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David Oyelowo

David Oyelowo


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David Oyelowo - what members say


  • Red Tails
  • Red Tails review by CommsWatch from
    Rated - 3.0 stars Action-packed but lacking in authenticity 9 December 2012
    ... well), these actors are hardly known. Indeed the most dashing role is taken by David Oyelowo who is a British-born actor of Nigerian descent. So all credit to Lucas for bri...   Read customer review
  • Small Island
  • Small Island review by CityGent from Burton Upon Trent
    Rated - 5.0 stars Top Quality Production - a Must See 11 November 2010
    ...tention because you will be emotionally dead! The other 3 leads, Naomie Harris, David Oyelowo and Benedict Cumberbatch are well able to hold their own and the whole is just ...   Read customer review

David Oyelowo - filmography


  • Jack Reacher on DVD (2012)
    Starring: Werner Herzog,  David Oyelowo,  Robert Duvall
    Director: Christopher McQuarrie
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Mystery crime drama starring Tom Cruise and Rosamund Pike. Adapted from a novel in Lee Child's best-selling crime series, the film sees Cruise in the title role as an ex-military policeman turned vigilante drifter who is called in to investigate after an expert sniper takes the lives of five random ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 3,939 members
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  • The Paperboy (2012)
    Starring: Zac Efron,  Nicole Kidman,  Matthew McConaughey
    Director: Lee Daniels
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Directed by Oscar nominee, Lee Daniels (Precious), The Paperboy follows two brothers: Ward (Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike), a reporter for the esteemed daily newspaper, The Miami Times, and Jack (Zac Efron, The Lucky One), a recent college dropout. When Ward shows up with his writing partner, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 93 members
    Due for release on 29th July 2013
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  • The Paperboy - Blu-ray (2012)
    Starring: Zac Efron,  Nicole Kidman,  Matthew McConaughey
    Director: Lee Daniels
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Directed by Oscar nominee, Lee Daniels (Precious), The Paperboy follows two brothers: Ward (Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike), a reporter for the esteemed daily newspaper, The Miami Times, and Jack (Zac Efron, The Lucky One), a recent college dropout. When Ward shows up with his writing partner, ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 3 members
    Due for release on 29th July 2013
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  • 96 Minutes (2011)
    Starring: Brittany Snow,  Evan Ross,  Christian Serratos
    Director: Aimee Lagos
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Inspired by true events, 96 minutes is the story of four teenagers and the events that unfold over one terrifying night. Told in real time, the film cuts between a disastrous carjacking at the end of the day and seemingly unconnected events leading up to it. Four kids. One night. One shocking act ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 273 members
    Due for release on 12th August 2013
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  • Small Island on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Ashley Walters,  Benedict Cumberbatch,  Ruth Wilson
    Director: John Alexander
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Two-part BBC drama based on the award-winning novel by Andrea Levy. Set in Jamaica and London in the aftermath of the Second World War, the drama follows the interconnected lives of Londoners Queenie and Bernard (Ruth Wilson and Benedict Cumberbatch), the young Jamaican couple Gilbert and Hortense (..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 967 members
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  • Blood And Oil on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Paterson Joseph,  David Oyelowo,  Naomie Harris
    Director: David Attwood
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Two-part drama following two British women as they negotiate the chaos and corruption of the politically volatile Niger Delta. Talented young PR executive Alice Omuka (Naomie Harris), the London-born daughter of a wealthy Nigerian businessman, finds herself thrown unprepared into an unstable, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 175 members
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  • Red Tails on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr.,  Terrence Howard,  David Oyelowo
    Director: Anthony Hemingway
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Academy Award Winner Cuba Gooding Jr. and Academy Award Nominee Terrence Howard lead a powerful ensemble cast in this high-flying epic inspired by the real-life adventures of the first African-American combat unit to serve in World War II. Italy, 1944. As the war takes its toll on Allied forces in ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 3,147 members
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  • A Raisin In The Sun on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Sean Patrick Thomas,  John Stamos,  Phylicia Rashad
    Director: Kenny Leon
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Made-for-television adaptation of the classic Broadway play. The film stars Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs and revolves around an African American family struggling with poverty, racism, and inner conflict as they strive for a better way of life. Co-starring John Stamos ('ER'), Phylicia Rashad ('The Cosby ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 236 members
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  • Five Days (2 discs) on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Hugh Bonneville,  Patrick Malahide,  Janet McTeer
    Director: Simon Curtis,  Otto Bathurst
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Five-part BBC mini series revolving around the disappearance of a young mother in a quiet British suburb. One hot summer's day, Leanne Wellings (Christine Tremarco) is taking her two young children to visit her grandfather (Edward Woodward). When she stops to buy flowers at a motorway layby, she ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 2,628 members
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  • A Sound of Thunder on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Ben Kingsley,  Catherine McCormack,  David Oyelowo
    Director: Peter Hyams
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Thriller based on the short story by Ray Bradbury. In 2055, in Chicago, a company specialised in time travel and owned by the powerful and wealthy Charles Hatton (Ben Kingsley) organises safaris for tycoons in the prehistoric era. The team is leaded by Dr. Travis Ryer (Edward Burns) and the jump is ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 3,314 members
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David Oyelowo facts

5 most recent films

Jack Reacher - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Jack Reacher - 3.5 stars
The Paperboy - 3.0 stars
The Paperboy - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
96 Minutes - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Spooks - Complete Season 3 - 4.0 stars
Spooks - Complete Season 2 - 4.0 stars
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Series 1 - 4.0 stars
The Last King Of Scotland - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Spooks - Complete Season 1 - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Who Do You Love - 0.5 stars
The Paperboy - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
A Sound of Thunder - 2.5 stars
Blood And Oil - 3.0 stars
The Paperboy - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Peter Firth - 28 times - show films
Keeley Hawes - 28 times - show films
Megan Dodds - 28 times - show films
Matthew MacFadyen - 28 times - show films
Jenny Agutter - 22 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Rob Bailey - 22 times - show films
Bharat Nalluri - 16 times - show films
Otto Bathurst - 13 times - show films
Cilla Ware - 12 times - show films
Sam Miller - 6 times - show films