Delroy Lindo
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Victor Moran
1999
Series
The Simpsons
Gabriel (voice)
1989
Series
Sherri
Self - Guest
2022
Series
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
2022
Series
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest
2022
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
Baseball
(voice)
1994
Series
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
Series
This Is Us
Judge Ernest Bradley
2016
Film
Sinners
Delta Slim
2025
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Series
The Good Fight
Adrian Boseman
2017
Series
Desus & Mero
Self
2019
Film
Up
Beta (voice)
2009
Series
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
2019
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Film
The Devil's Advocate
Phillipe Moyez (uncredited)
1997
Film
Bound by Honor
Bonafide
1993
Series
Today
Self
1952
Series
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
Self
1995
Film
Broken Arrow
Colonel Max Wilkins
1996
Film
Point Break
FBI Instructor
2015
Film
Gone in Sixty Seconds
Det. Roland Castlebeck
2000
Film
The Core
Dr. Ed 'Braz' Brazzleton
2003
Film
Romeo Must Die
Isaak O'Day
2000
Film
The One
MVA Agent Harry Roedecker / Gas Station Attendant
2001
Film
The Last Castle
Gen. Wheeler
2001
Film
The Cider House Rules
Arthur Rose
1999
Series
UnPrisoned
Edwin Alexander
2023
Series
Kidnapped
Latimer King
2006
Series
Believe
Dr. Milton Winter
2014
Film
Congo
Captain Wanta (Uncredited)
1995
Film
Sahara
Carl
2005
Film
Get Shorty
Bo Catlett
1995
Film
Malcolm X
West Indian Archie
1992
Series
Mercy
2009
Film
Ransom
Agent Lonnie Hawkins
1996
Film
Da 5 Bloods
Paul
2020
Film
The Hard Way
Captain Brix
1991
Series
The Chicago Code
Alderman Ronin Gibbons
2011
Film
The Harder They Fall
Bass Reeves
2021
Series
Blood & Oil
Sheriff Tip Harrison
2015
Film
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
2027
Series
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
1996
Film
Mr. Jones
Howard
1993
Film
Domino
Claremont Williams
2005
Film
A Life Less Ordinary
Jackson
1997
Film
Clockers
Rodney Little
1995
Film
Dug's Special Mission
Beta (voice)
2009
Film
Heist
Bobby 'Bob' Blane
2001
Film
The Big Bang
Skeres
2011
Film
Do You Believe?
Malachi
2015
Film
The Blood of Heroes
Mbulu
1989
Series
A Man Called Hawk
1989
Film
Crooklyn
Woody Carmichael
1994
Film
More American Graffiti
Army Sergeant
1979
Film
This Christmas
Joe Black
2007
Film
Malicious
Dr. Clark
2018
Film
LX 2048
Donald Stein
2020
Film
Feeling Minnesota
Red
1996
Film
Cymbeline
Belarius
2014
Film
Mountains of the Moon
Mabruki
1990
Series
Anansi Boys
Mr. Nancy
Film
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Herald Loomis (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone")
2006
Film
First Time Felon
Calhoun
1997
Film
The Winner
Kingman
1996
Film
Lackawanna Blues
Mr. Lucious
2005
Film
Bright Angel
Harley
1990
Film
Perfect Witness
Berger
1989
Film
Glory & Honor
Mathew Henson
1998
Film
Jet Li Is 'The One'
Self
2002
Film
Battlecreek
Arthur
2017
Film
Soul of the Game
Satchel Paige
1996
Film
The Exonerated
Delbert Tibbs
2006
Film
Find the Lady
Sam
1976
Film
Strange Justice
Clarence Thomas
1999
Film
Wondrous Oblivion
Dennis
2004
Film
The Book of Stars
Professor
1999
Film
Profoundly Normal
Ricardo Thornton
2003
Film
Pros & Cons
Kyle
1999
Film
Question Bridge: Black Males
Himself
2012
Film
Black Power Salute
Self
2008
Series
Beauty and the Beast
Isaac Stubbs
1987
L'exil du roi Behanzin
1996
Film
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
John Williams (voice)
2015
Film
Partners
Drug Kingpin
1976
Film
One Bad Cat
Narrator
2008