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Delroy Lindo

Delroy Lindo

Highest Rated: 98% Up (2009)

Lowest Rated: 11% Point Break (2015)

Birthday: Nov 18, 1952

Birthplace: Eltham, London, England, UK

After establishing himself as an excellent stage performer, actor Delroy Lindo was noted for his remarkable ability to balance both anger and charm while portraying a variety of onscreen villains in films like "Clockers" (1995) and "Get Shorty" (1995). Audiences first discovered Lindo in Spike Lee's "Malcolm X" (1992), at a time when the actor was trying to gain a foothold in Hollywood. It was Lee who gave Lindo several opportunities to showcase his range - playing a caring but misguided father in "Crooklyn" (1994) and a charming drug dealer in "Clockers." With the doors opened wide after "Get Shorty," Lindo struggled with another Hollywood trap - being typecast. But instead of portraying strictly amiable bad guys, he broke away with riveting portrayals of historical figures like Satchel Paige in "Soul of the Game" (HBO, 1996), explorer Mattew Henson in "Glory & Honor" (TNT, 1997), and Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas in "Strange Justice" (Showtime, 1998). By the time he gave a memorable supporting turn in the multi-award winning "Lackawanna Blues" (HBO, 2005), Lindo was established as a versatile performer who excelled in a wide range of film, television and stage roles. Shifting to television work, Lindo starred in a number of short-lived series, from procedural drama "Kidnapped" (NBC 2006-07) and crime drama "The Chicago Code" (Fox 2011) to science fiction fantasy "Believe" (NBC 2014), before finding success with a supporting role in legal drama "The Good Fight" (CBS All Access 2017- ).

Highest rated movies

92% 53% Da 5 Bloods 89% 70% Get Shorty 88% 93% The Harder They Fall 88% 91% Malcolm X
80% 27% Bright Angel
79% 90% Crooklyn
75% 91% Lackawanna Blues
75% 53% The Hard Way

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Blade Unknown (Character) - 2025
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sinners Unknown (Character) - 2025
88% 93% The Harder They Fall Bass Reeves (Character) - 2021
45% 56% LX 2048 Donald Stein (Character) - 2020
92% 53% Da 5 Bloods Paul (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet 19% Malicious Dr. Clark (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet 62% Battlecreek Arthur (Character) - 2017
11% 29% Point Break Instructor Hall (Character) $15.6M 2015
25% 83% Do You Believe? Malachi (Character) $13.0M 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band John Williams (Voice) - 2015
32% 16% Cymbeline Belarius (Character) - 2014
19% 25% The Big Bang Det. Skeres (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 68% Dug's Special Mission Beta (Voice) - 2009
98% 90% Up Beta (Voice) - 2009
71% No Score Yet One Bad Cat: The Reverend Albert Wagner Story Narrator - 2008
55% 81% This Christmas Joseph Black (Character),
Executive Producer
$49.1M 2007
No Score Yet 63% The Exonerated Delbert (Character) - 2005
75% 91% Lackawanna Blues Mr. Lucious (Character) - 2005
18% 56% Domino Claremont Williams (Character) $10.1M 2005
38% 53% Sahara Carl (Character) $68.6M 2005
No Score Yet 100% Profoundly Normal Ricardo Thornton (Character) - 2003
65% 68% Wondrous Oblivion Dennis Samuels (Character) $88.6K 2003
39% 34% The Core Dr. Ed "Braz" Brazzelton (Character) $31.1M 2003
67% 59% Heist Bobby Blane (Character) $23.5M 2001
13% 51% The One Roedecker, Attendant (Character) - 2001
52% 74% The Last Castle General Wheeler (Character) $18.2M 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Pros & Cons Kyle (Character) - 2000
26% 77% Gone in Sixty Seconds Detective Roland Castlebeck (Character) $101.6M 2000
32% 61% Romeo Must Die Isaak O'Day (Character) $56.0M 2000
71% 77% The Cider House Rules Mr. Rose (Character) $57.5M 1999
No Score Yet 78% The Book of Stars Professor (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Strange Justice Clarence Thomas (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Glory and Honor Mathew Henson (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 88% First Time Felon Calhoun (Character) - 1997
41% 59% A Life Less Ordinary Jackson (Character) $4.3M 1997
14% 27% Feeling Minnesota Red (Character) $3.1M 1996
17% 9% The Winner Kingman (Character) - 1996
74% 63% Ransom Agent Lonnie Hawkins (Character) $136.5M 1996
67% 64% Soul of the Game Satchel Paige (Character) - 1996
54% 44% Broken Arrow Col. Max Wilkins (Character) $70.6M 1996
89% 70% Get Shorty Bo Catlett (Character) $68.8M 1995
74% 74% Clockers Rodney Little (Character) $13.0M 1995
79% 90% Crooklyn Woody Carmichael (Character) $12.8M 1994
64% 94% Blood In, Blood Out Bonafide (Character) $4.0M 1993
43% 50% Mr. Jones Howard (Character) $8.0M 1993
88% 91% Malcolm X West Indian Archie (Character) $47.1M 1992
75% 53% The Hard Way Captain Brix (Character) $24.5M 1991
80% 27% Bright Angel Harley (Character) $17.4K 1990
65% 77% Mountains of the Moon Mabruki (Character) $1.4M 1990
22% 76% The Blood of Heroes Mbulu (Character) $882.3K 1989

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 12% The View Guest 2024
96% 93% Unprisoned Edwin Alexander (Character),
Executive Producer
2023-2024
No Score Yet 19% The Late Late Show With James Corden Guest 2023
95% 66% The Good Fight Adrian Boseman (Character) 2017-2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet They've Gotta Have Us Guest 2018
94% 81% This Is Us Judge Ernest Bradley (Guest Star) 2017
63% 40% Blood & Oil Tip Harrison (Character) 2015
39% 80% Believe Winter (Character) 2014
No Score Yet 85% Robot Chicken Unknown (Guest Voice) 2013
100% 84% The Chicago Code Alderman Ronin Gibbons (Character) 2011
78% 83% Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Detective Victor Moran (Guest Star) 2009
67% No Score Yet Kidnapped Unknown (Character) 2006-2007
85% 76% The Simpsons Gabriel (Guest Voice) 2002
No Score Yet 86% Beauty and the Beast Issac Stubbs (Guest Star) 1987