Oyelowo was born in Oxford, England, to Nigerian
parents of Yoruba extraction. His mother worked
for British Rail, and his father, Stephen, worked for
then nationalised airline British Airways.

He first attended a youth theatre after being invited
by a girl on whom he had a crush. He then
studied theatre studies for A levels at City and
Islington College, where his teacher suggested that
he become an actor. After A levels Oyelowo enrolled
for a year in an art foundation course, subsequently
winning a place, and a scholarship at the London
Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). He
finished his three-year training in 1998.

In 2012 Oyelowo appeared in Middle of Nowhere.
Writer-director Ava DuVernay had been a fan of his
work and had considered asking him to take the
role, however before she could Oyelowo received the script coincidentally from a friend of DuVernay's
who happened to be sitting next to him on the plane and was considering investing in the project.

The film premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film
Festival to critical raves. That same year Oyelowo
appeared in Lee Daniels′ The Paperboy, which
competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes
Film Festival. Oyelowo reunited with Daniels the following year in The Butler.

In 2014 he reunited with his Middle of Nowhere
director Ava DuVernay for Selma, playing civil rights
activist Martin Luther King, Jr. The film, based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches, had originally been set to be directed by Lee Daniels, but the project was dropped by Daniels so he could focus on The Butler.

Oyelowo is also slated to star with Lupita Nyong'o in
Americanah, a film to be adapted from the
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie novel. The story follows
a pair of young Nigerian immigrants who face a
lifetime of struggle while their relationship endures.

He has starred in award winning movies like The Last King of Scotland, The Best Man, Rise of the Planet of Apes among others.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Oyelowo

[quote author=slimdiggi post=29762042]Oyelowo was born in Oxford, England, to Nigerian
parents of Yoruba extraction. His mother worked
for British Rail, and his father, Stephen, worked for
then nationalised airline British Airways.
He first attended a youth theatre after being invited
by a girl on whom he had a crush. He then
studied theatre studies for A levels at City and
Islington College, where his teacher suggested that
he become an actor. After A levels Oyelowo enrolled
for a year in an art foundation course, subsequently
winning a place, and a scholarship at the London
Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). He
finished his three-year training in 1998.
In 2012 Oyelowo appeared in Middle of Nowhere.
Writer-director Ava DuVernay had been a fan of his
work and had considered asking him to take the
role, however before she could Oyelowo received the script coincidentally from a friend of DuVernay's
who happened to be sitting next to him on the plane and was considering investing in the project.
The film premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film
Festival to critical raves. That same year Oyelowo
appeared in Lee Daniels′ The Paperboy, which
competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes
Film Festival. Oyelowo reunited with Daniels the following year in The Butler.
In 2014 he reunited with his Middle of Nowhere
director Ava DuVernay for Selma, playing civil rights
activist Martin Luther King, Jr. The film, based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches, had originally been set to be directed by Lee Daniels, but the project was dropped by Daniels so he could focus on The Butler.
Oyelowo is also slated to star with Lupita Nyong'o in
Americanah, a film to be adapted from the
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie novel. The story follows
a pair of young Nigerian immigrants who face a
lifetime of struggle while their relationship endures.
He has starred in award winning movies like The Last King of Scotland, The Best Man, Rise of the Planet of Apes among others.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Oyelowo.



Thought you were going to post his pix....Don't tell me to go and view it elsewhere...Post it...

I'm waiting for the day american newspapers will carry a "meet nigerian born american actor". Or of any profession