Acting · Eltham, London, England, UK · Born November 18, 1952
Delroy George Lindo (born 18 November 1952) is a British-born American 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Delroy Lindo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
MovieGodzilla x Kong: Supernova
2027
MovieSinners
2025
as Delta Slim
TVUnPrisoned
2023
as Edwin Alexander
TVThe Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self
TVSherri
2022
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Harder They Fall
2021
as Bass Reeves
MovieLX 2048
2020
as Donald Stein
MovieDa 5 Bloods
2020
as Paul
TVTamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
TVDesus & Mero
2019
as Self
MovieMalicious
2018
as Dr. Clark
MovieBattlecreek
2017
as Arthur
TVThe Good Fight
2017
as Adrian Boseman
TVThis Is Us
2016
as Judge Ernest Bradley
MoviePoint Break
2015
as FBI Instructor
TVBlood & Oil
2015
as Sheriff Tip Harrison
MovieMary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
2015
as John Williams (voice)
TVThe Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest
MovieDo You Believe?
2015
as Malachi
MovieCymbeline
2014
as Belarius
TVBelieve
2014
as Dr. Milton Winter
MovieQuestion Bridge: Black Males
2012
as Himself
TVThe Chicago Code
2011
as Alderman Ronin Gibbons
MovieThe Big Bang
2011
as Skeres
MovieDug's Special Mission
2009
as Beta (voice)
TVMercy
2009
MovieUp
2009
as Beta (voice)
MovieOne Bad Cat
2008
as Narrator
MovieBlack Power Salute
2008
as Self
MovieThis Christmas
2007
as Joe Black
TVKidnapped
2006
as Latimer King
MovieThe Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
as Herald Loomis (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone")
MovieThe Exonerated
2006
as Delbert Tibbs
MovieDomino
2005
as Claremont Williams
MovieSahara
2005
as Carl
MovieLackawanna Blues
2005
as Mr. Lucious
MovieWondrous Oblivion
2004
as Dennis
MovieThe Core
2003
as Dr. Ed 'Braz' Brazzleton
MovieProfoundly Normal
2003
as Ricardo Thornton
MovieJet Li Is 'The One'
2002
as Self
MovieHeist
2001
as Bobby 'Bob' Blane
MovieThe One
2001
as MVA Agent Harry Roedecker / Gas Station Attendant
MovieThe Last Castle
2001
as Gen. Wheeler
MovieGone in Sixty Seconds
2000
as Det. Roland Castlebeck
MovieRomeo Must Die
2000
as Isaak O'Day
MovieThe Cider House Rules
1999
as Arthur Rose
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Victor Moran
MovieStrange Justice
1999
as Clarence Thomas
MovieThe Book of Stars
1999
as Professor
MoviePros & Cons
1999
as Kyle
MovieGlory & Honor
1998
as Mathew Henson
MovieA Life Less Ordinary
1997
as Jackson
MovieThe Devil's Advocate
1997
as Phillipe Moyez (uncredited)
MovieFirst Time Felon
1997
as Calhoun
TVThe View
1997
as Self
MovieRansom
1996
as Agent Lonnie Hawkins
MovieFeeling Minnesota
1996
as Red
MovieThe Winner
1996
as Kingman
TVThe Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self - Guest
MovieSoul of the Game
1996
as Satchel Paige
MovieBroken Arrow
1996
as Colonel Max Wilkins
L'exil du roi Behanzin
1996
MovieGet Shorty
1995
as Bo Catlett
MovieClockers
1995
as Rodney Little
MovieCongo
1995
as Captain Wanta (Uncredited)
TVThe Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995
as Self
TVBaseball
1994
as (voice)
MovieCrooklyn
1994
as Woody Carmichael
MovieMr. Jones
1993
as Howard
MovieBound by Honor
1993
as Bonafide
MovieMalcolm X
1992
as West Indian Archie
MovieThe Hard Way
1991
as Captain Brix
MovieBright Angel
1990
as Harley
MovieMountains of the Moon
1990
as Mabruki
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Gabriel (voice)
MoviePerfect Witness
1989
as Berger
MovieThe Blood of Heroes
1989
as Mbulu
TVA Man Called Hawk
1989
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
TVBeauty and the Beast
1987
as Isaac Stubbs
MovieMore American Graffiti
1979
as Army Sergeant
MovieFind the Lady
1976
as Sam
MoviePartners
1976
as Drug Kingpin
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVToday
1952
as Self
TVAnansi Boys
as Mr. Nancy
