---
title: 'David Oyelowo'
type: 'person'
roles:
  - 'film actor'
  - 'television actor'
  - 'director'
  - 'film producer'
  - 'film director'
born: '1976-04-01'
birthplace: 'Oxford'
films_in_library: 29
reviews_of_their_work: 1
fandom_rating: '8.00/10 across 1 reviews'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/people/david-oyelowo'
updated: '2026-07-31'
wikipedia: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Oyelowo'
wikidata: 'Q218800'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# David Oyelowo

film actor, television actor, director, film producer, film director.

## Filmography on CinePixo

- 2024 · [Role Play](https://cinepixo.com/movies/role-play-2024) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2023 · [The Book of Clarence](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-book-of-clarence-2023) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2022 · [See How They Run](https://cinepixo.com/movies/see-how-they-run-2022) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2021 · [Chaos Walking](https://cinepixo.com/movies/chaos-walking-2021) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2020 · [The Midnight Sky](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-midnight-sky-2020) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2020 · [The Water Man](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-water-man-2020) — Director · unreviewed here
- 2019 · [Don't Let Go](https://cinepixo.com/movies/dont-let-go-2019) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2018 · [A Wrinkle in Time](https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-wrinkle-in-time-2018) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2018 · [The Cloverfield Paradox](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-cloverfield-paradox-2018) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2018 · [Gringo](https://cinepixo.com/movies/gringo-2018) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2016 · [Nina](https://cinepixo.com/movies/nina-2016) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2016 · [A United Kingdom](https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-united-kingdom-2016) — Producer · unreviewed here
- 2015 · [Captive](https://cinepixo.com/movies/captive-2015) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2015 · [Five Nights in Maine](https://cinepixo.com/movies/five-nights-in-maine-2015) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2014 · [Nightingale](https://cinepixo.com/movies/nightingale-2014) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2014 · [Interstellar](https://cinepixo.com/movies/interstellar-2014) — as School Principal · **8.0/10** from 1 review
- 2013 · [The Butler](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-butler-2013) — as Louis Gaines · unreviewed here
- 2012 · [Jack Reacher](https://cinepixo.com/movies/jack-reacher-2012) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2012 · [The Paperboy](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-paperboy-2012) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2012 · [Red Tails](https://cinepixo.com/movies/red-tails-2012) — as 1st Lt. Joe "Lightning" Little · unreviewed here
- 2012 · [Middle of Nowhere](https://cinepixo.com/movies/middle-of-nowhere-2012) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2011 · [The Help](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-help-2011) — as Preacher Green · unreviewed here
- 2011 · [Rise of the Planet of the Apes](https://cinepixo.com/movies/rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-2011) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2009 · [Rage](https://cinepixo.com/movies/rage-2009) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2006 · [The Last King of Scotland](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-last-king-of-scotland-2006) — as Dr. Junju · unreviewed here
- 2006 · [As You Like It](https://cinepixo.com/movies/as-you-like-it-2006) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2005 · [Derailed](https://cinepixo.com/movies/derailed-2005) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2005 · [A Sound of Thunder](https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-sound-of-thunder-2005) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2005 · [The Best Man](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-best-man-2005) — actor · unreviewed here

Across everything reviewed here their work averages **8.00/10** — the plain mean of every published rating, nothing imported.

## Criticism on CinePixo

- **8.0/10** — [Gravity With Dust Under Its Nails](https://cinepixo.com/reviews/gravity-with-dust-under-its-nails) on *Interstellar* by Amara Osei, 2026-07-24

Source: https://cinepixo.com/people/david-oyelowo
Biographical facts from Wikipedia/Wikidata where linked above. Ratings and reviews are the work of this site's members.