About
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...
Known for
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries • 1999
The SimpsonsSeries • 1989
This Is UsSeries • 2016
The Good FightSeries • 2017
SinnersMovie • 2025
UpMovie • 2009
Gone in Sixty SecondsMovie • 2000
The Devil's AdvocateMovie • 1997
Broken ArrowMovie • 1996
RansomMovie • 1996
The CoreMovie • 2003
KidnappedSeries • 2006
Bound by HonorMovie • 1993
The OneMovie • 2001
BaseballSeries • 1994
The Cider House RulesMovie • 1999
Romeo Must DieMovie • 2000
BelieveSeries • 2014
The Last CastleMovie • 2001
UnPrisonedSeries • 2023
Point BreakMovie • 2015
MercySeries • 2009
Get ShortyMovie • 1995
SaharaMovie • 2005