run with fellow Brighton-based actors Priyanga Burford, Israel Aduramo, Penelope Cobbul
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2005· 1 entry
Appeared in a production of Prometheus Bound, which was revived in New York City in 2007
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1999· 1 entry
When he was offered a season with the Royal Shakespeare Company playing roles in Ben Jonson's Volpone, as the title character in Oroonoko (which he also performed in the BBC radio adaptation) and Shakespeare's Antony and
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1976· 1 entry
Born 1976-04-01.
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