David Oyelowo: movies and TV shows
David Oyelowo has 139 credits in the archive: 90 films and 49 TV series, from 1953 to 2026. Highest rated: Interstellar (8.5/10).
Career timeline
1953 – 2026 · busiest year: 2014 (13 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Clarissa | Peter | Film | — | 50 |
| 2026 | Newborn | Chris Newborn | Film | 3.0 | 50 |
| 2026 | Newborn | Film | 3.0 | 50 | |
| 2025 | Government Cheese | Hampton Chambers | TV | 3.7 | 49 |
| 2025 | Government Cheese | TV | 3.7 | 49 | |
| 2025 | The American Revolution | Olaudah Equiano / Sam (voice) | TV | 5.9 | 49 |
| 2025 | American Solitaire | Film | — | 49 | |
| 2025 | National Theatre Live: Coriolanus | Coriolanus | Film | — | 49 |
| 2024 | After Midnight | Self | TV | 5.5 | 48 |
| 2024 | The Book of Clarence | John the Baptist | Film | 5.8 | 48 |
| 2024 | Becoming King | Self | Film | 1.0 | 48 |
| 2024 | Becoming King | Film | 1.0 | 48 | |
| 2024 | The After | Dayo | Film | 5.6 | 48 |
| 2024 | The After | Film | 5.6 | 48 | |
| 2024 | Big Cats, Small World | Narrator (voice) | TV | 10.0 | 48 |
| 2023 | Silo | Sheriff Holston Becker | TV | 8.2 | 47 |
| 2023 | Lawmen: Bass Reeves | Bass Reeves | TV | 6.9 | 47 |
| 2023 | Lawmen: Bass Reeves | TV | 6.9 | 47 | |
| 2023 | Role Play | Dave | Film | 6.0 | 47 |
| 2023 | Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter | Self | TV | 2.9 | 47 |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self | TV | 5.6 | 46 |
| 2022 | Sherri | Self - Guest | TV | 2.6 | 46 |
| 2022 | See How They Run | Mervyn Cocker-Norris | Film | 6.3 | 46 |
| 2022 | The Tiger Who Came to Tea | The Tiger (voice) | Film | 6.4 | 46 |
| 2022 | Earth's Great Rivers II | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 46 |
| 2022 | The Bastard King | The Bastard King | Film | 8.0 | 46 |
| 2022 | Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire | Narrator | Film | 5.0 | 46 |
| 2021 | Chaos Walking | Aaron | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 2021 | Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway | Nigel Basil-Jones | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 2021 | The Girl Before | Edward Monkford | TV | 6.2 | 45 |
| 2021 | Night of the Kings | Film | 6.6 | 45 | |
| 2021 | 5150 | Film | 6.3 | 45 | |
| 2021 | Ferguson Rises | Film | — | 45 | |
| 2020 | Home Movie: The Princess Bride | Prince Humperdinck | TV | 7.7 | 44 |
| 2020 | The Midnight Sky | Adewole | Film | 5.7 | 44 |
| 2020 | Come Away | Jack Littleton | Film | 5.8 | 44 |
| 2020 | Come Away | Film | 5.8 | 44 | |
| 2020 | The Water Man | Amos Boone | Film | 6.1 | 44 |
| 2020 | The Water Man | Film | 6.1 | 44 | |
| 2020 | The Water Man | Film | 6.1 | 44 | |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | TV | 6.3 | 43 |
| 2019 | Tamron Hall | Self - Guest | TV | 4.7 | 43 |
| 2019 | Don't Let Go | Detective Jack Radcliff | Film | 6.9 | 43 |
| 2019 | Don't Let Go | Film | 6.9 | 43 | |
| 2019 | Don't Let Go | Film | 6.9 | 43 | |
| 2019 | Brave Girl Rising | Narrator | Film | — | 43 |
| 2019 | Earth's Great Rivers | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.7 | 43 |
| 2018 | Les Misérables | Javert | TV | 7.4 | 42 |
| 2018 | Les Misérables | TV | 7.4 | 42 | |
| 2018 | The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale | Self - Special Guest | TV | 5.9 | 42 |
| 2018 | A Wrinkle in Time | The It (voice) | Film | 5.1 | 42 |
| 2018 | The Cloverfield Paradox | Kiel | Film | 5.6 | 42 |
| 2018 | Gringo | Harold Soyinka | Film | 5.9 | 42 |
| 2018 | Family Feud | 2148 Descendant | Film | 2.5 | 42 |
| 2018 | Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' | Self | TV | 6.3 | 42 |
| 2017 | August 28: A Day in the Life of a People | Film | 1.0 | 41 | |
| 2017 | The Lion Guard: The Rise of Scar | Scar (voice) | Film | 8.3 | 41 |
| 2016 | The Lion Guard | Scar | TV | 7.7 | 40 |
| 2016 | Queen of Katwe | Robert Katende | Film | 7.2 | 40 |
| 2016 | 13th | Film | 7.8 | 40 | |
| 2016 | Nina | Clifton Henderson | Film | 5.2 | 40 |
| 2016 | A United Kingdom | Seretse Khama | Film | 6.7 | 40 |
| 2016 | A United Kingdom | Film | 6.7 | 40 | |
| 2016 | Five Nights in Maine | Sherwin | Film | 5.1 | 40 |
| 2016 | Five Nights in Maine | Film | 5.1 | 40 | |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | TV | 6.1 | 39 |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self | TV | 6.2 | 39 |
