David Oyelowo
David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo, OBE is an English actor and producer. He has played supporting roles in the films Rise of the Planet of the Apes , Middle of Nowhere , Lincoln , and garnered praise for portraying Louis Gaines in The Butler . On television, he played MI5 officer Danny Hunter in the British series Spooks , and as of 2014, provides the voice of Imperial Security Bureau Agent Kallus on the animated series Star Wars Rebels. In 2014, Oyelowo played Martin Luther King, Jr. in the biographical drama film Selma, for which he received his first Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama, and Critics Choice Award for Best Actor, and won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture. Also in 2014, he starred in the HBO original film Nightingale, for which he won the Critics Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a MovieMiniseries and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie, Golden Gl
Oyelowo was born in Oxford, to Nigerian parents of Yoruba ethnicity. His mother worked for British Rail, and his father, Stephen, worked for British Airways. He studied theatre studies at City and Islington College, where his teacher suggested that he become an actor. Oyelowo enrolled for a year in an art foundation course, at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art . He finished his threeyear training in 1998. He also spent time with the National Youth Theatre.
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