David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo is a British Nigerian actor. He was born 1 April 1976 in Britain. He is best known for his roles in the films Rise of the planet of apes, Middle of nowhere, Lincoln, and as Louis Gaines in The Butler. On television, he played MI5 agent Danny Hunter in the British series Spooks, and is playing Imperial Security Bureau agent Kallus on the animated series, Star war rebels. Oyelowo will star in the upcoming movie Selma, where he plays Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Oyelowo was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, in the United Kingdom, to Nigerian parents of Yoruba extraction.[3] His mother worked for a railway and his father for the national airline.
He first attended a youth theatre after being invited by a girl to whom he was attracted.
He then studied theater studies for A levelat City and Islington Colleg and his teacher suggested he should become an actor. After A levels Oyelowo enrolled for a year on an art foundation course, before winning a place and scholarship at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA),finishing his three-year training in 1998
Oyelowo is best known for playing MI5 officer Danny Hunter in the British TV drama series Spooks (known in North America as MI-5) from 2002 to 2004. He had before that appeared in Tomorrow La Scala (2002), Maisie Raine (1998) and Brothers and Sisters (1998). Soon after the end of his time on Spooks Oyelowo made a cameo appearance in the 2005 Christmas special of As Time Goes By.
In 2006 he appeared in the TV 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. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (2008) as a husband and wife. Other cameos have included Mayo (guest starring on 30 April 2006) and the TV film Sweet Nothing in My Ear (2008, as defense attorney Leonard Grisham), whilst he has played recurring or main characters in Five Days (2007) and The Passion (2008, as Joseph of Arimathea).
In December 2009 he played the leading role of Gilbert in the BBC TV adaptation of Andrea Levy's novel Small Island.In March 2010 he played the part of Keme Tobodo in the BBC's drama series Blood and Oil.
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