Line #43 Creator/DavidOyelowo


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