Delroy Lindo
Born November 18, 1952 (Age: 73)
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Eltham, London, England, UK
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Delroy Lindo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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).
Description above from the Wikipedia article Delroy Lindo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
2027
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as
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Age: 74
Sinners
2025
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as Delta Slim
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Age: 72
The Harder They Fall
2021
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as Bass Reeves
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Age: 68
Point Break
2015
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as FBI Instructor
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Age: 63
Do You Believe?
2015
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as Malachi
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Age: 62
Up
2009
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as Beta (voice)
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Age: 56
Domino
2005
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as Claremont Williams
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Age: 52
Sahara
2005
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as Carl
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Age: 52
The Core
2003
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as Dr. Ed 'Braz' Brazzleton
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Age: 50
Heist
2001
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as Bobby 'Bob' Blane
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Age: 48
The One
2001
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as MVA Agent Harry Roedecker / Gas Station Attendant
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Age: 48
The Last Castle
2001
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as Gen. Wheeler
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Age: 48
Gone in Sixty Seconds
2000
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as Det. Roland Castlebeck
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Age: 47
Romeo Must Die
2000
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as Isaak O'Day
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Age: 47
The Cider House Rules
1999
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as Arthur Rose
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Age: 47
Glory & Honor
1998
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as Mathew Henson
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Age: 45
A Life Less Ordinary
1997
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as Jackson
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Age: 44
The Devil's Advocate
1997
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as Phillipe Moyez (uncredited)
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Age: 44
First Time Felon
1997
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as Calhoun
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Age: 44
Ransom
1996
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as Agent Lonnie Hawkins
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Age: 43
Feeling Minnesota
1996
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as Red
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Age: 43
The Winner
1996
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as Kingman
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Age: 43
Soul of the Game
1996
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as Satchel Paige
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Age: 43
Broken Arrow
1996
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as Colonel Max Wilkins
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Age: 43
No Image
L'exil du roi Behanzin
1996
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Age: 43
Get Shorty
1995
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as Bo Catlett
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Age: 42
Clockers
1995
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as Rodney Little
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Age: 42
Congo
1995
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as Captain Wanta (Uncredited)
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Age: 42
Mr. Jones
1993
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as Howard
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Age: 40
Bound by Honor
1993
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as Bonafide
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Age: 40
Malcolm X
1992
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as West Indian Archie
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Age: 40
The Hard Way
1991
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as Captain Brix
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Age: 38
Bright Angel
1990
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as Harley
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Age: 37
Mountains of the Moon
1990
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as Mabruki
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Age: 37
Perfect Witness
1989
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as Berger
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Age: 36
The Blood of Heroes
1989
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as Mbulu
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Age: 36
More American Graffiti
1979
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as Army Sergeant
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Age: 26