11/18/1952
Eltham, London, England, UK:
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.
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Godzilla x Kong: Supernova (2027) as |
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Sinners (2025) as Delta Slim |
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The Harder They Fall (2021) as Bass Reeves |
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LX 2048 (2020) as Donald Stein |
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Da 5 Bloods (2020) as Paul |
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Malicious (2018) as Dr. Clark |
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Battlecreek (2017) as Arthur |
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Point Break (2015) as FBI Instructor |
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Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band (2015) as John Williams (voice) |
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Do You Believe? (2015) as Malachi |
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Cymbeline (2014) as Belarius |
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Question Bridge: Black Males (2012) as Himself |
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The Big Bang (2011) as Skeres |
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Dug's Special Mission (2009) as Beta (voice) |
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Up (2009) as Beta (voice) |
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One Bad Cat (2008) as Narrator |
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Black Power Salute (2008) as Self |
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This Christmas (2007) as Joe Black |
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The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (2006) as Herald Loomis (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone") |
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The Exonerated (2006) as Delbert Tibbs |
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Domino (2005) as Claremont Williams |
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Sahara (2005) as Carl |
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Lackawanna Blues (2005) as Mr. Lucious |
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Wondrous Oblivion (2004) as Dennis |
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The Core (2003) as Dr. Ed 'Braz' Brazzleton |
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Profoundly Normal (2003) as Ricardo Thornton |
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Heist (2001) as Bobby 'Bob' Blane |
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The One (2001) as MVA Agent Harry Roedecker / Gas Station Attendant |
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The Last Castle (2001) as Gen. Wheeler |
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Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) as Det. Roland Castlebeck |
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Romeo Must Die (2000) as Isaak O'Day |
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The Cider House Rules (1999) as Arthur Rose |
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Strange Justice (1999) as Clarence Thomas |
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The Book of Stars (1999) as Professor |
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Pros & Cons (1999) as Kyle |
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Glory & Honor (1998) as Mathew Henson |
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A Life Less Ordinary (1997) as Jackson |
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The Devil's Advocate (1997) as Phillipe Moyez (uncredited) |
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First Time Felon (1997) as Calhoun |
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Ransom (1996) as Agent Lonnie Hawkins |
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The Winner (1996) as Kingman |
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Feeling Minnesota (1996) as Red |
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Soul of the Game (1996) as Satchel Paige |
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Broken Arrow (1996) as Colonel Max Wilkins |
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L'exil du roi Behanzin (1996) as |
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Get Shorty (1995) as Bo Catlett |
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Clockers (1995) as Rodney Little |
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Congo (1995) as Captain Wanta (Uncredited) |
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Crooklyn (1994) as Woody Carmichael |
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Mr. Jones (1993) as Howard |
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Bound by Honor (1993) as Bonafide |
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Malcolm X (1992) as West Indian Archie |
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The Hard Way (1991) as Captain Brix |
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Bright Angel (1990) as Harley |
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Mountains of the Moon (1990) as Mabruki |
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Perfect Witness (1989) as Berger |
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The Blood of Heroes (1989) as Mbulu |
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More American Graffiti (1979) as Army Sergeant |
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Find the Lady (1976) as Sam |
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Partners (1976) as Drug Kingpin |