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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1952-11-18 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Eltham, London, England, UK

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). 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).

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Known For

Acting

2027

2025

Sinners as Delta Slim

2023

UnPrisoned as Edwin Alexander

2022

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

Battlecreek as Arthur
The Good Fight as Adrian Boseman

2016

This Is Us as Judge Ernest Bradley

2015

Point Break as FBI Instructor
Do You Believe? as Malachi
Blood & Oil as Sheriff Tip Harrison

2014

Cymbeline as Belarius
Believe as Dr. Milton Winter

2012

2011

The Big Bang as Skeres
The Chicago Code as Alderman Ronin Gibbons

2009

Dug's Special Mission as Beta (voice)
Up as Beta (voice)

2008

One Bad Cat as Narrator

2007

This Christmas as Joe Black

2006

The Exonerated as Delbert Tibbs
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays as Herald Loomis (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone")
Kidnapped as Latimer King

2005

Sahara as Carl
Domino as Claremont Williams
Lackawanna Blues as Mr. Lucious

2004

2003

The Core as Dr. Ed 'Braz' Brazzleton
Profoundly Normal as Ricardo Thornton

2001

The Last Castle as Gen. Wheeler
The One as MVA Agent Harry Roedecker / Gas Station Attendant
Heist as Bobby 'Bob' Blane

2000

Romeo Must Die as Isaak O'Day
Gone in Sixty Seconds as Det. Roland Castlebeck

1999

The Cider House Rules as Arthur Rose
The Book of Stars as Professor
Pros & Cons as Kyle
Strange Justice as Clarence Thomas

1998

Glory & Honor as Mathew Henson

1997

First Time Felon as Calhoun
The Devil's Advocate as Phillipe Moyez (uncredited)

1996

Ransom as Agent Lonnie Hawkins
Soul of the Game as Satchel Paige
The Winner as Kingman
Broken Arrow as Colonel Max Wilkins
The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest

1995

Clockers as Rodney Little
Get Shorty as Bo Catlett
Congo as Captain Wanta (Uncredited)

1994

Crooklyn as Woody Carmichael
Baseball as Various (voice)
Baseball as (voice)

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

1989

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

Partners as Drug Kingpin

1952

Today as Self

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Anansi Boys as Mr. Nancy

Production

2023

UnPrisoned as Executive Producer