Delroy Lindo
Born: 1952-11-18 in Eltham, London, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
Delroy George Lindo (born 18 November 1952) is a British 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.
Filmography
2025
- Sinners as Delta Slim
2023
- UnPrisoned as Edwin Alexander
2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
- Sherri as Self - Guest
2021
- The Harder They Fall as Bass Reeves
2020
- Da 5 Bloods as Paul
- LX 2048 as Donald Stein
2019
- Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- Desus & Mero as Self
2018
- Malicious as Dr. Clark
2017
- The Good Fight as Adrian Boseman
- Battlecreek as Arthur
2016
- This Is Us as Judge Ernest Bradley
2015
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- Point Break as FBI Instructor
- Blood & Oil as Sheriff Tip Harrison
- Do You Believe? as Malachi
- Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band as John Williams (voice)
2012
- Question Bridge: Black Males as Himself
2011
- The Chicago Code as Alderman Ronin Gibbons
- The Big Bang as Skeres
2009
- Up as Beta (voice)
- Mercy
- Dug's Special Mission as Beta (voice)
2008
- Black Power Salute as Self
- One Bad Cat as Narrator
2007
- This Christmas as Joe Black
2006
- Kidnapped as Latimer King
- The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays as Herald Loomis (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone")
- The Exonerated as Delbert Tibbs
2005
- Sahara as Carl
- Domino as Claremont Williams
- Lackawanna Blues as Mr. Lucious
2004
- Wondrous Oblivion as Dennis
2003
- The Core as Dr. Ed 'Braz' Brazzleton
- Profoundly Normal as Ricardo Thornton
2001
- The One as MVA Agent Harry Roedecker / Gas Station Attendant
- The Last Castle as Gen. Wheeler
- Heist as Bobby 'Bob' Blane
2000
- Gone in Sixty Seconds as Det. Roland Castlebeck
- Romeo Must Die as Isaak O'Day
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Victor Moran
- The Cider House Rules as Arthur Rose
- Pros & Cons as Kyle
- The Book of Stars as Professor
- Strange Justice as Clarence Thomas
1998
- Glory & Honor as Mathew Henson
1997
- The View as Self
- The Devil's Advocate as Phillipe Moyez (uncredited)
- A Life Less Ordinary as Jackson
- First Time Felon as Calhoun
1996
- Ransom as Agent Lonnie Hawkins
- Broken Arrow as Colonel Max Wilkins
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
- Feeling Minnesota as Red
- Soul of the Game as Satchel Paige
- The Winner as Kingman
- L'exil du roi Behanzin
1995
- The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA as Self
- Congo as Captain Wanta (Uncredited)
- Get Shorty as Bo Catlett
- Clockers as Rodney Little
1993
- Bound by Honor as Bonafide
- Mr. Jones as Howard
1992
- Malcolm X as West Indian Archie
1991
- The Hard Way as Captain Brix
1990
- Mountains of the Moon as Mabruki
- Bright Angel as Harley
1989
- The Simpsons as Gabriel (voice)
- A Man Called Hawk
- The Blood of Heroes as Mbulu
- Perfect Witness as Berger
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1987
- Beauty and the Beast as Isaac Stubbs
1979
- More American Graffiti as Army Sergeant
1976
- Find the Lady as Sam
- Partners as Drug Kingpin
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1952
- Today as Self