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Delroy Lindo

Delroy Lindo

Actor · Born 1952-11-18 · Eltham, London, England, UK

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Biography

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 Matthe…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Up (2009) — Beta (voice)
  2. The Simpsons (1989) — Gabriel (voice)
  3. The Devil's Advocate (1997) — Phillipe Moyez (uncredited)
  4. Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) — Det. Roland Castlebeck
  5. Sinners (2025) — Delta Slim
  6. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) — Victor Moran
  7. Point Break (2015) — FBI Instructor
  8. The Core (2003) — Dr. Ed 'Braz' Brazzleton
  9. Ransom (1996) — Agent Lonnie Hawkins
  10. Malcolm X (1992) — West Indian Archie
  11. The One (2001) — MVA Agent Harry Roedecker / Gas Station Attendant
  12. Broken Arrow (1996) — Colonel Max Wilkins
  13. Sahara (2005) — Carl
  14. This Is Us (2016) — Judge Ernest Bradley
  15. Bound by Honor (1993) — Bonafide
  16. The Last Castle (2001) — Gen. Wheeler
  17. Romeo Must Die (2000) — Isaak O'Day
  18. The Cider House Rules (1999) — Arthur Rose
  19. Domino (2005) — Claremont Williams
  20. Get Shorty (1995) — Bo Catlett
  21. The Harder They Fall (2021) — Bass Reeves
  22. Da 5 Bloods (2020) — Paul
  23. Congo (1995) — Captain Wanta (Uncredited)
  24. Heist (2001) — Bobby 'Bob' Blane
  25. A Life Less Ordinary (1997) — Jackson
  26. The Hard Way (1991) — Captain Brix
  27. Dug's Special Mission (2009) — Beta (voice)
  28. Clockers (1995) — Rodney Little
  29. The Good Fight (2017) — Adrian Boseman
  30. Beauty and the Beast (1987) — Isaac Stubbs
  31. Malicious (2018) — Dr. Clark
  32. Feeling Minnesota (1996) — Red
  33. Believe (2014) — Dr. Milton Winter
  34. Mr. Jones (1993) — Howard
  35. Crooklyn (1994) — Woody Carmichael
  36. The Blood of Heroes (1989) — Mbulu
  37. Do You Believe? (2015) — Malachi
  38. The Big Bang (2011) — Skeres
  39. The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015) — Self - Guest
  40. This Christmas (2007) — Joe Black