Delroy Lindo

Personal Info

Birthday

November 18, 1952

(72 years old)

Place of Birth

Eltham, London, England, UK

Also Known As

دلروی لیندو

Delroy Lindo

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).

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The Simpsons

Sinners

This Is Us

The Good Fight

The Devil's Advocate

Gone in Sixty Seconds

Filmography

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