Delroy Lindo
Known for Acting · 85 credits
- Born
- 1952-11-18 (age 73)
- Place of birth
- Eltham, London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Delroy George Lindo
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).
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Known For
TV Shows (25)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Victor Moran
The Simpsons
1989
as Gabriel (voice)
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self / Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest
The View
1997
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Sherri
2022
as Self - Guest
This Is Us
2016
as Judge Ernest Bradley
The Good Fight
2017
as Adrian Boseman
Tamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Today
1952
as Self
Desus & Mero
2019
as Self
Baseball
1994
as (voice)
Mercy
2009
Kidnapped
2006
as Latimer King
Believe
2014
as Dr. Milton Winter
UnPrisoned
2023
as Edwin Alexander
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self - Guest
Blood & Oil
2015
as Sheriff Tip Harrison
The Chicago Code
2011
as Alderman Ronin Gibbons
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995
as Self
A Man Called Hawk
1989
Anansi Boys
as Mr. Nancy
Beauty and the Beast
1987
as Isaac Stubbs
Movies (60)
Sinners
2025
as Delta Slim
Up
2009
as Beta (voice)
The Devil's Advocate
1997
as Phillipe Moyez (uncredited)
Gone in Sixty Seconds
2000
as Det. Roland Castlebeck
Bound by Honor
1993
as Bonafide
The Core
2003
as Dr. Ed 'Braz' Brazzleton
The Cider House Rules
1999
as Arthur Rose
Sahara
2005
as Carl
Ransom
1996
as Agent Lonnie Hawkins
The One
2001
as MVA Agent Harry Roedecker / Gas Station Attendant
Broken Arrow
1996
as Colonel Max Wilkins
Point Break
2015
as FBI Instructor
Romeo Must Die
2000
as Isaak O'Day
Malcolm X
1992
as West Indian Archie
Congo
1995
as Captain Wanta (Uncredited)
The Last Castle
2001
as Gen. Wheeler
Domino
2005
as Claremont Williams
Clockers
1995
as Rodney Little
Get Shorty
1995
as Bo Catlett
Dug's Special Mission
2009
as Beta (voice)
The Harder They Fall
2021
as Bass Reeves
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
2027
A Life Less Ordinary
1997
as Jackson
Crooklyn
1994
as Woody Carmichael
This Christmas
2007
as Joe Black
The Hard Way
1991
as Captain Brix
Heist
2001
as Bobby 'Bob' Blane
Da 5 Bloods
2020
as Paul
Cymbeline
2014
as Belarius
Mr. Jones
1993
as Howard
Do You Believe?
2015
as Malachi
More American Graffiti
1979
as Army Sergeant
Lackawanna Blues
2005
as Mr. Lucious
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
as Herald Loomis (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone")
Mountains of the Moon
1990
as Mabruki
The Blood of Heroes
1989
as Mbulu
Malicious
2018
as Dr. Clark
The Winner
1996
as Kingman
The Big Bang
2011
as Skeres
Bright Angel
1990
as Harley
Perfect Witness
1989
as Berger
Feeling Minnesota
1996
as Red
Soul of the Game
1996
as Satchel Paige
LX 2048
2020
as Donald Stein
First Time Felon
1997
as Calhoun
Pros & Cons
1999
as Kyle
Battlecreek
2017
as Arthur
Profoundly Normal
2003
as Ricardo Thornton
The Exonerated
2006
as Delbert Tibbs
The Book of Stars
1999
as Professor
Partners
1976
as Drug Kingpin
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
2015
as John Williams (voice)
Strange Justice
1999
as Clarence Thomas
Find the Lady
1976
as Sam
Glory & Honor
1998
as Mathew Henson
Wondrous Oblivion
2004
as Dennis
Question Bridge: Black Males
2012
as Himself
Black Power Salute
2008
as Self
L'exil du roi Behanzin
1996
One Bad Cat
2008
as Narrator
About Delroy Lindo
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 Yo… With 85 credits spanning from 1952 to 2027, Delroy Lindo has appeared in 60 films and 25 TV shows.
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Most Popular Delroy Lindo Movies
- Sinners (2025) — as Delta Slim
- Up (2009) — as Beta (voice)
- The Devil's Advocate (1997) — as Phillipe Moyez (uncredited)
- Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) — as Det. Roland Castlebeck
- Bound by Honor (1993) — as Bonafide
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