# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-oyelowo
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:52:32.492Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-oyelowo"
name: "David Oyelowo"
slug: "david-oyelowo"
description: "David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo is a Nigerian-British actor, director, and producer. His accolades include a Critics' Choice Award and two NAACP Image Awards as well as nominations for three Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a BAFTA Award. In 2016, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to drama."
tagline: "British actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Oyelowo_Golden_Globes.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1976-04-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             10
  historical:           27.08014
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  246
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-country-fill