- Films
- 41
- Avg rating
- 6.28
- Peak run
- 2012’14
- 7+ run
- 5 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
David by the numbers
Average
6.28
35 rated films
Vote weighted
6.39
bigger films count more
Median
6.1
half are better
Consistency
±1.01
rating spread
Career
26y
2001 to 2026
Total votes
5.73M
across every film
Best
8.7
Interstellar
Worst
4.3
A Sound of Thunder
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 |  Clarissa | Peter | · | 98 |
| 2026 |  Newborn | Chris Newborn | · | 404 |
| 2024 |  Role Play | Dave Brackett | 5.5 | 21,151 |
| 2023 |  The Book of Clarence | John the Baptist | 5.7 | 8,426 |
| 2022 |  See How They Run | · | 6.5 | 75,340 |
| 2021 |  Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway | Nigel Basil-Jones | 6.2 | 17,508 |
| 2021 |  Chaos Walking | Aaron | 5.7 | 65,381 |
| 2020 |  The Water Man | Amos Boone | 5.6 | 4,952 |
| 2020 |  The Midnight Sky | Adewole | 5.7 | 95,665 |
| 2020 |  Come Away | Jack Littleton | 5.7 | 6,463 |
| 2019 |  Don't Let Go | Jack Radcliff | 6.4 | 15,786 |
| 2018 |  Gringo | Harold Soyinka | 6.1 | 34,091 |
| 2018 |  A Wrinkle in Time | · | 4.3 | 50,323 |
| 2018 |  The Cloverfield Paradox | Kiel | 5.5 | 123K |
| 2016 |  A United Kingdom | Seretse Khama | 6.9 | 17,885 |
| 2016 |  Queen of Katwe | Robert Katende | 7.4 | 20,310 |
| 2016 | Nina | Clifton Henderson | 5.4 | 3,226 |
| 2015 | Five Nights in Maine | Sherwin | · | 961 |
| 2015 |  Captive | Brian Nichols | 5.4 | 7,603 |
| 2014 | Nightingale | Peter Snowden | 6.4 | 2,162 |
Better together?
David Oyelowo's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Ava DuVernay and David Oyelowo movies
Takes