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Delroy Lindo

Name in Native Language: "Delroy George Lindo" (English/EN)
Actor | * 11/18/1952 (71) | Eltham, London, England (United Kingdom (UK))
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Delroy George Lindo (born 18 November 1952) is an English-American actor. He is the recipient of such accolades as a 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 in the United States 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 received universal acclaim for his performance 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 Act... ()
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Delroy Lindo is an English director, writer and actor for stage and screen, best known for his film roles as West Indian Archie in Spike Lee's "Malcolm X", Catlett in "Get Shorty", Detective Castlebeck in "Gone in 60 Seconds", and Woody Carmichael in "Crooklyn".

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Thriller | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes discovers that an unknown force has caused the earth's inner core to stop rotating. With the planet's magnetic field rapidly deteriorating, our atmosphere literally starts ...

The Core

PG-13

2003 | 2.9/5 | 2h 16min
Action, Thriller, Adventure, Science Fiction
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A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nati ...

Malcolm X

PG-13

1992 | 3.8/5 | 3h 22min
Drama, History
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Four African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader and the promise of buried treasure. These heroes battle forces of humanity and ...

Da 5 Bloods

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2020 | 3.3/5 | 2h 36min
War, Drama
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Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent by his boss, the psychopathic "Bones" Barboni, to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Ch ...

Get Shorty

R

1995 | 3.2/5 | 1h 45min
Comedy, Thriller, Crime
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Awards & Nominations for Delroy Lindo

Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
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Movies with Delroy Lindo as Actor(56)

2025 Blade
as Bass Reeves2021 The Harder They Fall
as Paul2020 Da 5 Bloods
as Donald Stein2020 LX 2048
as Dr. Clark2018 Malicious
as Arthur2017 Battlecreek
as Malachi2015 Do You Believe?
as FBI Instructor2015 Point Break
as John Williams (voice)2015 Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
as Belarius2014 Cymbeline
as himself2012 Question Bridge: Black Males
as Skeres2011 The Big Bang
as Beta (voice)2009 Dug's Special Mission
as Beta (voice)2009 Up
as Narrator2008 One Bad Cat
as Joe Black2007 This Christmas
as Delbert Tibbs2006 The Exonerated
as Claremont Williams2005 Domino
as Carl2005 Sahara
as Dennis2004 Wondrous Oblivion
as Ricardo Thornton2003 Profoundly Normal
as Dr. Ed 'Braz' Brazzleton2003 The Core
as Bobby 'Bob' Blane2001 Heist
as MVA Agent Harry Roedecker / Gas Station Attendant2001 The One
as Gen. Wheeler2001 The Last Castle
as Det. Roland Castlebeck2000 Gone in Sixty Seconds
as Isaak O'Day2000 Romeo Must Die
as Clarence Thomas1999 Strange Justice
as Professor1999 The Book of Stars
as Kyle1999 Pros & Cons
as Arthur Rose1999 The Cider House Rules
as Mathew Henson1998 Glory & Honor
as Calhoun1997 First Time Felon
as Phillipe Moyez1997 The Devil's Advocate
as Jackson1997 A Life Less Ordinary
1996 L'exil du roi Behanzin
as Agent Lonnie Hawkins1996 Ransom
as Red1996 Feeling Minnesota
as Kingman1996 The Winner
as Satchel Paige1996 Soul of the Game
as Colonel Max Wilkins1996 Broken Arrow
as Rodney Little1995 Clockers
as Bo Catlett1995 Get Shorty
as Captain Wanta1995 Congo
as Woody Carmichael1994 Crooklyn
as Bonafide1993 Bound by Honor
as Howard1993 Mr. Jones
as West Indian Archie1992 Malcolm X
as Captain Brix1991 The Hard Way
as Mabruki1990 Mountains of the Moon
as Harley1990 Bright Angel
as Berger1989 Perfect Witness
as Mbulu1989 The Blood of Heroes
as Army Sergeant1979 More American Graffiti
as Drug Kingpin1976 Partners
as Sam1976 Find the Lady

TV Shows/Series with Delroy Lindo as Actor(19)

as Mr. Nancy2024 Anansi Boys
as Edwin Alexander2023 UnPrisoned
as Self - Guest2019 Tamron Hall
as himself2019 Desus & Mero
as Adrian Boseman2017 The Good Fight
as Judge Ernest Bradley2016 This Is Us
as Sheriff Tip Harrison2015 Blood & Oil
as Dr. Milton Winter2014 Believe
as Alderman Ronin Gibbons2011 The Chicago Code
2009 Mercy
as Latimer King2006 Kidnapped
as Detective Victor Moran1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Self - Guest1996 The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Various (voice)1994 Baseball
1989 The Simpsons
1989 A Man Called Hawk
as Self - Guest1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1987 Beauty and the Beast
as himself??? Today

TV Shows/Series with Delroy Lindo as Crew(1)

Production/Executive Producer2023 UnPrisoned

Additional Information

Full Name: Delroy George Lindo
Born: Tuesday, 11/18 1952 (November) in Eltham, London, England (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 71 years + 157 days)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: San Francisco State University, Cinema Department at San Francisco State University
Delroy Lindo frequently works together with these people:
Tress MacNeille (36x, Actress)
Pamela Hayden (23x, Actress)
Kevin Michael Richardson (17x, Actor)
Maggie Roswell (17x, Actress)
Spike Lee (15x, Crew)
Isabella Rose Landau (11x, Actress)
Phil Hartman (10x, Actor)
Ken Burns (9x, Crew)
Dawnn Lewis (8x, Actress)
Lou Martini Jr. (8x, Actor)
Chris Edgerly (8x, Actor)
Terence Blanchard (7x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:2809, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/06/2024