Delroy Lindo
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 18, 1952 (age 73)
- Birthplace
- Eltham, London, England, UK
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Jabari’s People
Movie
Anansi Boys
TV · as Mr. Nancy · 4 eps
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
Movie · as Director Conway
Sinners
Movie · as Delta Slim
Blues in the Night: The Music of Sinners
Movie · as Self
UnPrisoned
TV · as Edwin Alexander · 16 eps
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
Sherri
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Harder They Fall
Movie · as Bass Reeves
Da 5 Bloods
Movie · as Paul
LX 2048
Movie · as Donald Stein
The Tamron Hall Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Desus & Mero
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Malicious
Movie · as Dr. Clark
Battlecreek
Movie · as Arthur
The Good Fight
TV · as Adrian Boseman · 41 eps
This Is Us
TV · as Judge Ernest Bradley · 1 ep
Point Break
Movie · as FBI Instructor
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
Movie · as John Williams (voice)
Do You Believe?
Movie · as Malachi
Blood & Oil
TV · as Sheriff Tip Harrison · 10 eps
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Cymbeline
Movie · as Belarius
Believe
TV · as Dr. Milton Winter · 13 eps
Question Bridge: Black Males
Movie · as Himself
The Big Bang
Movie · as Skeres
The Chicago Code
TV · as Alderman Ronin Gibbons · 13 eps
Dug's Special Mission
Movie · as Beta (voice)
Up
Movie · as Beta (voice)
Mercy
TV · 1 ep
Black Power Salute
Movie · as Self
One Bad Cat
Movie · as Narrator
This Christmas
Movie · as Joe Black
The Exonerated
Movie · as Delbert Tibbs
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Movie · as Herald Loomis (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone")
Kidnapped
TV · as Latimer King · 13 eps
Sahara
Movie · as Carl
Domino
Movie · as Claremont Williams
Lackawanna Blues
Movie · as Mr. Lucious
Wondrous Oblivion
Movie · as Dennis
The Core
Movie · as Dr. Ed 'Braz' Brazzleton
Profoundly Normal
Movie · as Ricardo Thornton
Jet Li Is 'The One'
Movie · as Self
The Last Castle
Movie · as Gen. Wheeler
The One
Movie · as MVA Agent Harry Roedecker / Gas Station Attendant
Heist
Movie · as Bobby 'Bob' Blane
Romeo Must Die
Movie · as Isaak O'Day
Gone in Sixty Seconds
Movie · as Det. Roland Castlebeck
The Cider House Rules
Movie · as Arthur Rose
The Book of Stars
Movie · as Professor
Pros & Cons
Movie · as Kyle
Strange Justice
Movie · as Clarence Thomas
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Victor Moran · 1 ep
Glory & Honor
Movie · as Mathew Henson
A Life Less Ordinary
Movie · as Jackson
First Time Felon
Movie · as Calhoun
The Devil's Advocate
Movie · as Phillipe Moyez (uncredited)
The View
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Ransom
Movie · as Agent Lonnie Hawkins
Feeling Minnesota
Movie · as Red
Soul of the Game
Movie · as Satchel Paige
The Winner
Movie · as Kingman
L'exil du roi Behanzin
Movie
Broken Arrow
Movie · as Colonel Max Wilkins
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Clockers
Movie · as Rodney Little
Get Shorty
Movie · as Bo Catlett
Congo
Movie · as Captain Wanta (Uncredited)
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Crooklyn
Movie · as Woody Carmichael
Baseball
TV · as (voice) · 2 eps
Mr. Jones
Movie · as Howard
Bound by Honor
Movie · as Bonafide
Malcolm X
Movie · as West Indian Archie
The Hard Way
Movie · as Captain Brix
Bright Angel
Movie · as Harley
Mountains of the Moon
Movie · as Mabruki
The Blood of Heroes
Movie · as Mbulu
Perfect Witness
Movie · as Berger
The Simpsons
TV · as Gabriel (voice) · 1 ep
A Man Called Hawk
TV · 1 ep
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Beauty and the Beast
TV · as Isaac Stubbs · 2 eps
More American Graffiti
Movie · as Army Sergeant
Partners
Movie · as Drug Kingpin
Find the Lady
Movie · as Sam
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Today
TV · as Self · 1 ep