Erik Dellums
Born: 1964-09-23 in San Francisco, California, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2021
- The Spoiled as Astaroth
2018
- The Dragon Prince as Aaravos (voice)
2013
- The Storyteller: Fallout as Three Dog
2010
- How the Universe Works as Self - Narrator
2005
- Avatar: The Last Airbender as Koh (voice)
2004
- Camp D.O.A. as Watcher
2002
- The Wire as Dr. Randall Frazier
2001
- Boycott as Bayard Rustin
2000
- The Color of Friendship as Oliver
- The Beat
- Blackmale as Victor
1998
- Doctor Dolittle as Jeremy
1995
- JAG as Charlie Lynch
1991
- The Doors as Hairdresser
1989
- Do the Right Thing as Customer in Pizzeria (uncredited)
1988
- School Daze as Slim Daddy
1986
- Good to Go
- She's Gotta Have It as Dog 3