Acting
Delroy Lindo
Born Nov 18, 1952 · Eltham, London, England, UK
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).
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Anansi Boys
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
2027
Science Fiction · Action · Adventure
Sinners
2025
Horror · Action · Thriller
UnPrisoned
2023
Comedy
The Harder They Fall
2021
Western
LX 2048
2020
Science Fiction · Drama
Da 5 Bloods
2020
War · Drama
Malicious
2018
Thriller · Horror
Battlecreek
2017
Drama
The Good Fight
2017
Drama
This Is Us
2016
Drama
Point Break
2015
Action · Adventure · Crime
Blood & Oil
2015
Drama
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
2015
Documentary
Do You Believe?
2015
Drama
Cymbeline
2014
Drama
Believe
2014
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama
Question Bridge: Black Males
2012
The Chicago Code
2011
Crime · Drama
The Big Bang
2011
Action · Mystery · Thriller
Dug's Special Mission
2009
Animation · Comedy · Family
Mercy
2009
Drama
Up
2009
Animation · Comedy · Family
One Bad Cat
2008
Documentary
Black Power Salute
2008
Documentary · TV Movie
This Christmas
2007
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Kidnapped
2006
Drama · Crime
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
Documentary
The Exonerated
2006
Drama · TV Movie · Crime
Domino
2005
Action · Drama · Crime
Sahara
2005
Action · Adventure · Comedy
Lackawanna Blues
2005
Drama · Music · TV Movie
Wondrous Oblivion
2004
Drama
The Core
2003
Science Fiction · Adventure · Thriller
Profoundly Normal
2003
Drama · Romance · TV Movie
Jet Li Is 'The One'
2002
Documentary
Heist
2001
Action · Crime · Drama
The One
2001
Action · Science Fiction · Thriller
The Last Castle
2001
Action · Drama · Thriller
Gone in Sixty Seconds
2000
Action · Crime · Thriller
Romeo Must Die
2000
Action · Crime · Thriller
The Cider House Rules
1999
Drama
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Strange Justice
1999
Drama · TV Movie
The Book of Stars
1999
Drama
Pros & Cons
1999
Comedy · Crime · Drama
Glory & Honor
1998
Drama · TV Movie
A Life Less Ordinary
1997
Fantasy · Comedy · Romance
The Devil's Advocate
1997
Horror · Drama · Mystery
First Time Felon
1997
Drama
Ransom
1996
Action · Thriller
Feeling Minnesota
1996
Comedy · Drama · Thriller
The Winner
1996
Thriller · Comedy · Crime
Soul of the Game
1996
History · Drama · TV Movie
Broken Arrow
1996
Action · Thriller
Get Shorty
1995
Comedy · Thriller · Crime
Clockers
1995
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Congo
1995
Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
Baseball
1994
Documentary
Crooklyn
1994
Comedy · Drama
Mr. Jones
1993
Drama · Romance
Bound by Honor
1993
Crime · Drama · Thriller
Malcolm X
1992
Drama · History
The Hard Way
1991
Action · Comedy · Crime
Bright Angel
1990
Drama · Thriller
Mountains of the Moon
1990
Adventure · Drama · History
The Simpsons
1989
Animation · Comedy
Perfect Witness
1989
Thriller · Crime · Drama
The Blood of Heroes
1989
Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
A Man Called Hawk
1989
Drama
Beauty and the Beast
1987
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Crime · Drama
More American Graffiti
1979
Comedy · Drama · War
Find the Lady
1976
Comedy
Partners
1976
Drama · Thriller