History Creator / DavidOyelowo

* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'': [[Franchise/TheLittleMermaid Sebastian]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI-lIy_bmnI Pay the Crab]] skit) (voice)

* PlayingAgainstType: His skit in ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'', a one-shot character in ''WesternAnimation/GlennMartinDDS'', and playing the main character in ''Film/{{Gringo}}'', all BlackComedy works.

David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OBE]] (born 1 April 1976 in Oxford, England) is a British-American stage and screen actor and producer of Yoruba descent (UsefulNotes/{{Nigeria}}).

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David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OBE]] (born 1 April 1976 in Oxford, England) is a British-American stage and screen actor and producer. He is married to actress Jessica Oyelowo neé Watson.

* DoingItForTheArt: [[invoked]] If he's interested in the part, finds the project entertaining and/or meaningful, and likes the people he'd be working with, he's all up for committing to the project.

* BadassBaritone: It seems rather iconic to fans of ''Rebels'', and probably a part of how he got the role of [[EvilSoundsDeep Scar]] for ''The Lion Guard''. Seems to be the reason why he plays a lot of characters with authority.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: [[invoked]]
** He and Creator/ForestWhitaker were in ''The Last King of Scotland'' (Whitaker as an [[PresidentEvil evil president/dictator]], Oyelowo as a friendly doctor), ''The Butler'' (as father and son respectively), and the ''Star Wars'' franchise, specifically ''Rebels'' (Whitaker's AntiHero character being indirectly responsible for Oyelowo's character's ItsPersonal grudge against the heroes).
** He's said to also be friends with Creator/JohnBoyega and Creator/LupitaNyongo, who are both prominent characters in the ''Star Wars'' franchise after the Disney reboot as well. Both Oyelowo and Nyong'o play major characters in ''Queen of Katwe'' and ''Americanah'' as well.
** Minor example. He's TheOtherDarrin [[invoked]] for Scar in ''The Lion Guard'' and is Agent Kallus in the ''Star Wars'' franchise. Creator/JamesEarlJones plays Scar's brother, Mufasa, and one of Kallus's bosses, Darth Vader.
** He will star in ''God Particle'' with Creator/GuguMbathaRaw. In the ''Star Wars'' franchise, the both of them play[[note]]Technically; Gugu's character was [[ComicBookFantasyCasting officially fancasted]] after her by WordOfGod, but has never actually played her.[[/note]] MookLieutenant Imperial officers that [[spoiler:have a HeelRealization, but stay for [[HonorBeforeReason one reason]] [[TheMole or another]] until a costly battle ends with them in Rebel Alliance/New Republic hands.]]
** Since he's friends with Creator/RosamundPike, they went from [[spoiler:tasing and holding her character hostage]] in ''Film/JackReacher'', then followed it up by playing as a married couple in ''Film/AUnitedKingdom'' (a role he had recommended that she should play).
** In ''Film/AUnitedKingdom'', where his character is in an interracial marriage during a time of heavy racism/xenophobia, and his real life wife (as the two are in an interracial marriage themselves in real life) plays a character that looks down on that marriage.

* PlayingAgainstType: His skit in ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'', a OneShot character in ''WesternAnimation/GlennMartinDDS'', and playing the main character in ''Film/{{Gringo}}'', all BlackComedy works.

* ''Film/ChaosWalking'': Preacher Aaron

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* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': Agent Kallus (voice)

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard'': [[TheOtherDarrin Scar]] (voice)

David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OBE]] (born April 1, 1976 in Oxford, England) is a British-American stage and screen actor and producer. He is married to actress Jessica Oyelowo neé Watson.

David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OBE]] (born April 1, 1976 in Oxford, England) is an Nigerian-English stage and screen actor and producer. He is married to actress Jessica Oyelowo neé Watson.

** He will star in ''God Particle'' with Creator/GuguMbathaRaw. In the ''Star Wars'' franchise, the both of them play[[note]]Technically; Gugu's character was [[ComicBookFantasyCasting officially fancasted]] after her by WordOfGod, but has never actually played her.[[/note]] MookLieutenant Imperial officers that [[spoiler:have a HeelRealization, but stay for [[HonorBeforeReason one reason]] [[ReverseMole or another]] until a costly battle ends with them in Rebel Alliance/New Republic hands.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'': [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Sebastian]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI-lIy_bmnI Pay the Crab]] skit) (voice)

David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OBE]] (born April 1, 1976) is an Nigerian-English stage and screen actor and producer. He is married to actress Jessica Oyelowo neé Watson.

David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo (born April 1, 1976) is an Nigerian-English stage and screen actor and producer. He is married to actress Jessica Oyelowo neé Watson.

* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: [[invoked]] While he does play rather unhinged and mean characters at points, he's actually quite a friendly man. He has also stated that he keeps his distance from his kids when he's MethodActing for the roles that have characters in less grounded sanity, and the reason why he accepts villainous roles is also to help reinforce the [[AnAesop lessons]] of the story by showing what happens if you don't follow those aesops.

* ''The Cloverfield Paradox''