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