Delroy Lindo
Born: 1952-11-18 in Eltham, London, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
Delroy George Lindo (born 18 November 1952) is an English–American actor. He is the recipient of such accolades as an NAACP Image Award, a Satellite Award, and nominations for a Drama Desk Award, a Helen Hayes Award, a Tony Award, two Critics' Choice Television Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. He moved with his mother to San Francisco when he was 16 after they had left London and lived in Canada for a few years. Here, he completed his education and entered acting. Lindo has played prominent roles in four Spike Lee films: West Indian Archie in Malcolm X (1992), Woody Carmichael in Crooklyn (1994), Rodney Little in Clockers (1995), and Paul in Da 5 Bloods (2020). He has been praised for performing in Da 5 Bloods as a Vietnam War veteran, winning the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor. Lindo also played Bo Catlett in Get Shorty (1995), Arthur Rose in The Cider House Rules (1999), and Detective Castlebeck in Gone in 60 Seconds (2000). Lindo starred as Alderman Ronin Gibbons in the TV series The Chicago Code (2011), as Winter in the 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
- LX 2048 as Donald Stein
- Da 5 Bloods as Paul
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
- Do You Believe? as Malachi
- Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band as John Williams (voice)
- Blood & Oil as Sheriff Tip Harrison
2012
- Question Bridge: Black Males as Himself
2011
- The Big Bang as Skeres
- The Chicago Code as Alderman Ronin Gibbons
2009
- Up as Beta (voice)
- Dug's Special Mission as Beta (voice)
- Mercy
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
- Lackawanna Blues as Mr. Lucious
- Domino as Claremont Williams
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
- Pros & Cons as Kyle
- Strange Justice as Clarence Thomas
- The Cider House Rules as Arthur Rose
- The Book of Stars as Professor
1998
- Glory & Honor as Mathew Henson
1997
- The Devil's Advocate as Phillipe Moyez (uncredited)
- A Life Less Ordinary as Jackson
- First Time Felon as Calhoun
1996
- Feeling Minnesota as Red
- Broken Arrow as Colonel Max Wilkins
- Ransom as Agent Lonnie Hawkins
- The Winner as Kingman
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
- Soul of the Game as Satchel Paige
- L'exil du roi Behanzin
1995
- Get Shorty as Bo Catlett
- Clockers as Rodney Little
- Congo as Captain Wanta (Uncredited)
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
- Bright Angel as Harley
- Mountains of the Moon as Mabruki
1989
- The Simpsons as Gabriel (voice)
- Perfect Witness as Berger
- The Blood of Heroes as Mbulu
- A Man Called Hawk
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
1952
- Today as Self