
Erik Dellums
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 23, 1964 (age 62)
- Birthplace
- San Francisco, California, USA
Biography
Erik Todd Dellums (born September 23, 1964) is an American actor and narrator. On television, he is known for playing the drug kingpin Luther Mahoney on Homicide: Life on the Street (1996 - 1998) and Dr. Randall Frazier on The Wire (2002 - 2004). He voiced Koh in Avatar: The Last Aribender (2005) and Aaravos in The Dragon Prince (2018 - 2024). Dellums also has performed voice work in video games, including the roles of radio DJ Three Dog in the Fallout 3 (2008), Nazir in Skyrim (2011), and Prince Arcann, Thexan, and Oggo in Knights of the Fallen Empire (2015). Dellums appeared in minor parts in the Spike Lee films She's Gotta Have It (1986), School Daze (1988), and Do the Right Thing (1989). He is the son of Ron Dellums, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1971 - 1998 and as the Mayor of Oakland from 2007 - 2011.
Known For
Filmography

Mysterious Journeys
TV · as Narrator · 20 eps

The Spoiled
Movie · as Astaroth

The Dragon Prince
TV · as Aaravos (voice) · 28 eps

The Storyteller: Fallout
TV · as Three Dog · 1 ep

NASA's Unexplained Files
TV · as Narrator · 7 eps

Homeland
TV · as Doctor · 1 ep

How the Universe Works
TV · as Self - Narrator, Himself - Narrator · 9 eps

Avatar: The Last Airbender
TV · as Koh (voice) · 2 eps

Jonny Zero
TV · as Antoine Negasi · 1 ep

Camp D.O.A.
Movie · as Watcher

The Wire
TV · as Dr. Randall Frazier · 5 eps

Boycott
Movie · as Bayard Rustin

The Color of Friendship
Movie · as Oliver

Blackmale
Movie · as Victor

The Beat
TV · 2 eps

Doctor Dolittle
Movie · as Jeremy

JAG
TV · as Charlie Lynch · 1 ep

Homicide: Life on the Street
TV · as Luther Mahoney · 6 eps

The Doors
Movie · as Hairdresser

Do the Right Thing
Movie · as Customer in Pizzeria (uncredited)

School Daze
Movie · as Slim Daddy

Good to Go
Movie · as Bam-Bam

She's Gotta Have It
Movie · as Dog 3