| 2015 | Captive | Brian Nichols | Film | 5.6 | 39 |
| 2015 | Captive | Film | 5.6 | 39 | |
| 2015 | Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal | Agent Kallus (voice) | Film | 7.9 | 39 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | TV | 5.8 | 38 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | TV | 5.1 | 38 |
| 2014 | Interstellar | School Principal | Film | 8.5 | 38 |
| 2014 | Star Wars Rebels | Agent Kallus (voice) | TV | 7.7 | 38 |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | TV | 4.2 | 38 |
| 2014 | Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self | TV | 5.0 | 38 |
| 2014 | A Most Violent Year | D.A. Lawrence | Film | 6.6 | 38 |
| 2014 | Selma | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | Film | 7.4 | 38 |
| 2014 | 9 Kisses | Customer | Film | 5.5 | 38 |
| 2014 | Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion | Agent Kallus (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 38 |
| 2014 | Nightingale | Peter Snowden | Film | 6.0 | 38 |
| 2014 | Nightingale | Film | 6.0 | 38 | |
| 2014 | Default | Atlas | Film | 4.3 | 38 |
| 2013 | The Frame | Steven Jacobs | TV | 10.0 | 37 |
| 2013 | The Butler | Louis Gaines | Film | 7.3 | 37 |
| 2013 | The Arsenio Hall Show | Self | TV | 5.7 | 37 |
| 2013 | Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around | Self | Film | 7.4 | 37 |
| 2013 | Complicit | Edward Ekubo | Film | 5.3 | 37 |
| 2012 | Jack Reacher | Det. Emerson | Film | 6.7 | 36 |
| 2012 | Lincoln | Corporal Ira Clark | Film | 6.8 | 36 |
| 2012 | Red Tails | Joe 'Lightning' Little | Film | 6.6 | 36 |
| 2012 | The Paperboy | Yardley Acheman | Film | 5.5 | 36 |
| 2012 | Middle of Nowhere | Brian | Film | 6.0 | 36 |
| 2012 | Rahab | Cen | Film | 4.7 | 36 |
| 2011 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Steven Jacobs | Film | 7.3 | 35 |
| 2011 | The Help | Preacher Green | Film | 8.2 | 35 |
| 2011 | 96 Minutes | Duane | Film | 5.7 | 35 |
| 2010 | Conan | Self | TV | 7.2 | 34 |
| 2010 | Blood And Oil | Keme Tobodo | TV | — | 34 |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | TV | 5.0 | 33 |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Judge Edward Weldon | TV | 7.6 | 33 |
| 2009 | Glenn Martin, DDS | TV | 6.3 | 33 | |
| 2009 | Small Island | Gilbert | TV | 6.1 | 33 |
| 2009 | Big Guy | Film | 3.0 | 33 | |
| 2009 | Big Guy | Film | 3.0 | 33 | |
| 2009 | Rage | Homer | Film | 3.5 | 33 |
| 2008 | The Passion | Joseph of Arimathea | TV | 5.3 | 32 |
| 2008 | A Raisin in the Sun | Joseph Asagai | Film | 6.1 | 32 |
| 2008 | Who Do You Love | Muddy Waters | Film | 1.0 | 32 |
| 2008 | Sweet Nothing in My Ear | Leonard Grisham | Film | 6.3 | 32 |
| 2007 | Five Days | Matt Wellings | TV | 5.8 | 31 |
| 2006 | The One Show | Self | TV | 4.4 | 30 |
| 2006 | The Last King of Scotland | Dr. Thomas Junju | Film | 7.4 | 30 |
| 2006 | Mayo | Eddie Barton, 'Sexy' M.P. | TV | 4.2 | 30 |
| 2006 | As You Like It | Orlando De Boys | Film | 5.8 | 30 |
| 2006 | American Blend | Mercury | Film | 8.0 | 30 |
| 2006 | Shoot the Messenger | Joseph Pascale | Film | 5.4 | 30 |
| 2006 | Born Equal | Yemi | Film | 5.0 | 30 |
| 2005 | Derailed | Patrol Officer | Film | 6.4 | 29 |
| 2005 | A Sound of Thunder | Marcus Payne | Film | 4.9 | 29 |
| 2005 | The Best Man | Graham | Film | 5.4 | 29 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest | TV | 5.3 | 27 |
| 2002 | Spooks | Danny Hunter | TV | 7.7 | 26 |
| 2002 | Tomorrow La Scala! | Charlie | Film | 8.0 | 26 |
| 2001 | Dog Eat Dog | CJ | Film | 5.3 | 25 |
| 1998 | Maisie Raine | Sonny McDonald | TV | — | 22 |
| 1997 | The View | Self | TV | 4.3 | 21 |
| 1992 | As Time Goes By | Patrick | TV | 7.5 | 16 |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | TV | 5.6 | 12 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 19 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 22 |
| Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Affair | Reverend Elijah Grant | Film | — | — | |
| Othello | Othello | Film | — | — | |
| Othello | Film | — | — | ||
| Othello | Film | — | — | ||
| Heist of Benin | Film | — | — | ||
| Heist of Benin | Film | — | — | ||
| The Return of the Rocketeer | The Rocketeer | Film | — | — | |
| Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun | Film | — | — |