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