David Oyelowo
Beautiful People 2012
By Brenna Egan
Photographed by Douglas Adesko
Styled by J. Everette Perry
In an industry of severe feast or famine, David Oyelowo has bitten off more than most actors' chops could chew. Between simultaneously shooting the homicide thriller One Shot and Steven Spielberg's Civil War drama Lincoln, he and his wife brought a daughter into the world, all while promoting the George Lucas- produced flick on the Tuskegee Airmen, Red Tails. "I think the last time I had any time off was about a year and a half ago," he says.
His IMDb credits have grown bountifully and sometimes serendipitously. Oyelowo's role in the Sundance hit Middle Of Nowhere, quite literally came out of nowhere when a film investor seatmate on a flight recognized the thesp, and asked Oyelowo's opinion on whether he should fund the script. The tense tale of a woman's agony awaiting her incarcerated husband's return from prison compelled the star to say yes to the investor, and dial the director immediately upon landing. And when Lucas held an impromptu screening of Red Tails for pal Spielberg, a role materialized on the spot for Oyelowo in Lincoln (his long-held dream to act opposite hero Daniel Day-Lewis, fulfilled).
Oyelowo's nomadic past (he was born in the U.K., spent seven years in Nigeria and now calls Los Angeles home), has aided in adapting to a life of shooting on location. He and his wife of 14 years never spend more than two weeks apart, and they've set up a traveling home-school with their brood of four tots: "It's a very different kind of life, and that's why you have so many relationships falling apart, because people are away from each other so much," he says, "and that's just not a price I'm prepared to pay for doing what I love."
David wears a sweater by Dirtee Hollywood and jewelry by Energy Muse.
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His IMDb credits have grown bountifully and sometimes serendipitously. Oyelowo's role in the Sundance hit Middle Of Nowhere, quite literally came out of nowhere when a film investor seatmate on a flight recognized the thesp, and asked Oyelowo's opinion on whether he should fund the script. The tense tale of a woman's agony awaiting her incarcerated husband's return from prison compelled the star to say yes to the investor, and dial the director immediately upon landing. And when Lucas held an impromptu screening of Red Tails for pal Spielberg, a role materialized on the spot for Oyelowo in Lincoln (his long-held dream to act opposite hero Daniel Day-Lewis, fulfilled).
Oyelowo's nomadic past (he was born in the U.K., spent seven years in Nigeria and now calls Los Angeles home), has aided in adapting to a life of shooting on location. He and his wife of 14 years never spend more than two weeks apart, and they've set up a traveling home-school with their brood of four tots: "It's a very different kind of life, and that's why you have so many relationships falling apart, because people are away from each other so much," he says, "and that's just not a price I'm prepared to pay for doing what I love."
David wears a sweater by Dirtee Hollywood and jewelry by Energy Muse.
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