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3 | David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OBE]] (born 1 April 1976 in Oxford, England) is a British stage and screen actor and producer of Yoruba UsefulNotes/{{Nigeria}}n descent. |
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5 | He is married to actress Jessica Oyelowo neƩ Watson. |
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7 | !!Works |
8 | * ''Series/{{Spooks}}'': Danny Hunter |
9 | * ''Film/TheLastKingOfScotland'': Dr. Junju |
10 | * ''Series/TheNo1LadiesDetectiveAgency'': Kremlin Busang |
11 | * ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes'': Steven Jacobs |
12 | * ''Film/TheButler'': Louis Gaines |
13 | * ''Film/JackReacher'': Detective Emerson |
14 | * ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': [[Characters/StarWarsAlexsandrKallus Agent Kallus]] (voice) |
15 | * ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'': [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf]] / [[Series/GullahGullahIsland Ron Alston]] (voice) |
16 | * ''Nightingale'': Peter Snowden |
17 | * ''Film/{{Interstellar}}'': [[OneSceneWonder The School Principal]] |
18 | * ''Film/{{Selma}}'': UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr |
19 | * ''Film/AMostViolentYear'': Assistant District Attorney Lawrence |
20 | * ''Captive'': Brian Nichols |
21 | * ''Nina'': Clifton Henderson |
22 | * ''Film/QueenOfKatwe'': Robert Katende |
23 | * ''Film/AUnitedKingdom'': [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seretse_Khama Seretse Khama]] |
24 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard'': [[Characters/TheLionKingScar Scar]] (voice) |
25 | * ''Film/TheCloverfieldParadox'' |
26 | * ''Film/ChaosWalking2021'': Preacher Aaron |
27 | * ''Only You'' |
28 | * ''Americanah'': Obinze |
29 | * ''Film/{{Gringo}}'': Harold Soyinka |
30 | * ''Film/AWrinkleInTime2018'': The IT (voice) |
31 | * ''Film/TheMidnightSky'': Adewole |
32 | * ''Series/LesMiserables2018'' as Javert |
33 | * ''Series/HomeMovieThePrincessBride'' as Prince Humperdinck |
34 | * ''Film/SeeHowTheyRun'' as Mervyn Cocker-Norris |
35 | * ''Series/{{Silo}}'' as Holston Becker |
36 | * ''Series/LawmenBassReeves'' as Bass Reeves |
37 | * ''Film/TheAfter'' as Dayo |
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39 | !!Tropes that apply to his works include: |
40 | * DyeingForYourArt: [[invoked]] He put on some extra weight for his role as Dr. King in ''Selma''. |
41 | * FakeAmerican: [[invoked]] As Jacobs and Dr. King. |
42 | * LargeHam: In ''The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency'', and a few (but memorable) times in ''Rebels'', as well as ''The Lion Guard''. |
43 | * MemeticMutation: [[invoked]] |
44 | ** Agent Kallus not only had MemeticHair, but as he became an EnsembleDarkhorse later on in the run of ''Rebels'', [=#HotKallus=] ended up becoming a thing as well due to a rather iconic [[SmugSmiler smirk]] and CharacterDevelopment. According to Creator/DaveFiloni (as [[ReclusiveArtist Oyelowo doesn't have any social media pages]]), [[MemeAcknowledgment he thinks it's crazy and loves it]]. |
45 | ** He was apparently supportive of the idea to give Kallus the first name of "Alexander", which has freaked out fans of the character and led to several jokes about the name. |
46 | * MethodActing: He stayed in character in real life for a few of his roles, like ''Captive'' and ''Selma'' (his wife apparently wasn't very amused with the latter). |
47 | * PlayingAgainstType: His guest appearance in ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'', a one-shot character in ''WesternAnimation/GlennMartinDDS'', and playing the main character in ''Film/{{Gringo}}'', all BlackComedy works. |
48 | * SoMyKidsCanWatch: [[invoked]] Revealing to his kids that he's playing a major villain in the ''Star Wars'' franchise earned him huge amounts of {{Squee}} from them. Applies to ''The Lion Guard'' as well, though they've somewhat grown out of the target demographic. |
49 | * StarMakingRole: |
50 | ** His supporting role in ''Film/TheButler'' appears to have made him more well-known, and even more so by his follow-up role as UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr in ''Film/{{Selma}}''. |
51 | ** His role in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' (the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise now being owned by Creator/{{Disney}}) seems to have played some part in him being in ''Film/QueenOfKatwe'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard'', both productions of Disney. |
52 | * {{Typecasting}}: A bunch of his roles that clearly aren't based off of real life often seem to place him in roles of authority, usually being a cop or something related to crime (an [=MI5=] officer in ''Series/{{Spooks}}'', detective [[spoiler:and actually a DirtyCop]] in ''Film/JackReacher'', a StateSec agent [[spoiler:and a HeelFaceTurn TheLancer]] in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'', an assistant district attorney in ''A Most Violent Year'', a cop in ''Only You'', and et cetera). |
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