Delroy Lindo
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 18, 1952
- Birthplace
- Eltham, London, England, UK
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.
Filmography
- Jabari’s People
Jabari’s People TBA
Actor, Director, Producer
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova 2027
as Director Conway
- Blues in the Night: The Music of Sinners
Blues in the Night: The Music of Sinners 2025
as Self
Sinners 2025
as Delta Slim
The Harder They Fall 2021
as Bass Reeves
LX 2048 2020
as Donald Stein
Da 5 Bloods 2020
as Paul
Malicious 2018
as Dr. Clark
Battlecreek 2017
as Arthur
Point Break 2015
as FBI Instructor
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band 2015
as John Williams (voice)
Do You Believe? 2015
as Malachi
Cymbeline 2014
as Belarius
Question Bridge: Black Males 2012
as Himself
The Big Bang 2011
as Skeres
Dug's Special Mission 2009
as Beta (voice)
Up 2009
as Beta (voice)
One Bad Cat 2008
as Narrator
Black Power Salute 2008
as Self
This Christmas 2007
as Joe Black
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays 2006
as Herald Loomis (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone")
The Exonerated 2006
as Delbert Tibbs
Domino 2005
as Claremont Williams
Sahara 2005
as Carl
Lackawanna Blues 2005
as Mr. Lucious
Wondrous Oblivion 2004
as Dennis
The Core 2003
as Dr. Ed 'Braz' Brazzleton
Profoundly Normal 2003
as Ricardo Thornton
Jet Li Is 'The One' 2002
as Self
Heist 2001
as Bobby 'Bob' Blane
The One 2001
as MVA Agent Harry Roedecker / Gas Station Attendant
The Last Castle 2001
as Gen. Wheeler
Gone in Sixty Seconds 2000
as Det. Roland Castlebeck
Romeo Must Die 2000
as Isaak O'Day
The Cider House Rules 1999
as Arthur Rose
Strange Justice 1999
as Clarence Thomas
The Book of Stars 1999
as Professor
Pros & Cons 1999
as Kyle
Glory & Honor 1998
as Mathew Henson
A Life Less Ordinary 1997
as Jackson
The Devil's Advocate 1997
as Phillipe Moyez (uncredited)
First Time Felon 1997
as Calhoun
Ransom 1996
as Agent Lonnie Hawkins
The Winner 1996
as Kingman
Feeling Minnesota 1996
as Red
Soul of the Game 1996
as Satchel Paige
Broken Arrow 1996
as Colonel Max Wilkins
- L'exil du roi Behanzin
L'exil du roi Behanzin 1996
Actor
Get Shorty 1995
as Bo Catlett
Clockers 1995
as Rodney Little
Congo 1995
as Captain Wanta (Uncredited)
Crooklyn 1994
as Woody Carmichael
Mr. Jones 1993
as Howard
Bound by Honor 1993
as Bonafide
Malcolm X 1992
as West Indian Archie
The Hard Way 1991
as Captain Brix
Bright Angel 1990
as Harley
Mountains of the Moon 1990
as Mabruki
Perfect Witness 1989
as Berger
The Blood of Heroes 1989
as Mbulu
More American Graffiti 1979
as Army Sergeant
Find the Lady 1976
as Sam
Partners 1976
as Drug Kingpin
Credits from TMDB.