Delroy Lindo
Acting
Born: Nov 18, 1952
From: Eltham, London, England, UK
Credits: 30 titles
Biography
Delroy George Lindo (born 18 November 1952) is a British 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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Big Bang | Skeres | 2011 | 5.3 |
| Dug's Special Mission | Beta (voice) | 2009 | 6.985 |
| Up | Beta (voice) | 2009 | 7.959 |
| Black Power Salute | Self | 2008 | — |
| This Christmas | Joe Black | 2007 | 6.6 |
| Sahara | Carl | 2005 | 5.9 |
| Domino | Claremont Williams | 2005 | 5.915 |
| Wondrous Oblivion | Dennis | 2004 | 6.614 |
| The Core | Dr. Ed 'Braz' Brazzleton | 2003 | 5.8 |
| The Last Castle | Gen. Wheeler | 2001 | 7.174 |
| The One | MVA Agent Harry Roedecker / … | 2001 | 6.133 |
| Heist | Bobby 'Bob' Blane | 2001 | 6.329 |
| Romeo Must Die | Isaak O'Day | 2000 | 6.266 |
| Gone in Sixty Seconds | Det. Roland Castlebeck | 2000 | 6.456 |
| The Cider House Rules | Arthur Rose | 1999 | 7.086 |
| A Life Less Ordinary | Jackson | 1997 | 6.134 |
| First Time Felon | Calhoun | 1997 | 6.85 |
| Ransom | Agent Lonnie Hawkins | 1996 | 6.677 |
| Feeling Minnesota | Red | 1996 | 5.416 |
| Soul of the Game | Satchel Paige | 1996 | 5.0 |
| The Winner | Kingman | 1996 | 4.639 |
| Clockers | Rodney Little | 1995 | 6.709 |
| Get Shorty | Bo Catlett | 1995 | 6.505 |
| Crooklyn | Woody Carmichael | 1994 | 6.8 |
| Mr. Jones | Howard | 1993 | 5.784 |
| Bound by Honor | Bonafide | 1993 | 8.14 |
| Malcolm X | West Indian Archie | 1992 | 7.55 |
| Bright Angel | Harley | 1990 | 4.875 |
| The Blood of Heroes | Mbulu | 1989 | 5.884 |
| More American Graffiti | Army Sergeant | 1979 | 5.196 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1952 |
| From | Eltham, London, England, … |