Acting
Erik Dellums
EN cinema · 11 credits
Born
23 September 1964 (age 62)
Birthplace
San Francisco, California, USA
Also known as Erik Todd Dellums
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.
Known for
Filmography
The Spoiled
as Astaroth
Camp D.O.A.
as Watcher
Boycott
as Bayard Rustin
The Color of Friendship
as Oliver
Blackmale
as Victor
Doctor Dolittle
as Jeremy
The Doors
as Hairdresser
Do the Right Thing
as Customer in Pizzeria (uncredited)
School Daze
as Slim Daddy
Good to Go
as Bam-Bam
She's Gotta Have It
as Dog 3