About
Delroy Lindo
Overview
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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Known for
Acting |
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| 2027 | Godzilla x Kong: Supernova | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2025 | Sinners | Actor | Delta Slim | 72 Good |
| 2023 | UnPrisoned | Actor | Edwin Alexander | 69 Fair |
| 2021 | The Harder They Fall | Actor | Bass Reeves | 63 Fair |
| 2020 | LX 2048 | Actor | Donald Stein | 57 Average |
| 2020 | Da 5 Bloods | Actor | Paul | 62 Fair |
| 2018 | Malicious | Actor | Dr. Clark | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Battlecreek | Actor | Arthur | 58 Average |
| 2016 | Marvel's Most Wanted | Actor | Dominic Fortune | 70 Good |
| 2015 | Point Break | Actor | FBI Instructor | 59 Average |
| 2015 | Blood & Oil | Actor | Sheriff Tip Harrison | 66 Fair |
| 2015 | Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band | Actor | John Williams (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2015 | Do You Believe? | Actor | Malachi | 60 Fair |
| 2014 | Cymbeline | Actor | Belarius | 55 Average |
| 2014 | Believe | Actor | Dr. Milton Winter | 68 Fair |
| 2012 | Question Bridge: Black Males | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
| 2011 | The Chicago Code | Actor | Alderman Ronin Gibbons | 72 Good |
| 2011 | The Big Bang | Actor | Skeres | 57 Average |
| 2009 | Dug's Special Mission | Actor | Beta (voice) | 63 Fair |
| 2009 | Up | Actor | Beta (voice) | 79 Good |
| 2008 | One Bad Cat | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Black Power Salute | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2007 | This Christmas | Actor | Joe Black | 60 Fair |
| 2006 | Kidnapped | Actor | Latimer King | 70 Good |
| 2006 | The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays | Actor | Herald Loomis (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone") | N/A N/A |
| 2006 | The Exonerated | Actor | Delbert Tibbs | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Domino | Actor | Claremont Williams | 58 Average |
| 2005 | Sahara | Actor | Carl | 58 Average |
| 2005 | Lackawanna Blues | Actor | Mr. Lucious | 58 Average |
| 2004 | Wondrous Oblivion | Actor | Dennis | 58 Average |
| 2003 | The Core | Actor | Dr. Ed 'Braz' Brazzleton | 58 Average |
| 2003 | Profoundly Normal | Actor | Ricardo Thornton | 58 Average |
| 2001 | Heist | Actor | Bobby 'Bob' Blane | 60 Fair |
| 2001 | The One | Actor | MVA Agent Harry Roedecker / Gas Station Attendant | 60 Fair |
| 2001 | The Last Castle | Actor | Gen. Wheeler | 68 Fair |
| 2000 | Gone in Sixty Seconds | Actor | Det. Roland Castlebeck | 63 Fair |
| 2000 | Romeo Must Die | Actor | Isaak O'Day | 61 Fair |
| 1999 | The Cider House Rules | Actor | Arthur Rose | 67 Fair |
| 1999 | Strange Justice | Actor | Clarence Thomas | 58 Average |
| 1999 | The Book of Stars | Actor | Professor | 58 Average |
| 1999 | Pros & Cons | Actor | Kyle | 58 Average |
| 1998 | Glory & Honor | Actor | Mathew Henson | N/A N/A |
| 1997 | A Life Less Ordinary | Actor | Jackson | 59 Average |
| 1997 | The Devil's Advocate | Actor | Phillipe Moyez (uncredited) | 73 Good |
| 1997 | First Time Felon | Actor | Calhoun | 59 Average |
| 1996 | Ransom | Actor | Agent Lonnie Hawkins | 65 Fair |
| 1996 | The Winner | Actor | Kingman | 58 Average |
| 1996 | Feeling Minnesota | Actor | Red | 57 Average |
| 1996 | Soul of the Game | Actor | Satchel Paige | 58 Average |
| 1996 | Broken Arrow | Actor | Colonel Max Wilkins | 60 Fair |
| 1996 | L'exil du roi Behanzin | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1995 | Get Shorty | Actor | Bo Catlett | 63 Fair |
| 1995 | Clockers | Actor | Rodney Little | 61 Fair |
| 1995 | Congo | Actor | Captain Wanta (Uncredited) | 56 Average |
| 1994 | Crooklyn | Actor | Woody Carmichael | 60 Fair |
| 1993 | Mr. Jones | Actor | Howard | 58 Average |
| 1993 | Bound by Honor | Actor | Bonafide | 75 Good |
| 1992 | Malcolm X | Actor | West Indian Archie | 71 Good |
| 1991 | The Hard Way | Actor | Captain Brix | 60 Fair |
| 1990 | Bright Angel | Actor | Harley | 58 Average |
| 1990 | Mountains of the Moon | Actor | Mabruki | 59 Average |
| 1989 | Perfect Witness | Actor | Berger | 58 Average |
| 1989 | The Blood of Heroes | Actor | Mbulu | 58 Average |
| 1979 | More American Graffiti | Actor | Army Sergeant | 57 Average |
| 1976 | Find the Lady | Actor | Sam | 58 Average |
| 1976 | Partners | Actor | Drug Kingpin | N/A N/A |
| Anansi Boys | Actor | Mr. Nancy | N/A N/A |
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Production |
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| 2023 | UnPrisoned | Production | Executive Producer | 69 Fair |