Delroy Lindo

Delroy Lindo

Delroy George Lindo (born 18 November 1952) is an English–American actor. He is the recipient of such accolades as an NAACP Image Award, a Satellite Award, and nominations for a Drama Desk Award, a Helen Hayes Award, a Tony Award, two Critics' Choice Television Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. He moved with his mother to San Francisco when he was 16 after they had left London and lived in Canada for a few years. Here, he completed his education and entered acting. Lindo has played prominent roles in four Spike Lee films: West Indian Archie in Malcolm X (1992), Woody Carmichael in Crooklyn (1994), Rodney Little in Clockers (1995), and Paul in Da 5 Bloods (2020). He has been praised for performing in Da 5 Bloods as a Vietnam War veteran, winning the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor. Lindo also played Bo Catlett in Get Shorty (1995), Arthur Rose in The Cider House Rules (1999), and Detective Castlebeck in Gone in 60 Seconds (2000). Lindo starred as Alderman Ronin Gibbons in the TV series The Chicago Code (2011), as Winter in the 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.

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Filmography

2027

Movie

2025

Sinners
Sinners
as Delta Slim
Movie - Released: 4/16/2025

2023

UnPrisoned
UnPrisoned
as Edwin Alexander
TV - Released: 3/10/2023

2022

The Jennifer Hudson Show
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
TV - Released: 9/12/2022
Sherri
Sherri
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 9/12/2022

2021

The Harder They Fall
The Harder They Fall
as Bass Reeves
Movie - Released: 10/22/2021

2020

Da 5 Bloods
Da 5 Bloods
as Paul
Movie - Released: 6/12/2020
LX 2048
LX 2048
as Donald Stein
Movie - Released: 9/25/2020

2019

Tamron Hall
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 9/9/2019
Desus & Mero
Desus & Mero
as Self
TV - Released: 2/21/2019

2018

Malicious
Malicious
as Dr. Clark
Movie - Released: 6/23/2018

2017

Battlecreek
Battlecreek
as Arthur
Movie - Released: 11/3/2017
The Good Fight
The Good Fight
as Adrian Boseman
TV - Released: 2/19/2017

2016

This Is Us
This Is Us
as Judge Ernest Bradley
TV - Released: 9/20/2016

2015

Point Break
Point Break
as FBI Instructor
Movie - Released: 12/3/2015
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
as John Williams (voice)
Movie - Released: 4/1/2015
Do You Believe?
Do You Believe?
as Malachi
Movie - Released: 3/20/2015
Blood & Oil
Blood & Oil
as Sheriff Tip Harrison
TV - Released: 9/27/2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 3/23/2015

2014

Cymbeline
Cymbeline
as Belarius
Movie - Released: 9/3/2014
Believe
Believe
as Dr. Milton Winter
TV - Released: 3/10/2014

2012

Question Bridge: Black Males
Question Bridge: Black Males
as Himself
Movie - Released: 1/1/2012

2011

The Big Bang
The Big Bang
as Skeres
Movie - Released: 2/3/2011
The Chicago Code
The Chicago Code
as Alderman Ronin Gibbons
TV - Released: 2/7/2011

2009

Dug's Special Mission
Dug's Special Mission
as Beta (voice)
Movie - Released: 11/10/2009
Up
Up
as Beta (voice)
Movie - Released: 5/28/2009
Mercy
Mercy
TV - Released: 9/23/2009

2008

Black Power Salute
Black Power Salute
as Self
Movie - Released: 7/9/2008
One Bad Cat
One Bad Cat
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 8/15/2008

2007

This Christmas
This Christmas
as Joe Black
Movie - Released: 11/27/2007

2006

The Exonerated
The Exonerated
as Delbert Tibbs
Movie - Released: 3/6/2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Herald Loomis (segment "Joe Turner's Come and Gone")
Movie - Released: 5/2/2006
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
as Latimer King
TV - Released: 9/20/2006

2005

Sahara
Sahara
as Carl
Movie - Released: 4/6/2005
Domino
Domino
as Claremont Williams
Movie - Released: 10/14/2005
Lackawanna Blues
Lackawanna Blues
as Mr. Lucious
Movie - Released: 2/12/2005

