Delroy Lindo
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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
Credits
Sinners (2025)
as Delta Slim
Up (2009)
as Beta (voice)
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
as Phillipe Moyez (uncredited)
Bound by Honor (1993)
as Bonafide
Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
as Det. Roland Castlebeck
Sahara (2005)
as Carl
The Core (2003)
as Dr. Ed 'Braz' Brazzleton
Broken Arrow (1996)
as Colonel Max Wilkins
The One (2001)
as MVA Agent Harry Roedecker / Gas Station Attendant
The Cider House Rules (1999)
as Arthur Rose
Malcolm X (1992)
as West Indian Archie
Point Break (2015)
as FBI Instructor
Ransom (1996)
as Agent Lonnie Hawkins
The Last Castle (2001)
as Gen. Wheeler
Romeo Must Die (2000)
as Isaak O'Day
Get Shorty (1995)
as Bo Catlett
Congo (1995)
as Captain Wanta (Uncredited)
The Harder They Fall (2021)
as Bass Reeves
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova (2027)
Actor
The Hard Way (1991)
as Captain Brix
Da 5 Bloods (2020)
as Paul
Mr. Jones (1993)
as Howard
Heist (2001)
as Bobby 'Bob' Blane
Domino (2005)
as Claremont Williams
Clockers (1995)
as Rodney Little
This Christmas (2007)
as Joe Black
The Big Bang (2011)
as Skeres
Do You Believe? (2015)
as Malachi
The Blood of Heroes (1989)
as Mbulu
A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
as Jackson
Dug's Special Mission (2009)
as Beta (voice)
Bright Angel (1990)
as Harley
Malicious (2018)
as Dr. Clark
Mountains of the Moon (1990)
as Mabruki
Feeling Minnesota (1996)
as Red
Crooklyn (1994)
as Woody Carmichael
LX 2048 (2020)
as Donald Stein
More American Graffiti (1979)
as Army Sergeant
Pros & Cons (1999)
as Kyle
Cymbeline (2014)
as Belarius
The Winner (1996)
as Kingman
Lackawanna Blues (2005)
as Mr. Lucious
Jet Li Is 'The One' (2002)
as Self
Glory & Honor (1998)
as Mathew Henson
Find the Lady (1976)
as Sam
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (2006)
as Herald Loomis (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone")
Profoundly Normal (2003)
as Ricardo Thornton
First Time Felon (1997)
as Calhoun
Soul of the Game (1996)
as Satchel Paige
The Exonerated (2006)
as Delbert Tibbs
Perfect Witness (1989)
as Berger
Strange Justice (1999)
as Clarence Thomas
The Book of Stars (1999)
as Professor
Battlecreek (2017)
as Arthur
Partners (1976)
as Drug Kingpin
Wondrous Oblivion (2004)
as Dennis
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band (2015)
as John Williams (voice)
One Bad Cat (2008)
as Narrator
Question Bridge: Black Males (2012)
as Himself
Black Power Salute (2008)
as Self
L'exil du roi Behanzin (1996)
Actor