Acting
Delroy Lindo
EN, FR cinema · 63 credits
Born
18 November 1952 (age 73)
Birthplace
Eltham, London, England, UK
Also known as Delroy George Lindo
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.
Known for
Filmography
Jabari’s People
Jabari’s People
Actor, Director, Producer
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
as Director Conway
Sinners
as Delta Slim
The Harder They Fall
as Bass Reeves
Da 5 Bloods
as Paul
LX 2048
as Donald Stein
Malicious
as Dr. Clark
Battlecreek
as Arthur
Point Break
as FBI Instructor
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
as John Williams (voice)
Do You Believe?
as Malachi
Cymbeline
as Belarius
The Big Bang
as Skeres
Dug's Special Mission
as Beta (voice)
Up
as Beta (voice)
One Bad Cat
as Narrator
This Christmas
as Joe Black
The Exonerated
as Delbert Tibbs
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Herald Loomis (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone")
Sahara
as Carl
Domino
as Claremont Williams
Lackawanna Blues
as Mr. Lucious
Wondrous Oblivion
as Dennis
The Core
as Dr. Ed 'Braz' Brazzleton
Profoundly Normal
as Ricardo Thornton
The Last Castle
as Gen. Wheeler
The One
as MVA Agent Harry Roedecker / Gas Station Attendant
Heist
as Bobby 'Bob' Blane
Romeo Must Die
as Isaak O'Day
Gone in Sixty Seconds
as Det. Roland Castlebeck
The Cider House Rules
as Arthur Rose
The Book of Stars
as Professor
Pros & Cons
as Kyle
Strange Justice
as Clarence Thomas
Glory & Honor
as Mathew Henson
A Life Less Ordinary
as Jackson
First Time Felon
as Calhoun
The Devil's Advocate
as Phillipe Moyez (uncredited)
Ransom
as Agent Lonnie Hawkins
Soul of the Game
as Satchel Paige
The Winner
as Kingman
Broken Arrow
as Colonel Max Wilkins
Clockers
as Rodney Little
Get Shorty
as Bo Catlett
Congo
as Captain Wanta (Uncredited)
Crooklyn
as Woody Carmichael
Mr. Jones
as Howard
Bound by Honor
as Bonafide
Malcolm X
as West Indian Archie
The Hard Way
as Captain Brix
Bright Angel
as Harley
Mountains of the Moon
as Mabruki
The Blood of Heroes
as Mbulu
Perfect Witness
as Berger
More American Graffiti
as Army Sergeant
Partners
as Drug Kingpin
