Delroy Lindo
Biography
Delroy George Lindo (born 18 November 1952) is a British actor. Starting his career in the 1975 stage production 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 the Spike Lee films: 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 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), and Delta Slim in Sinners (2025). Lindo starred as Alderman Ronin Gibbons in the TV 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
Isaak O'Day
Romeo Must Die
Gen. Wheeler
The Last Castle
Arthur Rose
The Cider House Rules
West Indian Archie
Malcolm X
Howard
Mr. Jones
Agent Lonnie Hawkins
Ransom
MVA Agent Harry Roedecker / Gas Station Attendant
The One
Rodney Little
Clockers
Bobby 'Bob' Blane
Heist
Mbulu
The Blood of Heroes
Carl
Sahara
Bo Catlett
Get Shorty
Jackson
A Life Less Ordinary
Beta (voice)
Dug's Special Mission
Dennis
Wondrous Oblivion
Red
Feeling Minnesota
Dr. Ed 'Braz' Brazzleton
The Core
Woody Carmichael
Crooklyn
Det. Roland Castlebeck
Gone in Sixty Seconds
Bonafide
Bound by Honor
Claremont Williams
Domino
Beta (voice)
Up
Self
Black Power Salute
Army Sergeant
More American Graffiti
Joe Black
This Christmas
Calhoun
First Time Felon
Skeres
The Big Bang
Satchel Paige
Soul of the Game
Harley
Bright Angel
Kingman
The Winner
Ricardo Thornton
Profoundly Normal
Professor
The Book of Stars
Narrator
One Bad Cat
Drug Kingpin
Partners
Berger
Perfect Witness
Delbert Tibbs
The Exonerated
Kyle
Pros & Cons
L'exil du roi Behanzin
FBI Instructor
Point Break
Captain Brix
The Hard Way
John Williams (voice)
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
Captain Wanta (Uncredited)
Congo
Arthur
Battlecreek
Mathew Henson
Glory & Honor
Delta Slim
Sinners
Belarius
Cymbeline
Dr. Clark
Malicious
Mr. Lucious
Lackawanna Blues
Malachi
Do You Believe?
Clarence Thomas
Strange Justice
Herald Loomis (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone")
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Paul
Da 5 Bloods
Himself
Question Bridge: Black Males
Mabruki
Mountains of the Moon
Bass Reeves
The Harder They Fall
Donald Stein
LX 2048
Phillipe Moyez (uncredited)
The Devil's Advocate
Sam
Find the Lady
Colonel Max Wilkins
Broken Arrow
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
Dominic Fortune
Marvel's Most Wanted
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
61
Gender
Male
Birthday
1952-11-18
Place of Birth
Eltham, London, England, UK
Also Known As
دلروی لیندو