David Oyelowo was born in Oxford in 1976. His family originates from Nigeria. David studied Theatre Studies for A level and his teacher suggested he should become an actor. After A levels David enrolled for a year on an Art foundation course before training at LAMDA. Having been offered television work David left LAMDA before completing the course and in 1999 was offered a season with the RSC playing roles in Volpone and Oroonoko. In December 2000 David returned to the RSC and became the fir ...[Read Story]