David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo, OBE (/oʊˈjɛloʊwoʊ/ ə-yel-ə-woh; born April 1, 1976)[1] is an English[2][3] actor and producer. He has played supporting roles in the films Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Middle of Nowhere (2012), Lincoln (2012), and garnered praise for portraying Louis Gaines in The Butler (2013). On television, he played MI5 officer Danny Hunter in the British series Spooks (2002–04), and as of 2014, provides the voice of Imperial Security Bureau Agent Kallus on the animated series Star Wars Rebels.[4] In 2014, Oyelowo played Martin Luther King, Jr. in the biographical drama film Selma, for which he received his first Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama,[5] and won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture. Also in 2014, he starred in the HBO original film Nightingale, for which he won the Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series, or Dramatic Special and a Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries and TV Movie.
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