
Delroy Lindo
Known for Acting · 86 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

Sherri
2022
as Self - Guest

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
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

The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self - Guest

UnPrisoned
2023
as Edwin Alexander

Blood & Oil
2015
as Sheriff Tip Harrison

The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995
as Self

The Chicago Code
2011
as Alderman Ronin Gibbons

A Man Called Hawk
1989

Anansi Boys
as Mr. Nancy

Beauty and the Beast
1987
as Isaac Stubbs
Movies (61)

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

Broken Arrow
1996
as Colonel Max Wilkins

The One
2001
as MVA Agent Harry Roedecker / Gas Station Attendant

Ransom
1996
as Agent Lonnie Hawkins

The Cider House Rules
1999
as Arthur Rose

Sahara
2005
as Carl

Point Break
2015
as FBI Instructor

Malcolm X
1992
as West Indian Archie

The Last Castle
2001
as Gen. Wheeler

Congo
1995
as Captain Wanta (Uncredited)

Romeo Must Die
2000
as Isaak O'Day

Clockers
1995
as Rodney Little

Domino
2005
as Claremont Williams

Get Shorty
1995
as Bo Catlett

The Harder They Fall
2021
as Bass Reeves

Crooklyn
1994
as Woody Carmichael

Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
2027

Da 5 Bloods
2020
as Paul

This Christmas
2007
as Joe Black

Do You Believe?
2015
as Malachi

The Hard Way
1991
as Captain Brix

A Life Less Ordinary
1997
as Jackson

Dug's Special Mission
2009
as Beta (voice)

Mr. Jones
1993
as Howard

Cymbeline
2014
as Belarius

Heist
2001
as Bobby 'Bob' Blane

Malicious
2018
as Dr. Clark

The Winner
1996
as Kingman

More American Graffiti
1979
as Army Sergeant

The Blood of Heroes
1989
as Mbulu

Bright Angel
1990
as Harley

Lackawanna Blues
2005
as Mr. Lucious

The Big Bang
2011
as Skeres

Mountains of the Moon
1990
as Mabruki

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
as Herald Loomis (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone")

Feeling Minnesota
1996
as Red

Perfect Witness
1989
as Berger

Soul of the Game
1996
as Satchel Paige

First Time Felon
1997
as Calhoun

Profoundly Normal
2003
as Ricardo Thornton

LX 2048
2020
as Donald Stein

Battlecreek
2017
as Arthur

The Exonerated
2006
as Delbert Tibbs

Pros & Cons
1999
as Kyle

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

Wondrous Oblivion
2004
as Dennis

Black Power Salute
2008
as Self

Glory & Honor
1998
as Mathew Henson

Question Bridge: Black Males
2012
as Himself
L'exil du roi Behanzin
1996

One Bad Cat
2008
as Narrator

Blade
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 86 credits spanning from 1952 to 2027, Delroy Lindo has appeared in 61 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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