Erik Dellums

Biography

Erik Todd Dellums (born September 23, 1964) is an American actor and narrator. On television, he is known for playing the drug kingpin Luther Mahoney on Homicide: Life on the Street (1996 - 1998) and Dr. Randall Frazier on The Wire (2002 - 2004). He voiced Koh in Avatar: The Last Aribender (2005) and Aaravos in The Dragon Prince (2018 - 2024). Dellums also has performed voice work in video games, including the roles of radio DJ Three Dog in the Fallout 3 (2008), Nazir in Skyrim (2011), and Prince Arcann, Thexan, and Oggo in Knights of the Fallen Empire (2015). Dellums appeared in minor parts in the Spike Lee films She's Gotta Have It (1986), School Daze (1988), and Do the Right Thing (1989). He is the son of Ron Dellums, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1971 - 1998 and as the Mayor of Oakland from 2007 - 2011.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005) — Koh (voice)
2. Doctor Dolittle (1998) — Jeremy
3. The Wire (2002) — Dr. Randall Frazier
4. Homeland (2011) — Doctor
5. Do the Right Thing (1989) — Customer in Pizzeria (uncredited)
6. The Doors (1991) — Hairdresser
7. The Dragon Prince (2018) — Aaravos (voice)
8. JAG (1995) — Charlie Lynch
9. She's Gotta Have It (1986) — Dog 3
10. Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) — Luther Mahoney
11. How the Universe Works (2010) — Self - Narrator
12. School Daze (1988) — Slim Daddy
13. The Color of Friendship (2000) — Oliver
14. NASA's Unexplained Files (2012) — Narrator
15. Boycott (2001) — Bayard Rustin
16. Blackmale (2000) — Victor
17. Jonny Zero (2005) — Antoine Negasi
18. Mysterious Journeys — Narrator
19. The Beat (2000)
20. Good to Go (1986) — Bam-Bam
21. Camp D.O.A. (2004) — Watcher
22. The Spoiled (2021) — Astaroth
23. The Storyteller: Fallout (2013) — Three Dog