2004

Wondrous Oblivion
Wondrous Oblivion
as Dennis
Movie - Released: 4/23/2004

2003

The Core
The Core
as Dr. Ed 'Braz' Brazzleton
Movie - Released: 3/28/2003
Profoundly Normal
Profoundly Normal
as Ricardo Thornton
Movie - Released: 2/9/2003

2001

The Last Castle
The Last Castle
as Gen. Wheeler
Movie - Released: 10/19/2001
The One
The One
as MVA Agent Harry Roedecker / Gas Station Attendant
Movie - Released: 11/2/2001
Heist
Heist
as Bobby 'Bob' Blane
Movie - Released: 11/9/2001

2000

Romeo Must Die
Romeo Must Die
as Isaak O'Day
Movie - Released: 3/22/2000
Gone in Sixty Seconds
Gone in Sixty Seconds
as Det. Roland Castlebeck
Movie - Released: 6/9/2000

1999

The Cider House Rules
The Cider House Rules
as Arthur Rose
Movie - Released: 12/17/1999
The Book of Stars
The Book of Stars
as Professor
Movie - Released: 6/6/1999
Pros & Cons
Pros & Cons
as Kyle
Movie - Released: 1/1/1999
Strange Justice
Strange Justice
as Clarence Thomas
Movie - Released: 8/29/1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Victor Moran
TV - Released: 9/20/1999

1998

Glory & Honor
Glory & Honor
as Mathew Henson
Movie - Released: 3/1/1998

1997

A Life Less Ordinary
A Life Less Ordinary
as Jackson
Movie - Released: 10/24/1997
First Time Felon
First Time Felon
as Calhoun
Movie - Released: 9/6/1997
The Devil's Advocate
The Devil's Advocate
as Phillipe Moyez (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 10/17/1997

1996

Ransom
Ransom
as Agent Lonnie Hawkins
Movie - Released: 11/8/1996
Feeling Minnesota
Feeling Minnesota
as Red
Movie - Released: 9/13/1996
Soul of the Game
Soul of the Game
as Satchel Paige
Movie - Released: 4/20/1996
The Winner
The Winner
as Kingman
Movie - Released: 9/13/1996
Movie
L'exil du roi Behanzin
Movie - Released: 1/2/1996
Broken Arrow
Broken Arrow
as Colonel Max Wilkins
Movie - Released: 2/9/1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 6/10/1996

1995

Clockers
Clockers
as Rodney Little
Movie - Released: 9/15/1995
Get Shorty
Get Shorty
as Bo Catlett
Movie - Released: 10/20/1995
Congo
Congo
as Captain Wanta (Uncredited)
Movie - Released: 6/9/1995

1994

Crooklyn
Crooklyn
as Woody Carmichael
Movie - Released: 5/13/1994
Baseball
Baseball
as Various (voice)
TV - Released: 9/18/1994
Baseball
Baseball
as (voice)
TV - Released: 9/18/1994

1993

Mr. Jones
Mr. Jones
as Howard
Movie - Released: 10/8/1993
Bound by Honor
Bound by Honor
as Bonafide
Movie - Released: 2/5/1993

1992

Malcolm X
Malcolm X
as West Indian Archie
Movie - Released: 11/18/1992

1991

The Hard Way
The Hard Way
as Captain Brix
Movie - Released: 3/8/1991

1990

Bright Angel
Bright Angel
as Harley
Movie - Released: 11/1/1990
Mountains of the Moon
Mountains of the Moon
as Mabruki
Movie - Released: 2/16/1990

1989

The Blood of Heroes
The Blood of Heroes
as Mbulu
Movie - Released: 10/19/1989
Perfect Witness
Perfect Witness
as Berger
Movie - Released: 10/28/1989
The Simpsons
The Simpsons
as Gabriel (voice)
TV - Released: 12/17/1989
A Man Called Hawk
A Man Called Hawk
TV - Released: 1/28/1989

1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 9/5/1988

1987

Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast
as Isaac Stubbs
TV - Released: 9/25/1987

1979

More American Graffiti
More American Graffiti
as Army Sergeant
Movie - Released: 8/3/1979

1976

Partners
Partners
as Drug Kingpin
Movie - Released: 1/10/1976
Find the Lady
Find the Lady
as Sam
Movie - Released: 11/11/1976

1952

Today
Today
as Self
TV - Released: 1/14/1952

Unknown

Anansi Boys
Anansi Boys
as Mr. Nancy
TV