Acting · San Francisco, California, USA · Born September 23, 1964
Erik Todd Dellums (born September 23, 1964) is an American actor and narrator. On television, he is known for playing the drug kingpin Luther Mahoney on Homicide: Life on the Street (1996 - 1998) and Dr. Randall Frazier on The Wire (2002 - 2004). He voiced Koh in Avatar: The Last Aribender (2005) and Aaravos in The Dragon Prince (2018 - 2024). Dellums also has performed voice work in video games, including the roles of radio DJ Three Dog in the Fallout 3 (2008), Nazir in Skyrim (2011), and Prince Arcann, Thexan, and Oggo in Knights of the Fallen Empire (2015). Dellums appeared in minor parts in the Spike Lee films She's Gotta Have It (1986), School Daze (1988), and Do the Right Thing (1989). He is the son of Ron Dellums, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1971 - 1998 and as the Mayor of Oakland from 2007 - 2011.
MovieThe Spoiled
2021
as Astaroth
TVThe Dragon Prince
2018
as Aaravos (voice)
TVThe Storyteller: Fallout
2013
as Three Dog
TVNASA's Unexplained Files
2012
as Narrator
TVHomeland
2011
as Doctor
TVHow the Universe Works
2010
as Self - Narrator
TVAvatar: The Last Airbender
2005
as Koh (voice)
TVJonny Zero
2005
as Antoine Negasi
MovieCamp D.O.A.
2004
as Watcher
TVThe Wire
2002
as Dr. Randall Frazier
MovieBoycott
2001
as Bayard Rustin
MovieBlackmale
2000
as Victor
TVThe Beat
2000
MovieThe Color of Friendship
2000
as Oliver
MovieDoctor Dolittle
1998
as Jeremy
TVJAG
1995
as Charlie Lynch
TVHomicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Luther Mahoney
MovieThe Doors
1991
as Hairdresser
MovieDo the Right Thing
1989
as Customer in Pizzeria (uncredited)
MovieSchool Daze
1988
as Slim Daddy
MovieShe's Gotta Have It
1986
as Dog 3
MovieGood to Go
1986
as Bam-Bam
TVMysterious Journeys
as Narrator
