- Films
- 30
- Avg rating
- 6.22
- Peak run
- 2012’14
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
David by the numbers
Average
6.22
25 rated films
Vote weighted
6.30
bigger films count more
Median
5.9
half are better
Consistency
±0.94
rating spread
Career
26y
2001 to 2026
Total votes
3.96M
across every film
Best
8.7
Interstellar
Worst
4.3
A Sound of Thunder
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 |  Newborn | Chris Newborn | · | 399 |
| 2026 |  Clarissa | Peter | · | 94 |
| 2024 |  Role Play | Dave Brackett | 5.5 | 21,138 |
| 2023 | The Book of Clarence | John the Baptist | 5.7 | 8,421 |
| 2021 |  Chaos Walking | Aaron | 5.7 | 65,338 |
| 2021 |  Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway | Nigel Basil-Jones | 6.2 | 17,501 |
| 2020 |  The Midnight Sky | Adewole | 5.7 | 95,632 |
| 2020 | The Water Man | Amos Boone | 5.6 | 4,950 |
| 2020 | Come Away | Jack Littleton | 5.7 | 6,460 |
| 2019 |  Don't Let Go | Jack Radcliff | 6.4 | 15,782 |
| 2018 |  The Cloverfield Paradox | Kiel | 5.5 | 123K |
| 2018 |  Gringo | Harold Soyinka | 6.1 | 34,073 |
| 2016 | Nina | Clifton Henderson | 5.4 | 3,226 |
| 2016 |  A United Kingdom | Seretse Khama | 6.9 | 17,882 |
| 2016 |  Queen of Katwe | Robert Katende | 7.4 | 20,303 |
| 2015 | Captive | Brian Nichols | 5.4 | 7,599 |
| 2015 | Five Nights in Maine | Sherwin | · | 961 |
| 2014 |  Interstellar | School Principal | 8.7 | 2.62M |
| 2014 |  Selma | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 7.5 | 99,818 |
| 2014 | Default | Atlas | · | 286 |
Better together?
David Oyelowo's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On David Oyelowo
Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.