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David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo (/oʊˈjɛloʊwoʊ/ oh-YEL-oh-woh; Yoruba pronunciation; born 1 April 1976) is a British actor, director and producer. His accolades include a Critics' Choice Award, two NAACP Image Awards, and nominations for three Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a BAFTA Award. In 2016, he was appointed as an officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to drama. Oyelowo rose to prominence for portraying Martin Luther King Jr. in the biographical drama Selma (2014) and Peter Snowden in the HBO film Nightingale (2014), which garnered him critical acclaim. He also achieved praise for his roles as Louis Gaines in The Butler (2013), Seretse Khama in A United Kingdom (2016) and Robert Katende in Queen of Katwe (2016). He has also played supporting roles in the films Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), The Help (2011), Lincoln (2012), Red Tails (2012), and Jack Reacher (2012). On television, Oyelowo has played MI5 officer Danny Hunter in the British drama series Spooks (2002–2004) and Javert in the BBC miniseries Les Misérables (2018). He also provided the voice for Agent Alexsandr Kallus in the Lucasfilm Animation series Star Wars Rebels (2014–2018) and Holston Becker in the Apple+ drama series Silo. He stars in and co-produces the 2023 Paramount+ western series Lawmen: Bass Reeves. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Oyelowo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
David Oyelowo
William Hanlon
for William Hanlon in Stephen King’s IT
Suggested by secretlyaciaunicorn
During a rainstorm, Georgie Denbrough sails a paper boat, but it falls into a drain. He meets Pennywise the Clown and tries to get his boat, but It rips his arm off and he dies.Next June, an overweight boy named Ben Hanscom is bullied by Henry Bowers, escaping to a marsh called The Barrens. Ben befriends an asthmatic, Eddie Kaspbrak, and Bill, Georgie's brother who has a stutter. They later befriend Richie Tozier, Stan Uris, and Beverly Marsh, and call themselves The Losers Club. They each see It in different forms. An unhinged Henry begins bullying his African-American neighbor Mike Hanlon and chases him to the Barrens, where he joins the Losers in fighting Henry. Mike tells them his encounter with It as a giant bird. They find It's origins as an entity that eats children before entering a 27-year sleep.Bev sees Patrick Hockstetter, a bully, killed by It in the form of leeches. Eddie breaks his arm, and Ben makes two silver slugs to kill It. It is from another reality called the Macroverse.They go to a house on Neibolt Street where they saw It, and hurt It as werewolf. It gives Henry a knife, and makes him make his friends Victor Criss and Belch Huggins help him kill the Losers. Vic and Belch are killed by It as Frankenstein's monster.Bill performs the Ritual of Chüd, and he meets Maturin, an ancient turtle that created the universe.Not knowing if they killed It or not, they swear a blood oath that if It returns, so will they.
