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Delroy George Lindo (born 18 November 1952) is a British-born American actor. Starting his career in the 1975 stage production of Of Mice and Men, he later earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor for his work in the 1988 production of Joe Turner's Come and Gone. He received wider recognition with roles in several Spike Lee films, playing West Indian Archie in Malcolm X (1992), Woody Carmichael in Crooklyn (1994), Rodney Little in Clockers (1995), and Paul, a Vietnam War veteran, in Da 5 Bloods (2020), the latter of which earned him the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor. For his role as blues player Delta Slim in Ryan Coogler's Sinners (2025), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Lindo is also known for playing Bo Catlett in Get Shorty (1995), Arthur Rose in The Cider House Rules (1999), Detective Castlebeck in Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), Isaak O'Day in Romeo Must Die (2000) Joe Black in This Christmas (2007), and Bass Reeves in The Harder They Fall (2021). He also voiced the character Beta in the Pixar animated film Up (2009). On television, he portrayed Matthew Henson in the 1998 television film Glory & Honor, and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in Strange Justice (1999). Lindo later starred as Alderman Ronin Gibbons in the series The Chicago Code (2011), as Winter in the fantasy drama series Believe (2014), and as Adrian Boseman in The Good Fight (2017–2021). Description above from the Wikipedia article Delroy Lindo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 18, 1952
Age
73 years old
Place of Birth
Eltham, London, England, UK
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Filmography
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
2027Movie
Sinners
Delta Slim
2025Movie
UnPrisoned
Edwin Alexander
2023TV
UnPrisoned
Executive Producer
2023TV
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
2022TV
Sherri
Self - Guest
2022TV
The Harder They Fall
Bass Reeves
2021Movie
Da 5 Bloods
Paul
2020Movie
LX 2048
Donald Stein
2020Movie
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
2019TV
Desus & Mero
Self
2019TV
Malicious
Dr. Clark
2018Movie
Battlecreek
Arthur
2017Movie
The Good Fight
Adrian Boseman
2017TV
This Is Us
Judge Ernest Bradley
2016TV
Point Break
FBI Instructor
2015Movie
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
John Williams (voice)
2015Movie
Do You Believe?
Malachi
2015Movie
Blood & Oil
Sheriff Tip Harrison
2015TV
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015TV
Cymbeline
Belarius
2014Movie
Believe
Dr. Milton Winter
2014TV
Question Bridge: Black Males
Himself
2012Movie
The Big Bang
Skeres
2011Movie
The Chicago Code
Alderman Ronin Gibbons
2011TV
Dug's Special Mission
Beta (voice)
2009Movie
Up
Beta (voice)
2009Movie
Mercy
2009TV
Black Power Salute
Self
2008Movie
One Bad Cat
Narrator
2008Movie
This Christmas
Joe Black
2007Movie
The Exonerated
Delbert Tibbs
2006Movie
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Herald Loomis (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone")
2006Movie
Kidnapped
Latimer King
2006TV
Sahara
Carl
2005Movie
Domino
Claremont Williams
2005Movie
Lackawanna Blues
Mr. Lucious
2005Movie
Wondrous Oblivion
Dennis
2004Movie
The Core
Dr. Ed 'Braz' Brazzleton
2003Movie
Profoundly Normal
Ricardo Thornton
2003Movie
Jet Li Is 'The One'
Self
2002Movie
The Last Castle
Gen. Wheeler
2001Movie
The One
MVA Agent Harry Roedecker / Gas Station Attendant
2001Movie
Heist
Bobby 'Bob' Blane
2001Movie
Romeo Must Die
Isaak O'Day
2000Movie
Gone in Sixty Seconds
Det. Roland Castlebeck
2000Movie
The Cider House Rules
Arthur Rose
1999Movie
The Book of Stars
Professor
1999Movie
Pros & Cons
Kyle
1999Movie
Strange Justice
Clarence Thomas
1999Movie
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Victor Moran
1999TV
Glory & Honor
Mathew Henson
1998Movie
A Life Less Ordinary
Jackson
1997Movie
First Time Felon
Calhoun
1997Movie
The Devil's Advocate
Phillipe Moyez (uncredited)
1997Movie
The View
Self
1997TV
Ransom
Agent Lonnie Hawkins
1996Movie
Feeling Minnesota
Red
1996Movie
Soul of the Game
Satchel Paige
1996Movie
The Winner
Kingman
1996Movie
L'exil du roi Behanzin
1996Movie
Broken Arrow
Colonel Max Wilkins
1996Movie
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
1996TV
Clockers
Rodney Little
1995Movie
Get Shorty
Bo Catlett
1995Movie
Congo
Captain Wanta (Uncredited)
1995Movie
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
Self
1995TV
Crooklyn
Woody Carmichael
1994Movie
Baseball
(voice)
1994TV
Mr. Jones
Howard
1993Movie
Bound by Honor
Bonafide
1993Movie
Malcolm X
West Indian Archie
1992Movie
The Hard Way
Captain Brix
1991Movie
Bright Angel
Harley
1990Movie
Mountains of the Moon
Mabruki
1990Movie
The Blood of Heroes
Mbulu
1989Movie
Perfect Witness
Berger
1989Movie
The Simpsons
Gabriel (voice)
1989TV
A Man Called Hawk
1989TV
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988TV
Beauty and the Beast
Isaac Stubbs
1987TV
More American Graffiti
Army Sergeant
1979Movie
Partners
Drug Kingpin
1976Movie
Find the Lady
Sam
1976Movie
The Oscars
Self
1953TV
Today
Self
1952TV
Anansi Boys
Mr. Nancy
—TV