Nigeria-born British actor laments lack of diversity on UK screens

British actor, David Oyelowo, has criticised TV bosses for ignoring "the real" British history by not casting black actors in period dramas, Tribune reports. The 38-year-old, who plays Martin Luther King in Hollywood's new film, Selma, left Britain for the US in 2007. He told journalists that a lack of roles for black actors in Britain had left him and others frustrated. "I shouldn't have to feel like I have to move to America to have a notable career," he says. The Golden Globe best actor nominee claims many talented black actors who chose to say in the UK aren't getting "the opportunities worthy of them." He says: "I can't say the same of my white peers," adding "there's a string of black British actors passing through where I live now in LA. "We make period dramas in Britain, but there are almost never black people in them, even though we've been on these shores for hundreds of years. "It's frustrating, because it doesn't have to be that way."

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